Caption Competition
Winning entries in the Caption Competition
The competition is now closed.
This week's image was a drawing of a UFO sighting over Knutsford, Cheshire, released from previously top-secret files by the National Archives.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. Rogueslr
Jedward, the early years.
5. Gmcoates
Blackpool Tower comes under attack from the planet Dorito.
4. Clarence_E_Pitts
The 2D version of Avatar crashes at the box office.
3. Mustblognow
If IKEA built the Eiffel Tower...
2. Caroline-m
Proposed budget cuts affect the design of the Trident missile replacement system.
1. Tony Doyle
As the recession bit, Knutsford CID were beginning to regret hiring Charlie (aged 6 and three quarters) to be their crime artist.
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Comment number 1.
At 18th Feb 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:This guy must be Knutsford
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At 18th Feb 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:On the planet Toblerone, everyone had their hair styled like Bart Simpson
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At 18th Feb 2010, rogueslr wrote:Jedward, the early years.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:ET, Toblerone Home
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At 18th Feb 2010, rogueslr wrote:And the winner of the Knutsford Primary School mother's portrait is...
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At 18th Feb 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:A policeman looked at the drawing and asked "UFO?" so the artist did as he was told and went home
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At 18th Feb 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:Slowly, the Cheshire Cat began to disappear, until only its head remained
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At 18th Feb 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:George Lucas publishes his long-awaited "Star Wars" notebooks
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At 18th Feb 2010, gmcoates wrote:Blackpool Tower comes under attack from the planet Dorito
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At 18th Feb 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:Stars Fell on Stockport
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At 18th Feb 2010, rogueslr wrote:And, if we allow this new mobile phone mast to be built in our area, then we can expect big scary monsters.
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At 18th Feb 2010, MuteJoe wrote:Happy Christmas from Powergen
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At 18th Feb 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:Dan Dare - Pilot of the Fuchsia
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At 18th Feb 2010, gmcoates wrote:...meanwhile in Knutsford, residents are never lost, as they can always refer to the large arrow indicating "you are here".
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At 18th Feb 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:To insanity ... and beyond!
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At 18th Feb 2010, mustblognow wrote:If IKEA built the Eiffel Tower...
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At 18th Feb 2010, rogueslr wrote:Anthony Gormley's first draft reveal he initially intended it to be 'The Angel and the Devil of the North'.
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At 18th Feb 2010, George wrote:The design for the 2012 olympic torch worried the runners who are carrying it. "It's Massive!!"
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At 18th Feb 2010, boycie freeman wrote:This sketch proving how bored you can get at work; making Dorito's an Alien race.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:Well, it looks like an Unidentified Frying Object
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Comment number 21.
At 18th Feb 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Powered by Dominoes
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At 18th Feb 2010, boycie freeman wrote:This town is going Knuts over UFO's.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Candace9839 wrote:I told you to play the wedge
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At 18th Feb 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:I think we're under attack from Switzerland - thye're firing Toblerones at us now
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At 18th Feb 2010, George wrote:"Was this the intellegence you recieved Mr Blair for proof of WMD in Iraq??"
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At 18th Feb 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Powered by Domino's
(correction)
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Comment number 27.
At 18th Feb 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:Have you seen an optician?
No, just the UFOs.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:Banksy goes intergalactic
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At 18th Feb 2010, sue129 wrote:Cornettos were so much bigger in the old days...
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At 18th Feb 2010, caroline-m wrote:Proposed budget cuts affect the design of the Trident missile replacement system.
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At 18th Feb 2010, boycie freeman wrote:Pythagoras' theory: "U" squared + "F" squared = "O" squared
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At 18th Feb 2010, Candace9839 wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Richard Branson unveils his new Virgin Galactic logo
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At 18th Feb 2010, rogueslr wrote:Monty Pylon's Flying Burkhas.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Whilst she was modelling in Chester, Kate Price's thong suddenly snapped and flew off into the air
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At 18th Feb 2010, Candace9839 wrote:At least the Langoliers were round
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At 18th Feb 2010, rockhulley wrote:"Man,I`ve heard of the Black Hole but not the Black Triangle."
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At 18th Feb 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Welcome to Knutsford
Twinned with Roswell
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At 18th Feb 2010, John_Sevenoaks wrote:The 大象传媒 unveils its new Test Card - for Braille users.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Manisha wrote:Can you please take this slice back... I ordered thin crust not stuffed crust
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At 18th Feb 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Have you got a signal yet?
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At 18th Feb 2010, Manisha wrote:UFO Wars - Revenge of the Pizzas
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At 18th Feb 2010, Raven Clare wrote:In fact, the RAF were at that time trialling their new stealth kites
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At 18th Feb 2010, John_Sevenoaks wrote:"I didn't get a good look, Officer. But I'm sure that's him."
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At 18th Feb 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Three ruddy olives - what kind of a pizza topping do they call that?
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At 18th Feb 2010, BaldoBingham wrote:I'd love to stop and chat, but we had our brakes designed by Toyota.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Candace9839 wrote:They came, they saw, they did a bit of shopping
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At 18th Feb 2010, John_Sevenoaks wrote:Martian spokesman insists - "The war was not just about oil."
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At 18th Feb 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:ET called us
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At 18th Feb 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Owing to a typo, "Rupert Bear Meets the Aliens" was set in Knutsford, not Nutwood.
