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This week it was entrants in the annual Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival. During the two-week festival the village in the Yorkshire Dales comes to life with both traditional scarecrows and more modern takes.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. rogueslr
That's the last time I buy a second-hand combine harvester from the small ads in the NME.
5. Candace9839
Favourite pop group? Let's have a straw poll.
4. lprivett
Among huge advertising losses and budget cuts, viewers are sceptical of Louis Walsh's insistence that this year's X Factor will be bigger and better than ever.
3. James F
Scarecrows, protecting swedes since Waterloo.
2. Valerie Ganne
Well, it might scare the Byrds.
1. cortez
For Gods sake don't hold your lighters in the air.
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Comment number 1.
At 18th Aug 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:If the Swedes could see this, they'd ABBA fit
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Comment number 2.
At 18th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Mama Mia, here we go again
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Comment number 3.
At 18th Aug 2011, rogueslr wrote:Abba dabba doo!
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Comment number 4.
At 18th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Favourite pop group? Let's have a straw poll.
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Comment number 5.
At 18th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Well, it might scare the Byrds
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At 18th Aug 2011, rogueslr wrote:Bjorn to be mild?
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Comment number 7.
At 18th Aug 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Well, it started out as a tribute to "The Wizard of Oz," but I couldn't find any red shoes
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Comment number 8.
At 18th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:It's our cunning plan for getting them back on the farm once they've seen gay Paris...
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Comment number 9.
At 18th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:This moment brought to you by Tractor Supply Company
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Comment number 10.
At 18th Aug 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:After the Best Pumpkin had been judged, there were four contendors for Best Swede
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Comment number 11.
At 18th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Hay Jude...
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Comment number 12.
At 18th Aug 2011, Chrissy Mouse wrote:Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Mannequin After Midnight)
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Comment number 13.
At 18th Aug 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:The cover of their new album, "ABBA sings the Worzels"
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Comment number 14.
At 18th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Has anyone seen Fernando?
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Comment number 15.
At 18th Aug 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:And later, Elizabeth Windsor will be along to perform "Dancing Queen"
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Comment number 16.
At 18th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Benny had drawn the short straw this time
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Comment number 17.
At 18th Aug 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:The group was facing outward as the creator just couldn't get Agnetha's rear right
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Comment number 18.
At 18th Aug 2011, Chrissy Mouse wrote:I always knew that my love for ABBA would scare the birds off
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Comment number 19.
At 18th Aug 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:And remember, fans, no tributes with lighters
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Comment number 20.
At 18th Aug 2011, BaldoBingham wrote:Oh Aunt Sally, I've forgotton where I puts my music head so I've had to use this swede.
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Comment number 21.
At 18th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:The group had put on weight and was known as the "Flab Four"
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Comment number 22.
At 18th Aug 2011, BaldoBingham wrote:Hey Rick! Is that you?
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Comment number 23.
At 18th Aug 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Hay all your love on me
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Comment number 24.
At 18th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:The flower-pot was there for Bill and Ben, plus The Little Swede
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Comment number 25.
At 18th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Gerard Depardieu Swede on the plane
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Comment number 26.
At 18th Aug 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:The girls were not so sure about Stig's booking this time
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Comment number 27.
At 18th Aug 2011, Tremorman wrote:Moody Blues looking their age
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Comment number 28.
At 18th Aug 2011, Chrissy Mouse wrote:Recalling the days when ABBA were outstanding in their field
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Comment number 29.
At 18th Aug 2011, LaurenceLane wrote:They may not scare many crows but they certainly frighten lovers of music.
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Comment number 30.
At 18th Aug 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:For the sheep-reading community, the band was renamed BAABAA
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Comment number 31.
At 18th Aug 2011, MuteJoe wrote:Today we'll be performing covers of The Black Crowes, The Lightning Seeds and Fields of the Nephilim.
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Comment number 32.
At 18th Aug 2011, Tremorman wrote:No not waterloo, I said I need a portaloo
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Comment number 33.
At 18th Aug 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Mummy Mia
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Comment number 34.
At 18th Aug 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Due to their advancing years, the band was known as "Super Drooper"
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Comment number 35.
