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Caption competition - Monday October 6, 2008



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Published Date: 06 October 2008
Tell us what the Queen's saying and you could win a case of lager.
Caption Comp



Just enter the Evening News caption competition and post your caption.

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 24 bottles of Corona lager. So what are you waiting for, think of something funny. . .

Friday's winner:
I'm sorry, but I've got to iron them myself these days.
A Friend of Fernando Poo

And the runners-up are..
The credit crunch is affecting even Sir Paul as he starts work in Ikea.
tremorman

"Isn't it good? Norwegian laminated wood...."
Blackley, Edinburgh

Last week's winner
Tuesday's winner Blackley (Get back in the box! I don't wanna go back in the box! - for the picture of Gordon Brown and David Miliband) wins the lager.

• 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.





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1

Rob Pendragon,

06/10/2008 09:42:51
So, Helen Mirren looks good in a bikini at 60? What about this then?
2

Rob Pendragon,

06/10/2008 09:43:26
What do you mean, “Mum, it’s that lady on the stamps”?
3

Rob Pendragon,

06/10/2008 09:44:17
And I shall be doing Helen Mirren’s nude scenes myself in the sequel
4

Rob Pendragon,

06/10/2008 09:45:54
What do you mean, can Botox put “By Royal Appointment” on their products?
5

Rob Pendragon,

06/10/2008 09:48:07
One is meeting the public today, and so one thought of the phrase “Pearls before swine.”
6

Rob Pendragon,

06/10/2008 10:07:58
Coco the Clown’s understudy arrives
7

blackley,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 10:52:30
You mean to tell me ALL my savings are now protected? Oh happy day!
8

Douglas,

Bathgate 06/10/2008 10:54:52
How kind of you to offer blackley. One's choking for a swally.
9

Douglas,

Bathgate 06/10/2008 10:58:12
Mystery surrounds royal mercury leakage.
10

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 10:59:57
Oh dear. One has stepped on some Corgi whoopsie again.
11

Douglas,

Bathgate 06/10/2008 11:00:36
Mixed reactions to queen going green.
12

blackley,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 11:04:50
Heavy is the head that wears the crown....NOT!!!
13

ken wilkinson,

Hull 06/10/2008 11:05:24
"Oh,Phillip,that was a corker-I hope it doesn`t smell as bad as it sounded."
14

Rob Pendragon,

06/10/2008 11:08:08
Abdicate in favour of WHOM?!?!?!?
15

Douglas,

Bathgate 06/10/2008 11:10:20
Oi! I've been here outside Jenners since four this morning doll, don't think you're jumping the queue for that three piece suite.
16

Rob Pendragon,

06/10/2008 11:35:13
I don't care how much you enjoyed it when my bra came off in "Carry On Camping," you are not having my autograph
17

Bigwull,

edinburgh 06/10/2008 11:59:30
One has just keeked ones breeks.
18

Daniel Stenhouse,

edinburgh 06/10/2008 12:02:09
Credit Crunch? Time to remortgage Buck House I think. This economy is getting soggier than a one day old plate of weetabix!
19

Boy Wonder,

06/10/2008 12:03:44
Let them make up silly captions ... I'm so far above these cattle anyway!
20

Boy Wonder,

06/10/2008 12:04:21
I'm RICH ... and you're NOT!!!
21

Boy Wonder,

06/10/2008 12:05:03
Oh dear, has Philip said something silly about the natives again?
22

Boy Wonder,

06/10/2008 12:05:46
So I said, "Charles ... be a good boy and f**k off!"
23

Boy Wonder,

06/10/2008 12:06:26
One does look a lot better than one's son's second wife, doesn't one??
24

alex paterson,

edinburgh 06/10/2008 12:06:45
Hello,are you the manny who stretches ones face.
25

Boy Wonder,

06/10/2008 12:07:01
Shh! Harry's real father is a state secret!!!
26

Boy Wonder,

06/10/2008 12:07:58
One is happy to have fared better than Thatcher after all this time!
27

Boy Wonder,

06/10/2008 12:09:34
I'n going to go on forever, aren't I??
28

Boy Wonder,

06/10/2008 12:10:54
Yes I'm old and wrinkly ... but I'm old and wrinkly and RICH!!!
29

alex paterson,

edinburgh 06/10/2008 12:11:46
One wants to keep ones smile,just some teeth would be nice.
30

Boy Wonder,

06/10/2008 12:12:36
Britain's Number One State Sponger!!!
31

alex paterson,

edinburgh 06/10/2008 12:13:44
I cant believe that Phillip cant tell the difference between me and Helen Mirren,and how does he know.
32

The Barred O' Leith,

06/10/2008 12:30:12
''I look like Helen Mirren? My she's such a drama queen.''
33

punch ogilvie,

06/10/2008 12:31:08
One comes from very ancient royal lines; it shows in one's face.
34

The Barred O' Leith,

06/10/2008 12:31:15
@' Igot this one from Philip too. He often gives me a pearly necklace.''
35

Rob Pendragon,

06/10/2008 12:34:36
Independence for Scotland? OK, who's going to buy it off me?
36

