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Caption competition - Friday October 10, 2008



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Published Date: 10 October 2008
What's Sean Connery saying as he gives a cheery wave.


Enter the Evening News caption competition and tell us what you think.

We'll be featuring a selection of our favourite suggestions for today's picture in tomorrow's paper. At the end of the week, we'll also choose our favourite of the daily winners to receive a case of Corona lager.

Yesterday's winner"You think my head is big? Wendy Alexander's is this size!"
Stotty

And the runners-up are..
When I was elected we had this many Scottish banks. . .
Gie's a break

Salmond plans to solve credit crunch with giant imaginary cheque.
A Friend of Fernando Poo

Alex is a fan of S Club 7 All together now "Reach for the Stars".
Eyemouthboy

• This competition is open to readers aged 18 years and over. The weekly winner will be chosen by our judging panel. The editor's decision is final. Usual Evening News rules apply.





The full article contains 160 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.
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1

Rob Pendragon,

10/10/2008 10:12:30
Goodbye, Scotland.
2

Rob Pendragon,

10/10/2008 10:18:30
Fans are stunned to see no evidence of stigmata
3

Rob Pendragon,

10/10/2008 10:32:00
As a result of the Credit Crunch, Sir Sean announces he is moving to a terraced house in Glasgow
4

Rob Pendragon,

10/10/2008 10:32:40
Mr. Connery tries to get Scottish councillors to invest in Seansbanki
5

ken wilkinson,

Hull 10/10/2008 10:40:32
"Toupee or not Toupee that is the question."
6

Rob Pendragon,

10/10/2008 11:17:35
Sir Sean patiently waits for the caption competition entrants to flood him with puns based on the titles of the Bond movies
7

Rob Pendragon,

10/10/2008 11:37:15
Sir Sean could never understand why, whenever he went to China, everyone called him Birry and fell about laughing at everything he said
8

Douglas,

Bathgate 10/10/2008 11:46:41
Hullo. Shtill shexy?
9

Douglas,

Bathgate 10/10/2008 11:48:06
There's something strangely familiar about that chimpanzee in a suit.
10

Skip McClendon,

10/10/2008 11:54:35
"Now what am I bid for 1 million unopened copies of a recent book by a prominent global megastar?"
11

Douglas,

Bathgate 10/10/2008 11:58:07
Connery demonstrates the floating body parts special effects from Zardoz.
12

Sarcasm,

10/10/2008 11:59:27
Keep the hand open and slap, a punch tends to leave more of a bruise.
13

Rob Pendragon,

10/10/2008 12:12:31
Damn your lisp, Bond, it's SMERSH we're up against. Now you've killed off all the Smurfs.
14

Gie's a break,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 12:31:11
Sir Sean's new career as a ventriloquist get's off to a shaky start when he forgets one vital piece of equipment.
15

Gie's a break,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 12:34:49
I said hello, dolly,......well, hello, dolly
16

Mrs Reekie,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 12:35:11
and did it myyyyyyyyyy waaaaaayyyyyyyyy
17

Gie's a break,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 12:44:06
I think you can guesss how I use this hand to control Alex Salmond...
18

porters at 9,

10/10/2008 12:58:26
Blasht!! i forgot the Milk Tray
19

Busy bus user ,

10/10/2008 13:01:39
Hands up all those who do not pay UK tax and thus will not have to bale out local councils and individuals who made silly investments. Byeeee
20

Stotty,

10/10/2008 13:16:05
"Hands up if you hate Celtic. Or do I hate Rangers? Who do I support again?!"
21

Wingman,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 13:24:42
Mind Folksh, Sh N P the party for me, now i'm off to my carribean howsh , bye.
22

Eyemouthboy,

Kingsknowe 10/10/2008 13:51:48
Sean Connery gets a call from his agent one day. The agent goes, "Sean, I've got you a job - starts tomorrow, early. You'll have to be there for 10-ish".

Sean furrows his brow raises his right hand and says
"Tennish? but I don't even have a racquet."

Ish the way I tell em
23

Eyemouthboy,

Kingsknowe 10/10/2008 13:56:48
Sean Connery goes to lunch with his business manager.

He excuses himself to go to the bathroom. A few minutes later he comes back, and the front of his pants are all wet.

His business manager says, "Sean, what's the story? Do you need an
operation or something?"

