Caption Competition
Winning entries in the Caption Competition.
The competition is now closed.
This week it's a researcher testing the loudness of a vuvuzela in a German laboratory. The horn's parping reached 160 decibels during the tests.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. GreatUncleBulgariaJr
The Terminator T1000 had good reason to want to kill all humans.
5. BaldoBingham
"No, I still don't see the attraction of jazz."
4. MightyGiddyUpGal
The battle against the Crazy Frog ringtone was nearing victory.
3. LaurenceLane
Research continues into how men can be conditioned for married life.
2. MorningGlories
"And we've discovered people actually prefer bagpipes."
1. GuitarKate
"It's no use Herr Professor, I can still hear the England fans playing the Great Escape."
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Comment number 1.
At 17th Jun 2010, Candace9839 wrote:His master's vice
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Comment number 2.
At 17th Jun 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Toot suite
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Comment number 3.
At 17th Jun 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Calls to ban vuvuzelas resulted in the unfortunate suspension of an innocent Argentinian player
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Comment number 4.
At 17th Jun 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Crash tests were but a distant comfort
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Comment number 5.
At 17th Jun 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Vuvuzelas? OK, what's Wayne Rooney injured now?
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Comment number 6.
At 17th Jun 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Und next ve vill put ze dummy in an orange mini dress
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Comment number 7.
At 17th Jun 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Cape Horn Town
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Comment number 8.
At 17th Jun 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:FIFA moves to ban ticket toots
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Comment number 9.
At 17th Jun 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Tooting Abroad-way
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Comment number 10.
At 17th Jun 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Unfortunately, Wayne Rooney damaged his metatarsals again after trying to play "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" on a vuvuzela
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Comment number 11.
At 17th Jun 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Sadly for everyone in the stadium, vuvuzela was not a euphemism
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Comment number 12.
At 17th Jun 2010, Candace9839 wrote:You're horning in on my experiment lamented the lab technician
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Comment number 13.
At 17th Jun 2010, Candace9839 wrote:And when you're deaf, the horn can be converetd into a deaf aid
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Comment number 14.
At 17th Jun 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:The best part is I get to blow raspberries at my lab assistant all day long
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At 17th Jun 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Room with a vu
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Comment number 16.
At 17th Jun 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Horn of Plenty - of noise
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Comment number 17.
At 17th Jun 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:The brass is always keener on the other side
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Comment number 18.
At 17th Jun 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:You were meant to bring the wine - I said to bring a Methuselah!
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Comment number 19.
At 17th Jun 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Just taking a few notes
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Comment number 20.
At 17th Jun 2010, LaurenceLane wrote:Reasearch continues into how men can be conditioned for married life.
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Comment number 21.
At 17th Jun 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Personally, we crash test dummies preferred it when were being driven into brick walls at 60 mph
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Comment number 22.
At 17th Jun 2010, LaurenceLane wrote:I'll name that tune in one!
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Comment number 23.
At 17th Jun 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:When we win the World Cup, we are planning to deploy a few thousand of these with the flags
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Comment number 24.
At 17th Jun 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Finally, everybody in the science laboratory knew why Herr Fischer had been fired from his job in the library
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Comment number 25.
At 17th Jun 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:I was blown away by the results.
What?
I SAID I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE RESULTS!
What?
Oh, never mind
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Comment number 26.
At 17th Jun 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Everyone was waiting for the silence of the labs
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Comment number 27.
At 17th Jun 2010, Nzie wrote:Inspired by the World Cup, the battle between whalers and environmentalists gets a new weapon.
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Comment number 28.
At 17th Jun 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:After this, we are all going out for Bavaria beer. Care to join us?
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Comment number 29.
At 17th Jun 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:You were only supposed to blow me ruddy shoes off!
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Comment number 30.
At 17th Jun 2010, BaldoBingham wrote:No, I still don't see the attraction of jazz.
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Comment number 31.
At 17th Jun 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:There is some evidence that the yellow horns paired with blondes in orange mini dresses produce deeper stirrings, I mean tones...
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Comment number 32.
At 17th Jun 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:Unfortunately, Herr Schmidt had been given a yard of ale to taste ...
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Comment number 33.