Douglas,

Bathgate 06/10/2008 12:45:00
The Mock the Week repeat on Dave featuring Frankie Boyle made one laugh out loud.
37

The Barred O' Leith,

06/10/2008 12:46:54
'' Yes, i will be backing hibs in the derby. Who's the jockey?''
38

Phil MaGlass,

Holland 06/10/2008 12:58:42
ah cannae smile any mair, ones coupon will crack
39

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 13:09:38
So pleased to meet you, Mr. Salmond.
40

Tynieweeguy,

06/10/2008 13:12:38
Oh look what they're doing to ones Princes Street for "trams"
41

Rob Pendragon,

06/10/2008 13:13:40
Councillors are shocked at Wendy Alexander's replacement
42

Tynieweeguy,

06/10/2008 13:13:53
Quick give the smelly one some money for a coffee and maybe he'll go away.
43

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 13:14:50
Not that Mandelson git again?
44

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 13:26:29
If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s the smell of paint.
45

A Friend of Fernando Poo,

06/10/2008 13:36:30
One is thinking of bailing out Iceland.
46

livislosin,

06/10/2008 14:17:48
.....just carefully snip a couple of the stitches at the back of the facelift and.....whoops !
47

Daveieboy,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 14:20:25
She thought she already had her annus horribilis !-One can't believe one has actually turned into ones spitting image puppet!
48

Daveieboy,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 14:21:07
Gottle of geer!
49

Daveieboy,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 14:22:23
Your face will stay like that if the wind changes.
50

Daveieboy,

06/10/2008 14:23:25
"Well, One supposes one still haves ones looks"
51

Daveieboy,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 14:25:29
Who said Tony Blair is back?
52

Daveieboy,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 14:29:24
Anyone for a blue rinse?
53

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 14:38:10
What's that? I've been invited to the premiere of 'Stone of Destiny'?
54

Euan Gregor,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 14:44:09
When I asked Rolf Harris to paint me, I meant on canvas!
55

Euan Gregor,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 14:47:46
I'm going to play nana in OUR version of The ROYAL Family!
56

Euan Gregor,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 14:48:42
One is delighted with one's Chris Biggins cut!
57

Euan Gregor,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 14:51:42
Philip, take a note. I can see Charles putting in his PIN number!
58

Euan Gregor,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 14:52:34
Dear me Philip! That really does deserve a Royal pardon!
59

tam o:shanter,

edinburgh 06/10/2008 14:55:32
"The sooner this credit thingy goes away the better.BIG ISSUE,BIG ISSUE"
60

A Clamper,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 15:11:31
One is having a bad Heir day,now run along Charles.
61

Lionking,

The sunburnt State o' Western Australia 06/10/2008 15:13:12
What do you mean
Mair wrinkles than a pund o' prunes ?
62

Rob Pendragon,

06/10/2008 15:19:23
Her Majesty discovers she hasn't got the flawless complexion she thought she had - it's just that her eyesight is going too
63

Douglas,

Bathgate 06/10/2008 16:20:46
It's the funniest thing. We'd heard about the traffic chaos in Edinburgh but we did the airport to Holyrood in ten minutes.
64

Douglas,

Bathgate 06/10/2008 16:23:51
For the last time, will you tell that Tena Lady lot that the royal "we" is not up for a sponsorship deal.
65

A Clamper,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 16:45:21
Don't panic Phillip, the Deutsche bank has guaranteed
our savings.
66

Oliver Smith,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 16:53:22
"Oompa Loompa Doobeedeedoo...I've got considerably more money than you........Oompa Loompa Doobeedeedee, there's no financial crisis when you are me !"
67

jazzman,

06/10/2008 16:57:01
the wedge of lime in her majesty's corona extra was too sour for ones liking.
68

blackley,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 17:03:01
82 years old and I've still got ma ain wallies!
69

tremorman,

06/10/2008 18:58:48
I can't believe how much I've aged since I released Bohemian Rhapsody.
70

PDgeordie,

peterhead 06/10/2008 19:21:24
To the unseen Philip " Gonnae dea that"
71

Tilez'r'us,

06/10/2008 19:27:09
Queen says :I wouldnt bother entering the caption contest as the person who picks the winner obviously has no sense of humour whatsoever.
72

tremorman,

06/10/2008 20:49:59
I really think I looked better on Spitting image.
73

tremorman,

06/10/2008 20:51:56
Credit crunch hits palace as queen joins news at ten.
74

Wee Norrie,

NORTH BERWICK 06/10/2008 21:14:51
A gottle of geer.
75

Michelle Hume,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 22:28:19
"Philip, cancel the taxi, Salmond's booked a tram!"
76

Michelle Hume,

Edinburgh 06/10/2008 22:29:31
Philip, they want to use Holyrood as the tram depot!"
77

Douglas,

Bathgate 07/10/2008 00:23:38
No sonny, you THINK you want to see how us fat bottomed girls make the rockin' world go round.
78

Douglas,

Bathgate 07/10/2008 00:24:23
Him? I kent his faither.
79

Boy Wonder,

07/10/2008 08:11:37
Philip?? I can't seem to acquire the Tuesday Hootsmon online this morning!!!

 

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