Caption Competition
Winning entries in the Caption Competition.
This week, Scott Illman sits out his hour on the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. He's one of the 2,400 people taking part in artist Antony Gormley's One and Other project.
The competition is now closed.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. Beachcred wrote:
I only asked for an soapbox to stand on, but no, Gormley had to make something special...
5. Fandango2 wrote:
Twitter 1.0
4. RMutt wrote:
Optimistic England fan bags his spot for the Ashes victory parade.
3. Jellyba wrote:
Uniform and prospects they said
2. Magnum Carter wrote:
You: Walking across Trafalgar Square at 4pm Monday in beige jacket with long brown hair and low-cut blue top. Me: Looking down over you in large, loose-fitting bright red overcoat, dark glasses and black cap. Drink?
1. Lord_Mandelson_Foy wrote:
Prince Harry began to suspect that this latest posting was in fact designed to keep him out of trouble.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Pendragon wrote:God bless the Plinth of Wails
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At 9th Jul 2009, Pendragon wrote:Wheres that girl, then? They definitely said thered be Annette to support me.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Pendragon wrote:Yeah, I saw this post advertised on the Net
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At 9th Jul 2009, Pendragon wrote:Where's that girl, then? They definitely said there'd be Annette to support me.
(spelling correction)
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At 9th Jul 2009, Pendragon wrote:Oh no! Nelson's gone and fallen off!
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At 9th Jul 2009, Pendragon wrote:Not exactly Landseer, is he?
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At 9th Jul 2009, rogueslr wrote:I'm here to draw attention to the problem of vertigo, but no one said it was going to be this high.
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At 9th Jul 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:I'm here in case Humpty turns up.
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At 9th Jul 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:I'm tying to keep the falcons away.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Bangledancer wrote:"I told her: I said I'm only human: I've got faults... DON'T put me on a pedestal I said...."
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At 9th Jul 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:My mum always said I was a waste of space....
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At 9th Jul 2009, rogueslr wrote:What happens to bad postillions when they upset the Queen?
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At 9th Jul 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:I'm only the Town Crier because I've just got it jammed in my zip
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At 9th Jul 2009, j-o-n-a-t-h-a-n wrote:Bus services in Trafalgar Square disrupted by "Fathers for Justice".
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At 9th Jul 2009, Bangledancer wrote:"OK" said Nelson "1st wish, back to life. 2nd wish, those blimmin pigeons. 3rd wish...well. I should have BOUGHT the sunglasses, and wished for a ladder....."
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At 9th Jul 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Since the operation, I've been known as the Angela of the South
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At 9th Jul 2009, U14063895 wrote:Prince Harry began to suspect that this latest posting was in fact designed to keep him out of trouble.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:'Ere, anybody seen my lion?
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At 9th Jul 2009, MaryJq wrote:They seek him here, they seek him there...
And find him in Trafalgar Square.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Rockahula wrote:"I bet I look a right Dick Turpin...."
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At 9th Jul 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Nelson's twice as big as I am - I'm a half-Nelson
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At 9th Jul 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:At this rate, this is what F1 racing will look like next year..
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At 9th Jul 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:These new GATSO's are well-disguised
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At 9th Jul 2009, rogueslr wrote:Stone, the pose.
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At 9th Jul 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:Fishing Through The Ages #137: No rod? Just stare them into the net..
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Comment number 26.
At 9th Jul 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Eh, touristes, toujours on ne doit pas oublier le mot Trafalgar
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At 9th Jul 2009, U14063895 wrote:Dear Gordon,
I know we have put off the defence review until after the election but could i bring to your attention the effect of current budget cuts on military signals and communications....
Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP
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Comment number 28.
At 9th Jul 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:I wish I'd brought some Imodium for the podium
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At 9th Jul 2009, Paul Morris wrote:Trafalgar Mayor?