At 18th Aug 2011, LaurenceLane wrote:Abba, out on bale.
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Comment number 36.
At 18th Aug 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:And I guess that's why they call it the blues......
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Comment number 37.
At 18th Aug 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:Bjorn was miffed that the scarecrow looked prettier than he did
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Comment number 38.
At 18th Aug 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:But what if they take our legs off and throw them over there?
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Comment number 39.
At 18th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Blue Swede Shoes
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Comment number 40.
At 18th Aug 2011, Chrissy Mouse wrote:Top of the Crops
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Comment number 41.
At 18th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:For the judges, it was a case of
Blue Swede Choose
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Comment number 42.
At 18th Aug 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Last of the Summer Whine
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Comment number 43.
At 18th Aug 2011, rogueslr wrote:I'm glad they put that sign up, I thought it was Will and Kate's wedding.
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Comment number 44.
At 18th Aug 2011, Mr Snoozy wrote:Thankfully, for the less astute among the Scarecrow community, the band had a big blue sign so everyone knew who they were..
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Comment number 45.
At 18th Aug 2011, GDW wrote:Bjorn thinks we are going to win the X Factor. I think we are stuffed.
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Comment number 46.
At 18th Aug 2011, rogueslr wrote:Not so much a crop circle, more a cr*p circle.
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Comment number 47.
At 18th Aug 2011, Tremorman wrote:When the crowds had all gone there was work to be done they still had to take their Stock holm
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Comment number 48.
At 18th Aug 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:The Whiner Takes it All
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Comment number 49.
At 18th Aug 2011, Raven Clare wrote:The NHS was campaigning for blood donors of a very rare blood group
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Comment number 50.
At 18th Aug 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:Bjorn and Benny objected to being called stuffed shirts by the girls, when it was evident Anna-Frid had been padding her bra all this time.
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Comment number 51.
At 18th Aug 2011, Vicky S wrote:Dunno about the crows but I'm having my very own Depardieu moment here......
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Comment number 52.
At 18th Aug 2011, Vicky S wrote:Luckily Frida found some very pretty fabric in the market for 99p a metre so the comeback tour cost less than anticipated.
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Comment number 53.
At 18th Aug 2011, Raven Clare wrote:If ABBA had used their surnames instead, they would have been ULAF
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Comment number 54.
At 18th Aug 2011, Tremorman wrote:they aren't Swedes they are turnips
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Comment number 55.
At 18th Aug 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Unfortunately, the O2 was already booked for that night ...
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Comment number 56.
At 18th Aug 2011, rogueslr wrote:That's the last time I buy a second hand combine harvester from the small ads in the NME.
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Comment number 57.
At 18th Aug 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:But why should the residents of Kettlewell worry so much about crows on their pavements?
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Comment number 58.
At 18th Aug 2011, Vicky S wrote:Abba were desperate to headline in Glastonbury 2012.
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Comment number 59.
At 18th Aug 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:As in "The Wizard of Oz," Agnetha was searching for some brains
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Comment number 60.
At 18th Aug 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:no hay a quien culpar (the most least known ABBA song honest)
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Comment number 61.
At 18th Aug 2011, rogueslr wrote:Farmer Palmer says, "Get orff moy baand."
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Comment number 62.
At 18th Aug 2011, Vicky S wrote:They were all getting on a bit so the waterproof stage covering was a sensible investment.
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Comment number 63.
At 18th Aug 2011, Susan wrote:Mowing Me, Mowing You
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Comment number 64.
At 18th Aug 2011, Chrissy Mouse wrote:Eurovision for Dummies
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Comment number 65.
At 18th Aug 2011, Raven Clare wrote:The group began their act with a rendition of "I've got a brand-new combine harvester"
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Comment number 66.
At 18th Aug 2011, simon wrote:And this years X Factor winners are..............
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Comment number 67.
At 18th Aug 2011, simon wrote:ABBA does country music
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Comment number 68.
At 18th Aug 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:And here's a song you all Know from our 1978 Classic The Album 'I'm a marrionette'
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Comment number 69.
