Caption Competition
Winning entries in the Caption Competition.
The competition is now closed.
This week it was an artwork called The Runner, which is part of the Liverpool Discovers Art Celebration. It is by artist Faith Bebbington.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. Franc Bolero
When Harry saw the others in the identity parade, he knew it was rigged
5. MightyGiddyUpGal
They've obviously been picked too soon for 2012
4. Killos69
Morph's Irish relatives were real health fanatics
3. Clint75
Anthony Gormley's green period.
2. Pendragon
Haricots of Fire
1. Monkey Reed
EMI releases "Abbey Road: Techno Remixes" album cover.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:Apparently, it’s sponsored by a local Indian restaurant
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At 17th Feb 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:All the little green men on those pedestrian crossing lights make their escape
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At 17th Feb 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Critics brand Running Man remake as 'snotty'
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At 17th Feb 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:All the finalists in the 2024 Mars Olympics were local boys
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At 17th Feb 2011, what the wrote:Heston's take on 'runny custard'
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At 17th Feb 2011, rogueslr wrote:It's reported that Antony Gormley has failed a drugs test following the unveiling of his new sculptures.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Candace9839 wrote:It's still not easy being green
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At 17th Feb 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:Shortage of green jelly babies predicted after mass escape from factory
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At 17th Feb 2011, Candace9839 wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 10.
At 17th Feb 2011, Whatever Next wrote:The London 2012 Olympic comittee deny the new running kit is Heatlh & Safety gone mad.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Ready, steady, got to go
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At 17th Feb 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:Sebastian is unveiled as the new Green Cross Coe Man
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At 17th Feb 2011, Dry Boak wrote:And if one green jogger should accidentally fall, there'd be six green joggers running on a wall
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At 17th Feb 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Finally, a green alternative to relay races
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At 17th Feb 2011, rogueslr wrote:Already Liverpool locals have renamed it 'Get 'im, he's nicked me wheels.'
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At 17th Feb 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:Lime (Street) green
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At 17th Feb 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:What happens when you mix Marathon bars with jelly babies
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At 17th Feb 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:We're dying for a deep fried Mars bar
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At 17th Feb 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:The spirit of Eadweard Muybridge lives on!
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At 17th Feb 2011, Electric Dragon wrote:Not pictured: lime green policeman.
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At 17th Feb 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Hurry, Tiger Woods is putting
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Comment number 22.
At 17th Feb 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:Antony Gormley unveils proposals for the "Jelly Baby of the North"
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At 17th Feb 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Are you sure that was gatorade at the last water stop?
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Comment number 24.
At 17th Feb 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:It was intended to be a pun on green runner beans, but that was lost on those who only knew them in tomato sauce
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At 17th Feb 2011, Billynug wrote:Marathon Man Hoffman in Toxic Waste accident
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At 17th Feb 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:It's easy to laugh, but you might runner mock
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At 17th Feb 2011, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:So you think you're slicker than what on a brass door knob?
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At 17th Feb 2011, rogueslr wrote:Rastamouse say 'slow down man, just chill brother.'
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Comment number 29.
At 17th Feb 2011, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:They've obviously been picked too soon for 2012
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Comment number 30.
At 17th Feb 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:Well, it's quite nice, but I think we'll stick with our three flying ducks on the wall, thank you
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Comment number 31.
At 17th Feb 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Well, it's almost finished, but, like most things, I don't think it's going to be ready by 2012 ...
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Comment number 32.
At 17th Feb 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Frank and his friends often used to go to restaurants and then do a runner, by paying and not eating the meal
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At 17th Feb 2011, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Who let the frogs out?
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At 17th Feb 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Look, Darling, when I said I wanted a Robochef, I meant a food processor
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At 17th Feb 2011, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Have you been experimenting on Smarties again, Herr Professor?
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Comment number 36.
At 17th Feb 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:When Harry saw the others in the identity parade, he knew it was rigged
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Comment number 37.
At 17th Feb 2011, MorningGlories wrote:The blue meanies were about to have visitors
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At 17th Feb 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Police suspect the activists were from Green Peas
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At 17th Feb 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:The "Free the Mushy Six" Campaign gathered momentum
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Comment number 40.
At 17th Feb 2011, ToKillAMockingAlan wrote:Public slam Liverpool's distasteful fancy dress for the 'race for jaundice' charity event....
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Comment number 41.
At 17th Feb 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:The exhibit is part of the "Liverpool Discovers it Doesn't Like Art" Celebration
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At 17th Feb 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Liverpudlians discover where their benefits will be reallocated in future
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At 17th Feb 2011, MorningGlories wrote:Was that a fresh paint sign?
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At 17th Feb 2011, Tone wrote:Announced at MWC today the evolution of Android to Complete Man is nearly complete...
