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This week, two tigers tussle with a snowman at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire. Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. zapateados
"You just don't see kids playing out these days - I blame computer games."
5. imp1953
"Mmmm - baked Alaskan."
4. Magnum Carter
Whilst always cautious at close range, their keeper grossly underestimated their snowballing abilities.
3. supermatt6000
H.M. Government Public Service Films:
This is Mr Nesbitt, of Harlow, New Town.
He cannot be seen.
Now, I am going to ask him to stand up.
Mr Nesbitt, would you stand up please?
Mr Nesbitt has learnt the value of not being seen. However...
2. youngWillz
Head Teacher: "And so THIS is why we need to close the schools in a cold snap."
1. Vicky S
"No, honestly, you ARE too late, I heard it in the news yesterday - some bloke won it with a horse."
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Comment number 1.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:A tiger?! In Antarctica?
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Comment number 2.
At 12th Feb 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:Knock it over, Sarge, and I'll have your stripes
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At 12th Feb 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:Doesn't Esso ever film its commercials anywhere tropical?
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At 12th Feb 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:Well I for one am certainly not burning bright
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At 12th Feb 2009, Dodie James wrote:Right, if I just pat this bit down, then you can put the carrot on..
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At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Nevil was already regretting his hiding place.
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At 12th Feb 2009, Rach wrote:The first sighting of the white horse sculptors reveals a surprising truth
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Comment number 8.
At 12th Feb 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:It snowed last night. I must put that in my Big Cat Diary.
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Comment number 9.
At 12th Feb 2009, Mute Joe wrote:Hmmm, this one tastes a bit bland, Brian.
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Comment number 10.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Siegfried and Roy were always glad they had the orange and black ones on hand for snowy days
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Comment number 11.
At 12th Feb 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:Hey, those kids didn't finish their snowman. I wonder why?
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Comment number 12.
At 12th Feb 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:I reckon he's in here, Felix. This one's shivering.
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Comment number 13.
At 12th Feb 2009, The_Bob_Glasgow wrote:"I spend all day making this snowman and you didn't even bother bringing your camera!"
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Comment number 14.
At 12th Feb 2009, JudgePix wrote:I do prefer fresh to frozen though, more flavour
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Comment number 15.
At 12th Feb 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:That's the last time I shop at Iceland. This snowman's been filleted.
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Comment number 16.
At 12th Feb 2009, rogueslr wrote:Pooh was pleased with the audition for a new Tigger. Maybe this one would be less bouncy and hopefully he'd bite the head off that manic depressive Eeyore.
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Comment number 17.
At 12th Feb 2009, The_Bob_Glasgow wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 18.
At 12th Feb 2009, JudgePix wrote:I made you a snowman but I eated it
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Comment number 19.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Trapland would become a popular Survivor venue
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Comment number 20.
At 12th Feb 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Tony the Tiger decided he'd gone off Frosties.
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Comment number 21.
At 12th Feb 2009, rogueslr wrote:Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted his new production of Cats to be more edgy.
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Comment number 22.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Put a tiger in your (snow) bank
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Comment number 23.
At 12th Feb 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:I said I wish we wre snow leopards! Are you Def?
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Comment number 24.
At 12th Feb 2009, JudgePix wrote:Take a picture and we'll put it on No-Facebook
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Comment number 25.
At 12th Feb 2009, rogueslr wrote:Don't you think horizontal stripes make me look fat?
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Comment number 26.
At 12th Feb 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:I said I wish we were snow leopards! Are you Def?
(correction)
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Comment number 27.
At 12th Feb 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Come on out. I know you're in there somewhere, Attenborough.
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Comment number 28.
At 12th Feb 2009, sternpaddler wrote:I did tell him. "Skiiers from Nantucket cannot outrun avalanches" I said. But would he listen?
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Comment number 29.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:The Dalek in winter
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Comment number 30.
At 12th Feb 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:I think you're right. It's not an albino penguin.
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Comment number 31.
At 12th Feb 2009, rogueslr wrote:And in a survey, 5 out of 6 tigers said they preferred Siegfried.
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Comment number 32.
At 12th Feb 2009, kempsy wrote:Are you sure this kid will taste better after he has been frozen?
