Caption Competition
Winning entries in the now-returned Caption Competition.
The competition is now closed.
This week, German "plastinator" Gunther von Hagens poses with the jumping dancer exhibit in his Body Worlds touring exhibition.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. blogbuster
"Jackie Chan was regretting his choice of plastic surgeon for his tummy tuck."
5. jtotheglo
"Reasons to not play with piranhas #4."
4. Nick_Church
"The new range of novelty badges were seen as impractical at best."
3. JudgePix
"Fleshdance"
2. Rob Falconer
"Well, it's a bit excessive - for a first offence, it's normally just a horse's head in your bed."
1. Dodie_James
"Icarus: The Musical"
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At 7th May 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Personally, I prefer the ice-cream he makes with Dazs
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At 7th May 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Only Gunther had had a skinful
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At 7th May 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Actors rehearse for "Posh - the Ballet"
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At 7th May 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:It always pays to check which country your packet of pork scratchings has come from
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At 7th May 2009, david regan wrote:Haven't I sinew somewhere before?
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At 7th May 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:Wayne Sleep takes extreme measures after accusations he is "too skinny"
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At 7th May 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:Magazine Monitor deals harshly with the man who stole the £2 bra coupon
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At 7th May 2009, kipperonthefloor wrote:John had yet again taken Gunther's casual remark of "slipme some skin" too literally
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At 7th May 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:Proof that, left untreated, halitosis can have devastating consequences..
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At 7th May 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:You toucha ma girl..
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At 7th May 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:It gets worse, apparently he was a leper..
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At 7th May 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:Fred here got mistaken for a cat in Scotland
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Another Jenny Craig success story
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At 7th May 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:The dangers of leaping out of the frying pan and into the fire..
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At 7th May 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:The inventor of the first microwave oven celebrates success - at last!
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Of course I don't think you're anorexic
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At 7th May 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:Lets see that new Boots wrinkle cream solve this then..
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:The Rubberband Man remix was proving a hit
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At 7th May 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:Well, it's a bit excessive - for a first offence, it's normally just a horse's head in your bed
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At 7th May 2009, JudgePix wrote:Fleshdance
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Quick I need a rubber band to fix the whosey-whats-it
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At 7th May 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:So what did you say this Medusa dame looked like?
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Comment number 23.
At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:I'd be hopping mad if someone stole all my fleshy bits too
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Comment number 24.
At 7th May 2009, John_Sevenoaks wrote:"Never mind the side effects; this Swine Flu vaccine really works!"
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At 7th May 2009, JudgePix wrote:Ah,ah,ah,ah Flaying alive
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Told you not to go too near the light
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Tetanus - know the risks
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At 7th May 2009, John_Sevenoaks wrote:Another Size Zero model makes its debut.
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At 7th May 2009, JudgePix wrote:The Full Monty - the Director's cut
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At 7th May 2009, John_Sevenoaks wrote:"I know I said your could take a DNA sample - but not a pound of flesh!"
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At 7th May 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:I told you not to go sun-bathing before opening night - you know you always peel
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:I don't think much of this new age ventriloquism, Harry.
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At 7th May 2009, John_Sevenoaks wrote:"I'm distantly related to Kevin Bacon, you know."
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At 7th May 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Yeah, well I'm always careful to jump off at the end of an escalator
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At 7th May 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:I wonder what happened to that ref in the Chelsea match?
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:The Muppets in fitness bootcamp ahead of Michelle Obama's visit
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At 7th May 2009, j-o-n-a-t-h-a-n wrote:Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev brought out of retirement for one last staging of Coppelia.
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Comment number 38.
At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Piranhas was it?
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At 7th May 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:He's highly strung.
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At 7th May 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:This is the main body of my work.
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Shaolin v Predator
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At 7th May 2009, Tableturn wrote:C3PO posed for the first of many "Page 3" appearances.
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At 7th May 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:I can also touch my nose with my tongue.
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At 7th May 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:The proof that a 6-pack is muscle work, not a beer gut.
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At 7th May 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:I don't have to worry about holes in my tights like this.
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At 7th May 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:There's more than one way to skin a cap.....
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At 7th May 2009, Tableturn wrote:Leonardo and Kate didn't look like this in Titanic, did they?
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At 7th May 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:"Me and my sh-a-a-adow...."
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At 7th May 2009, Presto West End wrote:Gunther was a shadow of his future self.
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At 7th May 2009, Tableturn wrote:"I don't care he hasn't got any skin - what's that sticking out of his bottom?!"
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At 7th May 2009, Tableturn wrote:The Burns Unit of the Royal Free was always a happy place.
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At 7th May 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:Happy days, before swine flu, when all he had to worry about was flesh-eating bacteria.
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:This is what happens when you leave your body to science - the musical
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At 7th May 2009, j-o-n-a-t-h-a-n wrote:New virtual reality software not quite ready for release.
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At 7th May 2009, Kudosless wrote:Ballack dancer
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At 7th May 2009, Skiron wrote:The audience could see there was something missing in the latest production of 'The Nutcracker'.