At 17th Jun 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:Herr Schmidt enjoyed his yard of ale - the dummy had already become legless
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Comment number 34.
At 17th Jun 2010, BaldoBingham wrote:In South Africa, no one can hear you scream.
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Comment number 35.
At 17th Jun 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:We never squawk anymore
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Comment number 36.
At 17th Jun 2010, Discombobulator wrote:our research has concluded that men with wigs should not stand near a vuvuzela at a foootball match.
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Comment number 37.
At 17th Jun 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:A couple more and we will have an oompah band to die for...
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Comment number 38.
At 17th Jun 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:FIFA introduces ban on nude Daleks
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Comment number 39.
At 17th Jun 2010, Spraggy wrote:Please put me back in a car with no seat belt and drive it into a wall, its got to be better than this.
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Comment number 40.
At 17th Jun 2010, Spraggy wrote:Crash Test Hummmmmmmmmmmy
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Comment number 41.
At 17th Jun 2010, MorningGlories wrote:It was the last straw for Beaker as he ran screaming from the room
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Comment number 42.
At 17th Jun 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:Germany is hoping to turn the whole stadium into one vast Mexican Horn Concerto
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Comment number 43.
At 17th Jun 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:Well yes, we also have a research programme to find a cure for cancer, but this is more fun ...
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Comment number 44.
At 17th Jun 2010, Paul Morris wrote:Mind blowing!
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Comment number 45.
At 17th Jun 2010, Spraggy wrote:Once health and safety had it the monkey sanctuary, this dummy wished he hadnt been given the job of see no evil.
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Comment number 46.
At 17th Jun 2010, MorningGlories wrote:We've discovered how to detect an elephant in the room that no one can see. Unfortunately, we've also discovered how to make it want to mate with us.
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Comment number 47.
At 17th Jun 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Professor Wolf finds out what it's like when someone does what they say they'll do with your vuvuzela
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Comment number 48.
At 17th Jun 2010, Spraggy wrote:AMENDMENT - SPELLING - Once health and safety had hit the monkey sanctuary, this dummy wished he hadnt been given the job of see no evil.
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Comment number 49.
At 17th Jun 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Q: How many vuvuzelas does it take to annoy an England World Cup fan?
A: Only one, the rest are too busy being annoyed by Rob Green.
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Comment number 50.
At 17th Jun 2010, Raven Clare wrote:John Cage tries to compensate for his original 4'33"
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Comment number 51.
At 17th Jun 2010, rogueslr wrote:Well James, just aim it like this and it'll send a poisoned dart 100 meters.
Q, once again you've surpassed yourself.
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Comment number 52.
At 17th Jun 2010, MorningGlories wrote:A lepatata ever changes its sports
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Comment number 53.
At 17th Jun 2010, Raven Clare wrote:I SAID IT'S A SCIENCE LAB, NOT A SILENCE LAB!
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Comment number 54.
At 17th Jun 2010, MorningGlories wrote:We've proved that annoying the enemy is always an option
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Comment number 55.
At 17th Jun 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Locusts are a doddle
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Comment number 56.
At 17th Jun 2010, MorningGlories wrote:The truly satanic verses are hear
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Comment number 57.
At 17th Jun 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Insignificant people with squeaky little voices finally find a way of attracting peoples' attention
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Comment number 58.
At 17th Jun 2010, Raven Clare wrote:BUY A BIG ISSUE, SIR?
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Comment number 59.
At 17th Jun 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Horton will definitely hear this Who
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Comment number 60.
At 17th Jun 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Pedestrians find a way to get their own back on drivers with radios blaring
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Comment number 61.
At 17th Jun 2010, Candace9839 wrote:When boffins mate
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Comment number 62.
At 17th Jun 2010, Candace9839 wrote:And you thought the Ricola adverts were bad...
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Comment number 63.
At 17th Jun 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Mais, mes amis, mes little grey cells 'ave told me 'ow one American supporter managed to fire a lethargy pill ... straight into Robert Green's mouth!
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Comment number 64.
At 17th Jun 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:England supporters find a way of fitting a CD-player into their vuvuzelas so they can play The Dambusters March all through the match
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Comment number 65.
At 17th Jun 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Nothing like being horny all day
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Comment number 66.