At 18th Aug 2011, david regan wrote:Despite the looting, ABBA played on - with the help of a coupe of milk crates!!
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Comment number 70.
At 18th Aug 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Apparently, it's not the dummies, but the music that scares off the birds
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Comment number 71.
At 18th Aug 2011, david regan wrote:Despite the looting, ABBA played on - with the help of a couple of milk crates!!
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Comment number 72.
At 18th Aug 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:The plastic sheeting had been put down in case Gerard Depardieu put in an appearance
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Comment number 73.
At 18th Aug 2011, simon wrote:The music wasn't great but as scarecrows they were number 1
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Comment number 74.
At 18th Aug 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:And you say a crop circle magically appeared overnight?
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Comment number 75.
At 18th Aug 2011, david regan wrote:I Have A Dream ................... to one day make it into the field (aka Glastonbury)
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Comment number 76.
At 18th Aug 2011, clint75 wrote:"And when we want people to leave we play a tape of Pierce Brosnan singing."
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Comment number 77.
At 18th Aug 2011, david regan wrote:Waterloo ???
Make your mind up luv !!!
Do you want a drink or the lav?
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Comment number 78.
At 18th Aug 2011, david regan wrote:Benny: "If nobody turns up to see us soon, I'm gonna bale !!!"
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Comment number 79.
At 18th Aug 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Hens were to be the judges on Yorkshire's very own "The Eggs Factor"
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Comment number 80.
At 18th Aug 2011, david regan wrote:And for our next song, we're going to do a cover of When I'm Feeling Blue
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Comment number 81.
At 18th Aug 2011, rogueslr wrote:See mum! See dad! And you said a degree in Media Studies was a waste of time!
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Comment number 82.
At 18th Aug 2011, Ralph King wrote:ABBA tribute band laid back over Rolling Stone guest appearance
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Comment number 83.
At 18th Aug 2011, Presto West End wrote:Madame Tussauds Yorkshire could only be described as disappointing.
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Comment number 84.
At 18th Aug 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:Never had the lyrics sounded truer
Knowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)
We just have to face it, this time we're through
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Comment number 85.
At 18th Aug 2011, Presto West End wrote:Waterloo, sang the band. Yes to the first part, said Depardieu, but no to the second.
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Comment number 86.
At 18th Aug 2011, clint75 wrote:"Eurovision venues have certainly improved over the last 30 years!"
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Comment number 87.
At 18th Aug 2011, Chrissy Mouse wrote:Tour ends November 5th...
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Comment number 88.
At 18th Aug 2011, Andy Hill wrote:Roger's love for Abba just seemed to scare the birds away.
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Comment number 89.
At 18th Aug 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:And the concert tonight will be followed by skeet shooting and cow tipping
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Comment number 90.
At 18th Aug 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:"That's the last straw!" screamed Bjorn.
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Comment number 91.
At 18th Aug 2011, Raven Clare wrote:After the success of Katie Melua's "Live at the O2 Arena," ABBA bring out a new live album, "ABBA at The Pavement, Kettlewell"
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Comment number 92.
At 18th Aug 2011, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:"This gig is for the birds"
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Comment number 93.
At 18th Aug 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:ABBA's songs are what so many had said - just plastic sheet music
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Comment number 94.
At 18th Aug 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:The ploy worked, as the birds ate the scarecrows, not the crops - "Gnawing Me, Gnawing You"
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Comment number 95.
At 18th Aug 2011, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:"That's another fine Kettle(well) of fish you've got us in"
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Comment number 96.
At 18th Aug 2011, SkarloeyLine wrote:The plan backfired when Farmer Giles' crops fell prey to earworm.
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Comment number 97.
At 18th Aug 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:The prize was a chance to sell your own fruit and vegetables - "The Winner Takes a Stall"
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Comment number 98.
At 18th Aug 2011, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:"I'm just here for the glogg"
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At 18th Aug 2011, bradmer wrote:ABBA cadaver
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Comment number 100.
At 18th Aug 2011, bradmer wrote:Ladies and Gentlemen, the harvest working band in show biz - ABBA
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