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At 7th May 2009, Kudosless wrote:Cantona. The Musical.
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At 7th May 2009, Kudosless wrote:He Lakshmi. He Lakshmi not.
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At 7th May 2009, Kudosless wrote:Look. No Hans.
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At 7th May 2009, j-o-n-a-t-h-a-n wrote:Shylock's 'Pound of Flesh' scene cut from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Drama "The Merchant of Venice" amid public revulsion.
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At 7th May 2009, Dodie James wrote:Was that twenty four applications of depilatory cream every one hour, or..
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At 7th May 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Gunther was happy to appear in before and after adverts for Botox
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At 7th May 2009, youngWillz wrote:"I remember Arlene Philips saying to me, 'You know when you've been Tangoed'"
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At 7th May 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Well, I think the first thing to do is to stop that sneezing fit of yours ...
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At 7th May 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Maybe you ought to ask to be transferred from head keeper at the vultures' aviary to something safer - tigers perhaps?
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At 7th May 2009, rogueslr wrote:Happy days, before swine flu, when all he had to worry about was flesh-eating bacteria.
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At 7th May 2009, j-o-n-a-t-h-a-n wrote:And in today's lesson, we'll be considering the gender of nouns and why German Vocabulary uses male 'der', female 'die', and neutral 'das'.
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At 7th May 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:I don't think Burke and Hare were quite quick enough on this one
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At 7th May 2009, youngWillz wrote:"After some minor success at whipping tablecloths from under a set meal for three, I have now moved on to people's skins! TA - DAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
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At 7th May 2009, rogueslr wrote:Damien Hirst? Er, never heard of him.
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:"Hey, we've found the problem with the server. We think it's Perkins from Tech Support. Guess that explains why we haven't seen him around for awhile."
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At 7th May 2009, Kudosless wrote:Wayne's contribution to the piece was recognised in its title: Gunther Sleep
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At 7th May 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:J. J. Abrams assembles the original cast of Star Trek for just one more film ...
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Well, we were clearing out the loft...
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At 7th May 2009, Pendragon wrote:Heston Blumenthal creates his Medical Feast for Channel 4
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At 7th May 2009, rogueslr wrote:After Boots launch their anti wrinkle cream, 'Everything A Pound' reveal their caustic soda based competitor.
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At 7th May 2009, gemma wrote:The Royal Ballet model the latest in leotard design.
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At 7th May 2009, j-o-n-a-t-h-a-n wrote:The Scarecrow asked for a brain; for the Tinman, a heart; and the Lion, courage. The Plasticman's aspirations were somewhat smaller.
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At 7th May 2009, Candace9839 wrote:And the house comes with your very own dungeon...
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At 7th May 2009, Pendragon wrote:I told you to watch out for the Sun's ultra-violent rays
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At 7th May 2009, youngWillz wrote:"SOLD to the lady skeleton in the third row!"
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At 7th May 2009, gemma wrote:Hang on. I think you've misunderstood how The Emperor's New Clothes is supposed to go.
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At 7th May 2009, youngWillz wrote:The recession had reduced Mr Muscle to a bit part in a touring show.
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At 7th May 2009, Pendragon wrote:For once, critics are unanimous that Haigh is an unsuitable subject for a musical
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At 7th May 2009, gemma wrote:Warning: looking at naked people through X-ray specs may have unintended results.
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At 7th May 2009, Pendragon wrote:No, I recommended peach oil in your bath, not bleach
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At 7th May 2009, j-o-n-a-t-h-a-n wrote:Despite Daedalus's warnings, Icarus had leapt too near the Sun.
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At 7th May 2009, Pendragon wrote:PC Bertram wanted to look his best now he had been promoted to the Criminal Investigation Department, and decided to take a CID bath
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At 7th May 2009, j-o-n-a-t-h-a-n wrote:Vorsprung durch Plastik.
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At 7th May 2009, Pendragon wrote:"If people don't like it," said Gunther von Hagens, "It's no skin off my nose."
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At 7th May 2009, Polly S wrote:When Nuryev saw that scary bloke who does live televised autopsies creeping upi behind him, he litereally jumped out of his skin
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At 7th May 2009, gemma wrote:Art student's skin vanishing act.
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At 7th May 2009, DylanRex wrote:The Harry Potter poster reacted badly to almost being kicked by a skinless ghoul.
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At 7th May 2009, Pendragon wrote:Gunther von Hagens premieres Stravinsky's new ballet "The Rite of Skin"
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At 7th May 2009, rogueslr wrote:'Strictly' judges take their criticism to the next level.
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At 7th May 2009, youngWillz wrote:"And this is how Hannibal crossed the Alps...Hannibal Lecter that is"
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At 7th May 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:Bruce Lee goes in for skinned-flicks
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At 7th May 2009, rogueslr wrote:And everyone wondered just how was Gunther managing to hold up the model.
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At 7th May 2009, gemma wrote:Slim-Fast. Does exactly what it says on the tin.
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At 7th May 2009, youngWillz wrote:Revealed at last - Cher's stem cell
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