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At 9th Jul 2009, Tone wrote:Wimbledon Circa 1860 was a very different game
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At 9th Jul 2009, Kitwemiller wrote:The Hangover - British style
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At 9th Jul 2009, Digrgrl wrote:What'd'ya think? Are the sunglasses a bit much?
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At 9th Jul 2009, aquabassgirl wrote:As a part-time town crier, he was starting to rue picking a 'day to declaim' when the news on the net was virtually non-existent.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:I wonder if Lord Nelson was conned in the same way
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At 9th Jul 2009, bmerren wrote:Anthony Gormley - more like An' totally Gormless
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At 9th Jul 2009, Kitwemiller wrote:When I told the lads I wanted to get back to Nelson, I meant the one in Lancashire........
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At 9th Jul 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Ruddy community service!
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At 9th Jul 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:If only I'd got to the shop a bit quicker, I could have had the Wonderwoman outfit I really wanted
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At 9th Jul 2009, Bangledancer wrote:and Cub reporter Nick had been SO excited when his editor offered him his own column.......
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At 9th Jul 2009, ffsgimmeaname wrote:Oyez! Oyez! Oh, (sighs and sits down) what's the point?
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At 9th Jul 2009, Bangledancer wrote:Should have gone before I left the house.......
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At 9th Jul 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Harry had been waiting months for his new kitchen to be installed, and so far all he had was the plinth
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At 9th Jul 2009, gm_coates wrote:A Georgian, not-so-tall boy.
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At 9th Jul 2009, aquabassgirl wrote:The troops' assault course training of 1806 had ended up with scrambling nets in a surprisingly urban setting, or else he'd got more than a little lost on the orienteering....
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Comment number 45.
At 9th Jul 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:When I answered the ad, I thouht it was for a live-in sculptor
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At 9th Jul 2009, BrianHolyoak wrote:I hope no pigeon Landseer!!!
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At 9th Jul 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:When I answered the ad, I thought it was for a live-in sculptor
(sorry)
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Comment number 48.
At 9th Jul 2009, U14063895 wrote:STAGECOACH 162 YEARS LATE
Still meets performance criteria
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Comment number 49.
At 9th Jul 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:You: Walking across Traflagar Square at 4pm Monday in beige jacket with long brown hair and low-cut blue top.
Me: Looking down over you in large, loose-fitting bright red overcoat, dark glasses and black cap.
Drink?
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Comment number 50.
At 9th Jul 2009, Rockahula wrote:"Oh yay! Oh yay! Oh just forget it, I'm not in the mood...'
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At 9th Jul 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Working at Butlin's wasn't as much fun as Derek thought it would be
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At 9th Jul 2009, rogueslr wrote:The Loneliness of the Long Distance Punner.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Rockahula wrote:Plinth Charming.
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At 9th Jul 2009, bigredminingman wrote:Look .. All I know is I was told to turn up dressed as your favourite Trumpton character
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At 9th Jul 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:"Into the breech" they said. I didn't know they meant these ineffables.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Fauconnier wrote:At least Steve McQueen had a ball to play with
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At 9th Jul 2009, Fauconnier wrote:Human Chess was one thing, but playing Human Monopoly was getting to be a bit of a bore
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At 9th Jul 2009, G Dawes wrote:President Sarkozy sits and takes a well earned rest inbetween speeches on his new upgraded podium booster box.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:London unveils its very first Scare-Bob-Crow
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At 9th Jul 2009, mainbass wrote:Sad sack sittin on a block of stone......sorry Elvis.
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At 9th Jul 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:Who dat down der saying who dat up der?
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At 9th Jul 2009, rogueslr wrote:I see David Blaine's gone retro for his latest stunt.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Fauconnier wrote:Derek had only got the part because he said he was a Town Crier in real life, but that was only a sob story
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At 9th Jul 2009, bmerren wrote:Not even Twitter could make this interesting. Fail!
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At 9th Jul 2009, Fauconnier wrote:Can anybody help? I think I've got a splinthter.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Fauconnier wrote:Well, it's quite comfortable, but does a public convenience have to be THIS public?