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At 18th Feb 2010, MuteJoe wrote:Pink Floyd felt the album cover needed a little more colour.
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At 18th Feb 2010, John_Sevenoaks wrote:"OK, that didn't work. Why don't we try putting a coat and hat on the scarecrow?"
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At 18th Feb 2010, boycie freeman wrote:Even UFO's get bad reception.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Yeah, well, it was round really, but that's all a bit clich茅d, isn't it?
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Comment number 55.
At 18th Feb 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Let's be fair, if you were an alien race intent on conquering the earth, Knutsford is probably the first place you'd visit, isn't it?
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At 18th Feb 2010, BeckySnow wrote:A new generation of children leave the cinema in tears as the makers of Watership Down turn their attention to Shaun the Sheep.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:It must be a bad omen, Sir - it's got 'Bermuda' written on it
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At 18th Feb 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Close Encounters of the Third-sided Kind
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At 18th Feb 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Unfortunately, the TV mast didn't know who its leader was
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At 18th Feb 2010, MuteJoe wrote:It was only when he modelled it on the *whole* pie, did Walter Morrison's Frisbee really take off.
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At 18th Feb 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Moulder? Moulder?!
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At 18th Feb 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Cheshire cheese had long been noted for its hallucinogenic effects
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At 18th Feb 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Mulder? Mulder?!
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At 18th Feb 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:So the witness was quite young at the time...
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At 18th Feb 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:Disney-Picasso's "Up"
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At 18th Feb 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:We're not in Bermuda any more
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At 18th Feb 2010, BeckySnow wrote:Trivial Pursuit launches a Dark edition.
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At 18th Feb 2010, HookLineSinker wrote:Take me to your Pizza Hut!
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At 18th Feb 2010, Mr Snoozy wrote:Cornetto given to Angel of the North in a bid to match the Statue of Liberty fails due to a chronic miscalculation of scale.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Gray Gable wrote:It鈥檚 a doodle Jim, but not as we know it..
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At 18th Feb 2010, boycie freeman wrote:A-Lie-No?
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At 18th Feb 2010, MuteJoe wrote:The rest of Tony Hart's Gallery shall remain under lock and key.
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At 18th Feb 2010, penny-farthing wrote:The wisdom of the National Archery-ives in keeping the existence of the unexplained pointy things top-secret,was plain for all to see.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Mr Snoozy wrote:After careful examination of the artist's impression, and the lack of a small hill impailed by a triangular space ship, Police decided to let Robbie Williams keep the crayons, and sent him quietly on his way....
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At 18th Feb 2010, BeckySnow wrote:Latest ad from Guinness...
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At 18th Feb 2010, boycie freeman wrote:This is no UFO. It is a drawing of what happens to a kite when you play with it near an electricity tower. It catches on fire.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:The Return of the Jedward
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At 18th Feb 2010, MuteJoe wrote:Leonardo soon progressed from sketching helicopters.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Polly S wrote:Lady GaGa's pylon dress worked, but the Cornetto was woefully out of scale
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At 18th Feb 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Harry had been taught how to draw pylons, but Miss Hetheridge hadn't done alien spacecraft yet
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At 18th Feb 2010, Polly S wrote:This year's Turner Prize winner
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At 18th Feb 2010, Gray Gable wrote:Mrs Pylon was very cross: 鈥淎nd where do you think you鈥檝e been, coming home at this hour and clearly you鈥檝e been earthing yourself again..鈥
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At 18th Feb 2010, Robby76 wrote:When Dairylea goes bad
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At 18th Feb 2010, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:"I finally managed to get a Freeview signal" said Les as he held the arial just 30 ft from the transmitter
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At 18th Feb 2010, Presto West End wrote:Matty Jenkins was persuaded about the new Railway and could just about put up with the electricty pylon, but when the extra-terrestrials descended on Cranford she could stand it no longer. Captain Brown would hear about this.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Having had his lightning bolt stolen, Zeus started throwing anything he could get his hands on
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At 18th Feb 2010, johnnybravojo wrote:In defence of camera phones
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At 18th Feb 2010, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:After giving the matter a lot of thought JK Rowling decided that a ghostly skull in the sky would be a better "Dark Mark" for Lord Valdemort
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At 18th Feb 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Scientists try to determine what Lewis Carroll was taking when he created the Cheshire Cat
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At 18th Feb 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Proof that God is a snooker player
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At 18th Feb 2010, Dave wrote:Guinness adverts had a shaky start.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Dave wrote:Attack of the giant sheep's head !
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At 18th Feb 2010, boycie freeman wrote:How many triangles can be seen in this picture?
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At 18th Feb 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Oh, the humanity!
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At 18th Feb 2010, boycie freeman wrote:Knutsford Primary School were taking new approaches to teaching their children Pythagoras' theory: "U" squared + "F" squared = "O" squared.
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At 18th Feb 2010, nordstar wrote:Health & Safety Executive prepares new guidance on dangers of handling Victoria sponge slices near electricity pylons.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Jodrell Bunkum
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At 18th Feb 2010, BaldoBingham wrote:It represents ironing and TV, the two main interests of women, and that's why I'm proposing it as the new logo of the Feminist Movement.
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At 18th Feb 2010, MuteJoe wrote:In the end, all agreed that cables would work better than triangles.
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At 18th Feb 2010, Dry Boak wrote:UFOs were a common sight while The Wicker Man was being filmed.
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