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Comment number 33.
At 12th Feb 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:That's funny. Lot's wife was here a minute ago.
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Comment number 34.
At 12th Feb 2009, Mute Joe wrote:Lapland New Forest had never looked so enchanting.
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Comment number 35.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:The K14 slope presented an even greater challenge
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Comment number 36.
At 12th Feb 2009, rogueslr wrote:All together now, 'You're going to get your head bit off!'
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Comment number 37.
At 12th Feb 2009, SallieannG wrote:Heston Blumenthal opens a zoo and here unvails his latest creation
- tiger ice cream
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Comment number 38.
At 12th Feb 2009, rogueslr wrote:I see mum's been to Iceland.
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Comment number 39.
At 12th Feb 2009, Mute Joe wrote:Wanted: Zookeeper.
Must be able to work under pressure and keep a cool head at all times.
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Comment number 40.
At 12th Feb 2009, rogueslr wrote:Looking good so far, do you want me to go see the rabbits to borrow a carrot?
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Comment number 41.
At 12th Feb 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:I don't know what he was selling, but it'll teach him to laugh at the "Beware of the Cats" sign.
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Comment number 42.
At 12th Feb 2009, rogueslr wrote:The Snowman 2, when SatNavs go bad!
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Comment number 43.
At 12th Feb 2009, DarthMac wrote:All Terry could do was laugh. It was now ten minutes since Tony licked the snowman and his tongue was still stuck to it.
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Comment number 44.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:This camouflage thing doesn't seem to be working any more
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Comment number 45.
At 12th Feb 2009, Spockter Doc wrote:Look, we're tigers. Can't we build something less stereotypical?
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Comment number 46.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:It was no fun being a postman in Wiltshire
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Comment number 47.
At 12th Feb 2009, DarthMac wrote:A word of warning - if it's yellow don't eat it!
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Comment number 48.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:Did I tell you I was thinking of joining the cubs, dear?
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Comment number 49.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:"You stay in the car, Darling. I'll go and get an AA Man." The tigers were laughing for hours at that one.
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Comment number 50.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:Mmmm, Raymond Briggs didn't taste bad at all
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Comment number 51.
At 12th Feb 2009, DarthMac wrote:Frosties?
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Comment number 52.
At 12th Feb 2009, johnc wrote:You know, Gerald, I think its still frozen. Are you sure it said 4 minutes on high and not 40 minutes?
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Comment number 53.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Big Game Cookery Recipe #23: Snowcones for tigers
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Comment number 54.
At 12th Feb 2009, georgehh wrote:Tony was desperate to impress on Valentines day, and had gone to the effort of trying o recreate that famous scene from 'Ghost'
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Comment number 55.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:Ice scene - the Lions of Longleat
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Comment number 56.
At 12th Feb 2009, georgehh wrote:What do you call a tiger in the Arctic?
Lost
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Comment number 57.
At 12th Feb 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:"I think this one's dead. When you think something's too good to be true..."
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Comment number 58.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:This would definitely have been better flambeed
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Comment number 59.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:The Ice Queen chose a most inopportune spot that day
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Comment number 60.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Forecast is calling for snow furries
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Comment number 61.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:Pretend you're interested for a little while longer, Tony, until that photographer's been lulled into a false sense of security ...
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Comment number 62.
At 12th Feb 2009, Mute Joe wrote:The
were far less happy with the exchange programme.
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Comment number 63.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Tigers 2, Lions and Bears 0
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Comment number 64.
At 12th Feb 2009, Kudosless wrote:"We're walking in the aaaaaaaarrrrrrrggghhhhh ... "
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Comment number 65.
At 12th Feb 2009, johnc wrote:Although he had been stood still for days, Mowgli still did not dare move.
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Comment number 66.
At 12th Feb 2009, DarthMac wrote:You think we have it bad?
Apparently one of the penguins has collapsed with heat stroke in their enclosure, and the polar bear pen consists of sand and palm trees!
You wouldn't half know this was a PFI zoo.
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Comment number 67.