Sean Connery says, "No, it's just that every time I go into a public
restroom, and I'm having a wee wee, the guy next to me always turns towards
me and says,
"Hey! Are you Sean Connery?"
24

Tynieweeguy,

10/10/2008 14:09:33
Why do you all think I know any better that you just because I'm an actor? Away you go and think for yourselves!!
25

Mikey,

10/10/2008 14:12:07
All together now!

Goodbye Darling, goodbye Broon
Labour's ruinin oor toon,
Bye Bye Labour

Goodbye Foulkes and goodbye Grey,
You two guys have hid yer day,
Bye bye Labour

No more sleazy Labour cooncils thievin,
Labour's gettin kicked oot west o' Leven,

Gordon, sort yer pension oot,
Ye'll soon be on the dole, old fruit,

Labour, bye bye!
26

Fredster.,

10/10/2008 14:37:45
I shhwear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, shhhho help me god.

shhhurely now people will believe me when i tell them Shhcotland is a great country!
27

Keith J Bell,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 14:51:23
No Alex, Wendy's head is actually THIS size.
28

livislosin,

10/10/2008 15:04:37
Do you want this again hen ?
29

Douglas,

Bathgate 10/10/2008 15:43:24
Ladies and gentlemen, a big hand for Sean Connery
30

Douglas,

Bathgate 10/10/2008 15:45:05
Artist's impression of chancellor Darling at retirement age.
31

burnsyboy,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 16:01:21
"...that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth..."
32

cuparofife,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 16:41:34
"Please shir, Can I go to the toilet?"
33

Jakey Rowling,

10/10/2008 16:53:28
A wonderful example of initiative shown by this blind prostitute.
You have to hand it to her.
34

Redrose,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 17:37:40
How much Tax do you pay in Scotland !!!
35

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 17:39:16
So I said to the policeman “I swear that I’m not drunk, I always speak like this”.
36

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 17:40:48
Connery milks applause.
37

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 17:45:53
Alistair Darling ages twenty years overnight.
38

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 17:49:06
Shares in Scottish banks – dae ye think ma heid buttons up the back?
39

A Friend of Fernando Poo,

10/10/2008 17:52:59
Tragedy as Oddjob's hat cuts off Bond's hand.
40

A Friend of Fernando Poo,

10/10/2008 17:54:56
...the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
41

tremorman,

10/10/2008 18:02:44
When the credit crunch hit I waved goodbye to my Scottish Bonds
42

tremorman,

10/10/2008 18:09:54
Well of course I had to say goodbye to my Scottish accent when I starred in Hunt for red october.
43

tremorman,

10/10/2008 18:12:08
How's about that for double top then.
44

tremorman,

10/10/2008 18:14:35
The wig! oh that took off like a shot, well it is a windy day.
45

tremorman,

10/10/2008 18:26:25
If that Rob Pendragon mentions Bond movies again I'll hit him with a Thunderball. Oh hell I've said it now!
46

Delivery Boy,

10/10/2008 18:28:51
At the last count I'd sold five copies of my book in Scotland!
47

Gie's a break,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 19:17:08
Sir Elvidge, could you drop me off at the pub.
48

Gie's a break,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 19:21:54
I got no strings, to hold me down, make me smile..
49

tremorman,

10/10/2008 19:23:12
For the ladies I'm a glutton just ask Luis Vuitton and he'll say i'm no piece of mutton.
50

Gie's a break,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 19:25:48
I am going to kick your ass just using my right thumb. Left one's too powerful for you.
51

Gie's a break,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 19:26:38
Caught short at the microphone, Sir Sean asks for permission to leave.
52

Gie's a break,

Edinburgh 10/10/2008 19:28:52
Please Miss, Gordon Brown wants to take my money.
53

barry watt,

dunbar 10/10/2008 19:32:43
if only i could have afforded sooty
54

Douglas,

Bathgate 10/10/2008 19:39:24
My wife's away back home to the Caribbean.

Jamaica?

Just a couple of love taps.

55

Euan Gregor,

Edinburgh 11/10/2008 13:42:17
I said ex-actor not X-Factor!
56

Euan Gregor,

Edinburgh 11/10/2008 13:49:37
Can you believe it? I won a tenner on THUNDERBALL!
57

Douglas,

Bathgate 11/10/2008 15:09:22
Do you really expect me to parade in public with this grey hair/black eyebrows combo Blofeld?

No Mr Bond, I expect you to dye.
58

tremorman,

11/10/2008 23:36:06
My name, If I tell you I'll have to kill you.

 

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