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At 17th Feb 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Like the Leicester Football Stadium, "The Runner" is sponsored by Walker's
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At 17th Feb 2011, tombo1689 wrote:The Ascent of Manic
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At 17th Feb 2011, JD554 wrote:Artist provides a graphic example of his lack of knowledge as to the human body works.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Billynug wrote:Run green Forest Run
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At 17th Feb 2011, Scott wrote:The Gumby Olympics
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At 17th Feb 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Even the Green Giant was miserable in Liverpool
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At 17th Feb 2011, Scott wrote:Performance enhancing drugs goes green.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Kipson wrote:Green go and rushes so.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:"The Runner" was chosen as a subject after "The Discus-thrower" was seen as being likely to upset the locals
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At 17th Feb 2011, Fidraisle wrote:Members of the Green Party escape the scene of ecological espionage.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Billynug wrote:When the Green Party said they were going to run in Liverpool nobody quite understood they meant this
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At 17th Feb 2011, Bangledancer wrote:Liverpool CSI technicians baffled by test dummy shortage.....
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At 17th Feb 2011, Presto West End wrote:Danger Mouse had his work cut out since Baron Greenback and Grotbags had "gone carnal".
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At 17th Feb 2011, Tremorman wrote:Telly tubbies stripped bare.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Tremorman wrote:Part of your five oops six a day.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Tremorman wrote:After the stag party vindaloo there is always a rush for the toilet
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At 17th Feb 2011, Max S wrote:As the 2012 Musical Statues Olympic Event entered its second week, with no visible sign of movement from any of the competitors, the judges decided something would need to be done to break the dead lock.
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At 17th Feb 2011, joegw wrote:Green eggs and ham for breakfast!
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At 17th Feb 2011, gmcoates wrote:The Green Man Group perform a tribute to Eadweard Muybridge
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At 17th Feb 2011, Killos_T wrote:Morph’s Irish relatives were real health fanatics
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At 17th Feb 2011, G0ng00zle wrote:'Who's idea was it to gatecrash Mandelson's guacamole party?'
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At 17th Feb 2011, Presto West End wrote:Rumours persist that the Hulk is to bring out a fitness DVD.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Killos_T wrote:brings a whole new meaning to "runny nose"
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At 17th Feb 2011, Max S wrote:The Olympic Committee were starting to reconsider the viability of changing the 4x100m relay into the 6 in 100m relay.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Sean241160 wrote:Mass panic breaks out at the first utterance of "eat up your greens"
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At 17th Feb 2011, Tremorman wrote:They've just heard Lady Ga Ga needs a couple more Frogs
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At 17th Feb 2011, Killos_T wrote:Little Green Men family struggle to remember where they parked the UFO & escape the parking fine
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At 17th Feb 2011, Sean241160 wrote:On reflection, the organisers realised that routeing the marathon through Halewood's paint shop had not been such a good idea...
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At 17th Feb 2011, Presto West End wrote:The World's worst paintball players are honoured by statues.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Dragndrop wrote:Highlights of the Day.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Sean241160 wrote:The girl's rendition of "YMCA" went pear-shaped as soon as the vodka kicked in...
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At 17th Feb 2011, Killos_T wrote:Lemmings 2011 lacked the charm and caracter of the original game.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Killos_T wrote:Liverpool Council’s new 3D Green Man Safe Crossing system became self aware at 09:30 am GMT
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At 17th Feb 2011, Fi wrote:In an attempt to boost support, Fathers For Justice merge with the Green Party...
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At 17th Feb 2011, gmcoates wrote:A new race of bogie men discovered
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At 17th Feb 2011, Dry Boak wrote:Absinthe makes the art glow longer
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At 17th Feb 2011, Killos_T wrote:after smashing up the Blue Man Groups dressing room ; the Green Man Group made a break for it
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At 17th Feb 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Ford had been wondering where all the paint for their Kas had got to
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At 17th Feb 2011, gmcoates wrote:Leaving time at Sellefield
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At 17th Feb 2011, Killos_T wrote:It was a mad dash for Lady Gaga’s backing dancers as they missed the tour bus
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At 17th Feb 2011, StoneyMast wrote:If Sellafield did athletics?
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At 17th Feb 2011, Presto West End wrote:Liverpool's crime figures soar as Police.uk picks up offences against art.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Fi wrote:The "Green Goddess" launches her new 3D fitness DVD.
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At 17th Feb 2011, gmcoates wrote:Lime Street Greens
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At 17th Feb 2011, Tremorman wrote:The green man festiaval surely wasn't going to be held in Liverpool.
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At 17th Feb 2011, nerdsunited wrote:Take That promote new album cover after one of Robbie's new alien friends joins band
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At 17th Feb 2011, Simon R wrote:Green runner been
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At 17th Feb 2011, penny-farthing wrote:The platform the Green Party was running on did not contain too many potential pitfalls.
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At 17th Feb 2011, nerdsunited wrote:Runner at back: "Hey wait for me - I thought we go on green"
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At 17th Feb 2011, Presto West End wrote:It was the only way Gary Neville and pals were going to get out of Liverpool alive.
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At 17th Feb 2011, Simon R wrote:Liverpool athletes’ deny being envious of London’s Olympic facilities
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At 17th Feb 2011, Simon R wrote:In hindsight solar panels on the roof would have made a better green statement...
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At 17th Feb 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Liverpool manages to find six entrant for the Liverpool Marathon - and all from the same family
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At 17th Feb 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Yeah, they do look a bit liverish, don't they?
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At 17th Feb 2011, Simon R wrote:Concern grows as Martians try to relay information back to their home planet...
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At 17th Feb 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Liverpool manages to find six entrants for the Liverpool Marathon - and all from the same family
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