Caption Competition
Winning entries for the caption competition.
This week's picture is of Wall Street, in West Yorkshire.
The competition is now closed.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. Dodie_James
"You think you 'ad it bad? We used to get up in t'morning, have a three course breakfast, 'ave butler dress us, get chauffeured to school, pay fer swot to do our homework..."
5. Speedingmal
Sat-nav shares predicted to drop.
4. Caddyshaq
They still talk about the great crash of 1929 around here. The milk cart horse was never the same afterwards.
3. TheRealCatherineO
Betty was relieved to discover that her Wall Street dealer son was merely dispensing narcotics in Keighley.
2. SeanieSmith
"Ay son, we used t' have these things called banks..."
1. John_Sevenoaks
Wall Street 2, The Sequel: Grief is Good.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:Northern Rock under new ownership
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At 2nd Oct 2008, rogueslr wrote:And on your right we see the home of Pink Floyd.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:For a sound investment, you can't beat bricks and mortar.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, rogueslr wrote:Wall Street, now twinned with Bedlam.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:Where you can land without a golden parachute
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Javascript Error 318 wrote:ITV plan new peak time soap drama to compete with Dallas and Dynasty.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, CairnTerrier wrote:And turn left at the end into Skid Row
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Neil wrote:Gordon Brown's friend Prudence suddenly felt that terrible sinking feeling.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:Wall Street 2, The Sequel - 'Grief is good'.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, stigmondo wrote:Well, we used to own it but its parcelled up, collateralised, and is now in the hands of an offshore company that's gone bust..
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:The running of the Bulls in a new long distance record
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At 2nd Oct 2008, stigmondo wrote:When Satnavs go badly wrong..
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:It was the only place we could find without windows
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:Hazards of buying real estate on eBay #23
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At 2nd Oct 2008, stigmondo wrote:Eeh lad, we had t'Bull Market last month..
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At 2nd Oct 2008, penny-farthing wrote:...eh lad, due t'economic crisis,yer can have yer pudding but gravy's all gone.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:Latest Wall Street signs are encouraging says West Yorshire investor.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:If Sarah Palin wrote the rescue plan.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:Wall Street is on the up after recent turbulent trading.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:Wall Street on a stretcher (bricklaying joke).
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At 2nd Oct 2008, stigmondo wrote:No Mr President, this is a different one..
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At 2nd Oct 2008, penny-farthing wrote:Credit crunch and cloth cap chaos.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Magnum Carter wrote:This recession's beginning to look a lot like the '30s
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:Where in the world is Carly Fiorina?
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At 2nd Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:Foreecasters say that Wall Street has it's 'back against the wall'.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, eltelsopwith wrote:Thanks to crashing property prices the new series of Coronation Street has moved location.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Ubik wrote:An interesting day in Wall Street as the market sees a rise in Hovis prices in spite of a continuing fall for whippets, clogs and black puddings.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:Wall Street goes through the roof !
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:There are Jews in the world, there are Buddhists, there are Hindus and Mormons and then, there are those that follow Mohammed, BUT I've never been one of them...
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Harb83 wrote:The intelligence of the population was brought into question yesterday when it was revealed that we're now having to put signs up on walls to tell us what they are.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:Forlorn Yorkshiremen
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Marquee wrote:Caption Competition berated by Ofcom for choosing picture with obvious current affair connotations
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Marquee wrote:A sign of the times
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Nzie wrote:In an advertising bid to increase sympathy and therefore the likelihood that they would get a bail-out, Wall St. called in its decorators to re-do it with the pathos of a Dickensian novel.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Marquee wrote:Saint Wall would have been annoyed that the sign commemorating his birthplace had been botched
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At 2nd Oct 2008, eltelsopwith wrote:Nay lad, we've been arbitragers for generations and arbitragers we'll stay.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, purpleprole wrote:Ee buy buy BUY! Gum
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Marquee wrote:Pixar's choice of sequel to Wall-E was topical, if uninspired
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At 2nd Oct 2008, MJR wrote:My Favorite Walls treat is a Magnum
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At 2nd Oct 2008, rogueslr wrote:I'm Lehman on a lamp post at the corner of the street....
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At 2nd Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:Wall Street denies that their are signs showing bricks and mortar are making a comeback.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:Lehman Brothers power couple choose new wedding venue
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Neil wrote:Estate agents try some frantic re-branding in an attempt to boost sales.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:Beautification of the North disappoints as the Pope can only canonise one side of it.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Neil wrote:Citibank choose the location of their rather downsized new offering, Villagebank.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:Wall Street sign for sale on eBye Gum site.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, MJR wrote:Though I'm covered with soot
From me 'ead to me toes
A sweep knows 'e's welcome
Wherever 'e goes
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:Channelling the spirits of stock brokers and financiers was Mme Lillian's latest get rich quick scheme
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At 2nd Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:'The building occupies a prime position in a previously up market area. Finance may be a problem.'