At 17th Jun 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Und next we test the optimal length for annoying the English...
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Comment number 67.
At 17th Jun 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:It's either this, or we all sing unaccompanied, or "A capello" as we call it
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Comment number 68.
At 17th Jun 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Horn of plenty - of goals
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Comment number 69.
At 17th Jun 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:The number of decibles produced by a vuvuzela? No, we're testing toupee glue.
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Comment number 70.
At 17th Jun 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Apple scientists try to produce an iVuvuzela in time for the World Cup Final
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Comment number 71.
At 17th Jun 2010, Simaster wrote:My test shows this is 147.1 times more anoying than missing the England goal on ITV HD
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Comment number 72.
At 17th Jun 2010, Fi wrote:Gordon the dummy had never liked "In The Mood" and this rendition was no exception...
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Comment number 73.
At 17th Jun 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:Scientists believe football supporters have their ears in their legs. "When we played a loud vuvuzela close to them, they moved away but, when we removed their legs first ..."
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Comment number 74.
At 17th Jun 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:For once, "Science bit - pay attention" was having no effect.
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Comment number 75.
At 17th Jun 2010, Fi wrote:They are annoying, loud and nobody likes them.
Coming soon to ITV1 - I'm a Vuvuzela-playing Celebrity!
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Comment number 76.
At 17th Jun 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:The country that brought you BMW and Braun invents a way to kill flies accurately and painfully
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Comment number 77.
At 17th Jun 2010, Fi wrote:The race begins for the first inventor of the vuvuzela mute...
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Comment number 78.
At 17th Jun 2010, George wrote:Even the dummy hates it.
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Comment number 79.
At 17th Jun 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:No wonder foxes hate them
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Comment number 80.
At 17th Jun 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:"Sometimes I feel like I'm quacking up," thought Prof Honeydew.
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Comment number 81.
At 17th Jun 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Provost has ways of making you talk, dummy.
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At 17th Jun 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:Out of concern for the environment, BP unveils new strategy to scare the birds away before they get covered in oil.
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At 17th Jun 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:German scientists try to develop a vuvuzela that is Hans-free
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At 17th Jun 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:But the worst part was when the staff were made to shout "Tally-ho!"
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Comment number 85.
At 17th Jun 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Actually we are testing if women like fish or bicycles better in a separate experiment.
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Comment number 86.
At 17th Jun 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:James Dyson invents a vacuum-cleaner specifically for people with dirty dummies
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At 17th Jun 2010, Qmoq wrote:The robot rebellion was traced back to systemic abuse in the name of science...
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At 17th Jun 2010, Qmoq wrote:Vuvuzela research into hair restoration currently shows no positive results.
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Comment number 89.
At 17th Jun 2010, Qmoq wrote:Proof that anyone would give their right arm to stop hearing the Vuvuzelas...
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Comment number 90.
At 17th Jun 2010, Qmoq wrote:"Good. Now let's see if it's more annoying if the Vuvuzela is blue."
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Comment number 91.
At 17th Jun 2010, Qmoq wrote:Cover picture of new self-help book "Headaches for Dummies"
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Comment number 92.
At 17th Jun 2010, Richard Newman wrote:New radio show 'Sound The Horn' undergoes pre-pilot audience response testing.
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At 17th Jun 2010, mastermax wrote:Germany puts another unemployed jazz trumpeter to good use
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Comment number 94.
At 17th Jun 2010, Gray Gable wrote:The inventor tried many possibilities before he finally came up with his life’s achievement, the eight track car stereo..
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Comment number 95.
At 17th Jun 2010, Gray Gable wrote:Actually, I’m more of a Richard Strauss fan myself..
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Comment number 96.
At 17th Jun 2010, Lucien W wrote:Testing new theories for imax 4D, when avatars talk right in your ear
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At 17th Jun 2010, mastermax wrote:EXPOSED: The hideous experiments on poor, defenseless dummies carried out in German labs.
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Comment number 98.
At 17th Jun 2010, Lucien W wrote:Scientists deafen those without eyes to develop a super sense of taste
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At 17th Jun 2010, Guy wrote:Oh No!!! Not the bloody vuvuzela!
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At 17th Jun 2010, martin wrote:"Ah... I must be home" says South African blind man
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