At 12th Feb 2009, DylanRex wrote:It was quick thinking by Norbert to disguise himself as a snowman when he fell in the tiger pen, but he had to conceed, it wasn't going to save him...
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Comment number 68.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Drat, they've eaten my nose. On the bright side, no more smell of danger.
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Comment number 69.
At 12th Feb 2009, Kudosless wrote:I'm not shivering, I'm just Shere Khan
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Comment number 70.
At 12th Feb 2009, fionapar wrote:'There's nothing wrong with my pole dancing that a bit of practice won't fix.....'
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Comment number 71.
At 12th Feb 2009, johnc wrote:"Now, we just need some eyes and a nose"
"Here, use these that I got from that keeper who forgot to lock his door"
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Comment number 72.
At 12th Feb 2009, fionapar wrote:It takes two to tango.
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Comment number 73.
At 12th Feb 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:"Rising up...back on the street..."
"What you singing Rock?"
"Eye of the Human, gets me in the zone. I'm ready Adrian"
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Comment number 74.
At 12th Feb 2009, johnc wrote:Hmm? Tastes like chicken to me.
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Comment number 75.
At 12th Feb 2009, fionapar wrote:"I can still see you"
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Comment number 76.
At 12th Feb 2009, georgehh wrote:Have you seen the film 'Ghost'
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Comment number 77.
At 12th Feb 2009, Kudosless wrote:Needs a bit more fearful symmetry ...
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Comment number 78.
At 12th Feb 2009, Enay884 wrote:"Hey Tony! These Frosties taste nothing like you said!!"
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Comment number 79.
At 12th Feb 2009, youngWillz wrote:Big cat reconstruction of the "Pope with Lion Cub" pic from a fortnight ago...
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Comment number 80.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:That's the coach driver. Now for all the people stranded in the Village Hall.
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Comment number 81.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:Two tigers exact a terrible revenge on Bill Giles.
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At 12th Feb 2009, youngWillz wrote:Tigers make themselves at home after securing an RBS loan on their compound...
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Comment number 83.
At 12th Feb 2009, youngWillz wrote:White Stripes Play Longleat
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Comment number 84.
At 12th Feb 2009, Ruaraidh Gillies wrote:We've been had! This isn't the Pope!
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Comment number 85.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:At least that's stopped him calling us Kitty
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Comment number 86.
At 12th Feb 2009, youngWillz wrote:Mountain tigers from Kill-a-man-here-Joe
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Comment number 87.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:Well, he's not walking in the air any more
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Comment number 88.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:I must be turning vegetarian - I thought the best bit was the scarf
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Comment number 89.
At 12th Feb 2009, MalcolmB wrote:Those kids must have spent an age building this and, yet again, we missed the chance to eat one of the blighters.
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Comment number 90.
At 12th Feb 2009, nick_fowler wrote:I thought I'd enjoy Welsh rarebit, but Aled Jones tasted awful
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Comment number 91.
At 12th Feb 2009, youngWillz wrote:The Magic Circle Assistants Society's Winter Ball led to the mysterious disappearance of the lovely Debbie McGee
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Comment number 92.
At 12th Feb 2009, Ruaraidh Gillies wrote:Not bad, eh? Who says you need opposable thumbs?
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Comment number 93.
At 12th Feb 2009, Fauconnier wrote:The trouble is, you can't spot the Big White Hunters in this weather
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Comment number 94.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Look, you'd better start practicing that damned routine or it's no show for you tonight
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Comment number 95.
At 12th Feb 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Fabulous dessert, honey. Did you use real park rangers?
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Comment number 96.
At 12th Feb 2009, hitbarker wrote:this time the mother took a stab at the pope
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Comment number 97.
At 12th Feb 2009, johnc wrote:"These Big Brother tasks are getting more ridiculous!
Build a snowman whilst dressed in tiger suits, indeed."
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Comment number 98.
At 12th Feb 2009, Fauconnier wrote:Forget the snow patrol - I want to get into the next enclosure and try a few arctic monkeys
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Comment number 99.
At 12th Feb 2009, chappers009 wrote:I just love the snow Tony, it's Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!
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Comment number 100.
At 12th Feb 2009, Rockahula wrote:'Not walking in the air now are you, eh?'
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