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At 9th Jul 2009, Rockahula wrote:It was a long and boring day for extras on the set of 'Trumpton: the Movie'...
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At 9th Jul 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:Mr Red was eventually negated from the final heist on grounds he was a little too conspicuous
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At 9th Jul 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:With university funding cut, this was Scott's last hope of higher education.
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At 9th Jul 2009, JudgePix wrote:So much for Dad's suggestion that Trafalgar Square would be a good place to meet birds.
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At 9th Jul 2009, gm_coates wrote:Towards the end of the week, George III thought he was a statue.
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At 9th Jul 2009, gm_coates wrote:George III lost his marbles, they rolled off the plinth.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Rockahula wrote:Scott had had 'that dream' again....
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At 9th Jul 2009, Fauconnier wrote:Well, that's definitely the last time I do a sponsored fancy-dress parachute jump
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At 9th Jul 2009, snoozoff wrote:who nicked my column?
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At 9th Jul 2009, lorri-m wrote:Not able to locate a suitable costume in time, the other Fathers for Justice abandoned poor Jeff.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Nick Fowler wrote:And all this because Anthony Gormley is too ruddy lazy to actually make a statue
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At 9th Jul 2009, Nick Fowler wrote:No, no, no. I definitely said I wanted a fancy ADDRESS in London.
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At 9th Jul 2009, snoozoff wrote:maybe a bad idea to sit on that cold stone for too long
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At 9th Jul 2009, ECLondon wrote:Humpty Dumpty - after the atkins diet
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At 9th Jul 2009, Nick Fowler wrote:Boris Johnson is certainly good at deputising when he wants to
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At 9th Jul 2009, snoozoff wrote:david blaine stayed 40 days above the Thames, i should be able to manage an hour up here!
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At 9th Jul 2009, karls97 wrote:National Gallery sponsors town crier to perform 'A picture is worth a thousand words'.
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At 9th Jul 2009, JudgePix wrote:A newly discovered childhood portrait proved that Stig was much older than anyone had imagined.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Nick Fowler wrote:I think I would have gone down better if I'd remembered to bring some news with me
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At 9th Jul 2009, jammyrhona wrote:Pariliament's 5-a-side football linesman reluctantly shows off new kit.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Odbe34 wrote:Hear yee, hear yee I'm plinthed!
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At 9th Jul 2009, Nick Fowler wrote:After the ´óÏó´«Ã½, Huw Edwards just couldn't get a decent job anywhere
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At 9th Jul 2009, Tableturn wrote:Trafalgar Square's new public toilets were not met with the enthusiasm the designers had hoped for.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Nick Fowler wrote:Nobody seemed interested in "Fathers for Bingo Tax Justice"
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At 9th Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:It was a great idea to put Jeremy Clarkson up there out of the way. Unfortunately, you could still hear him.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Odbe34 wrote:I thought this was meant to be a Suggs lookalike competition and now I'm stuck up here. Mind you I've got Mrs Slocombe's pussy to keep me company somewhere
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At 9th Jul 2009, youngWillz wrote:The point at which this year's winner of The Speaker realised he'd lifted his mum's shopping list by mistake...
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At 9th Jul 2009, ollyrharness wrote:Zoo keepers test out the new elephant toilet at London Zoo
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At 9th Jul 2009, youngWillz wrote:"But baby it's scrolled outside..."
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At 9th Jul 2009, Ruthstabb wrote:Musical statues wasn't so much fun now hes all grown up.
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At 9th Jul 2009, gm_coates wrote:Dick Whittington's plinth-top protest for the plight of panto characters in the summer.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:"I'm sorry," said Illman. "I'm not feeling well."
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At 9th Jul 2009, Pie_on_the_brain wrote:Punishments at St Egbert's were sometimes bizarre.
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At 9th Jul 2009, Ruthstabb wrote:.... 3 hours 22 mins later...I spy with my little eye, something begining with....
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