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At 2nd Oct 2008, eltelsopwith wrote:After careful brick by brick reconstruction, a Dublin entrepreneur regrets not checking small print of famous landmark purchase.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Steve-L19 wrote:The original Pots of Money
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Steve-L19 wrote:Chimney sign stolen
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Neil wrote:If the cameraman had moved a few feet to his right, he would have seen the bogsnorkling cyclist hanging from a crane, and normal Caption Comp service could be resumed.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Sean241160 wrote:George couldn't be sure, but he strongly suspected that both Congress and the Senate were deliberately trying to mislead him...
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At 2nd Oct 2008, penny-farthing wrote:Opening credit to new series...'Last of the summer brine'.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Ollybacon wrote:Every asset had been sold off on Wall Street to beat the credit crunch. Even the sign had been left up on bricks.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:The spot heard round the world
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At 2nd Oct 2008, rogueslr wrote:Hadrian thought long and hard before coming up with the name.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, rogueslr wrote:The CIA's attempts to fool Al-Qaeda were doomed to failure.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, nerdsunited wrote:Words for new soap theme tune:
Anyone can fall in Wall Street
That's the easy part you must keep it going
Anyone can fall in Wall Street
Over the years it has to keep falling
Sun and rain
Joy and pain and pain and pain
There's low's - and lows and lows
We've no way of knowing.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Grant Thomson wrote:Trouble at Mill?
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At 2nd Oct 2008, billshep wrote:Wall Street relocates in cost-cutting move.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Eregol wrote:The new rescue package was a relocation idea.
Welcome to Yorkshire bankers!!!
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At 2nd Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:Air investigators called to remote Yorkshire village after latest Wall Street crash
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Eregol wrote:As a result of current economic troubles the new signs for Wall Street were not as glitzy as before.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, JobeyHelen wrote:Little Britain USA...
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Johnny Pixels wrote:I remember when all this used to be skyscrapers
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At 2nd Oct 2008, milkybarnick wrote:Dinner is for wimps; lunch is for Southerners.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Eregol wrote:Wall Street was really bricking it.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Le Dave wrote:New York's residents thought that the mayor's 'cutbacks' may have been taking it slightly too far.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:Credit Crunch at Christmas brings demand for slimmer Santa.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Mute Joe wrote:Cybersquatting was not a new idea.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:After seeing fat cats with grins, Alice now saw the grim without the fat cats
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Eregol wrote:On the corner of Foot Path and Ring Road.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:Leaving no stone unturned in the hunt for those responsible for the meltdown
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:Nay, lad, that should read 鈥淲all tie鈥
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:A Cornetto? Now that's a Wall's Treat.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:Departing Lehman Brothers staff leave offices stripped bare.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:In the struggle between Wall St and Main St, it appears Wall St has the lead
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At 2nd Oct 2008, julianw138 wrote:Disaster 'oop North after whippets, black puddings, pigeons, cloth caps, and Geoff Boycott are all sold short. Good news is the bail out will only cost 70p.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:But, if you look closely, Professor, underneath you can see the original sign reading "Hob's Lane"
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Mute Joe wrote:The residents were disappointed that they were being forced to rename their parish magazine.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:And this is where they look after our kids - it's called the "Wall Street Creche"
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At 2nd Oct 2008, VeerSoon wrote:Press Association deny travel budget cutbacks affecting photo library.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:I think you misheard me when I said my boyfriend was a banker on Wall Street
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At 2nd Oct 2008, ainvan wrote:And would you believe it, at No.23 is a Mr Frederick Mac and at No. 74 is a Miss Frances May.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:Aye, lad, the whole street's made up of walls
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Jock wrote:Following the repossession, Mr Bradford and Mr Bindley fail to see the irony in the location of their new bedsit.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, NormanAS wrote:Bradford, Bingley, Halifax - invest in West Yorkshire
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:And I hear they're putting up a blue plaque to commemorate the birthplace of the Great British Sausage
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At 2nd Oct 2008, penny-farthing wrote:And just round the corner traders frequented the lunchtime watering-hole....The Olde Stox and Share.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Northern_Simon wrote:'Ear all, see all, say nowt; Ban all, tax all pay nowt;
An' if ivver thi nationalises t'bank, do eet wi taxpayers brass.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:After checking the small print the Lloyds TSB board realised they hadn't spent 拢12 Bn on buying HBOS, but on buying Halifax. At least they now they owned all of Wall Street
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:Gordon Gecko arranges to have his mail redirected
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:Of course, it's not THE Wall Street. That's in Ramsbottom.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, NormanAS wrote:There must be mortar screw
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At 2nd Oct 2008, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:Ey up lad, some daft yank's just towd us he'd pay 拢400 Bn to save our homes
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Wicked_uk wrote:Americans return the favour over the sale of London Bridge.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, Mersonwastheperson wrote:"Maam!"
Hovis takes a tumble on Wall Street.
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At 2nd Oct 2008, BertieBogroll wrote:Opening scene from the locally-produced EeeBayWatch.
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