Caption Competition
It's the Caption Competition.
The competition is now closed Full rules can be seen here [PDF].
This week, a new government building is opened in Hyderabad, India.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6) MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:
Call me Ishmael, but that's quite impressive.
5) James Rigby wrote:
The architect didn't care, he did it just for the halibut
4) bainbo wrote:
It's a multi-storey Carp Ark
3) MuteJoe wrote:
Google Translate unveils its Tower of Babelfish
2) Whatever Next wrote:
It was built to Scales
1) Rob Falconer wrote:
I'm not really sure about the design - I'll have to mullet over
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Comment number 1.
At 26th Apr 2012, That Guy wrote:And you say you've named it Wanda?
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Comment number 2.
At 26th Apr 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou unveils FishyJet
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Comment number 3.
At 26th Apr 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:FryinAir launches services to India
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Comment number 4.
At 26th Apr 2012, Woundedpride wrote:"You forgot the signs! How will anyone know we are the Ministry of Fisheries?"
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Comment number 5.
At 26th Apr 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Min of Agra and Fish
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Comment number 6.
At 26th Apr 2012, Pendragon wrote:Centre of of-fish-aldom
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Comment number 7.
At 26th Apr 2012, Mr Snoozy wrote:You can stop looking now Marlin - Found him!
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Comment number 8.
At 26th Apr 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:With so many rooms, how are we going to fillet?
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Comment number 9.
At 26th Apr 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:Fins aint what they used to be
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Comment number 10.
At 26th Apr 2012, Ruaraidh Gillies wrote:That's nothing - you should see the one that got away.
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Comment number 11.
At 26th Apr 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:How big should it be? The architect just spread his arms out wide.
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Comment number 12.
At 26th Apr 2012, That Guy wrote:'So, when did they fin-ish it?'
'I dunno, but apparently you'll have a whale of a time...'
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Comment number 13.
At 26th Apr 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:I didn't think I'd enjoy working here, but now I'm hooked
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Comment number 14.
At 26th Apr 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Boy, that sure is a lot of carp
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Comment number 15.
At 26th Apr 2012, Tremorman wrote:It doubles as the blimp so it is obviously a flying fish.
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Comment number 16.
At 26th Apr 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:The only problem is all these cats hanging around ...
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Comment number 17.
At 26th Apr 2012, Gray Gable wrote:Don鈥檛 worry Mr Hughes, I think we鈥檝e got it right this time..
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Comment number 18.
At 26th Apr 2012, VirtuousFang wrote:Harry Ramsdens were happy with their new factory setting
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Comment number 19.
At 26th Apr 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:And then you press this button and the head turns towards you and it starts singing ...
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Comment number 20.
At 26th Apr 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Now everyone's angling for a rise
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Comment number 21.
At 26th Apr 2012, Pendragon wrote:Unfortunately, the architect's plan and his son's primary school project had got mixed up
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Comment number 22.
At 26th Apr 2012, Tremorman wrote:It was a present for Guptor's birthday, a very big fishcake
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Comment number 23.
At 26th Apr 2012, PeeJayEll wrote:It's one way of using the debris washed up by the tsunami.
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Comment number 24.
At 26th Apr 2012, RandomDave wrote:After three days and three nights in the conference room, Jonah was vomited out onto dry land.
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Comment number 25.
At 26th Apr 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:'Course it'll look a lot better when it's been battered
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Comment number 26.
At 26th Apr 2012, Candace9839 wrote:All I did was bait my hook with cheese, actually.
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Comment number 27.
At 26th Apr 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:We're going to need a bigger newspaper...
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Comment number 28.
At 26th Apr 2012, Gray Gable wrote:After the tumultuous seas encountered on the first attempt, Noah was taking no chances this time. 鈥淩ight, load them in lads..鈥
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Comment number 29.
At 26th Apr 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:GUPTA not Guppy, Smithers....
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Comment number 30.
At 26th Apr 2012, Mr Snoozy wrote:What a load of Cods-wallop!
(Courtesy of Pete!)
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Comment number 31.
At 26th Apr 2012, MorningGlories wrote:Now where's my wife's bicycle...
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Comment number 32.
At 26th Apr 2012, GuitarKate wrote:As their new ministry building is unveiled, Jeremy Hunt continues to emphatically deny any fishy goings-on.
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Comment number 33.
At 26th Apr 2012, PeeJayEll wrote:The new Police HQ in Denton as in Det. Insp. Frost's worst nightmare.
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Comment number 34.
At 26th Apr 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:I said to base the design around Ramadan, not Ramsden
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Comment number 35.
At 26th Apr 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:I said Hari Krishna, not Hari Ramsden
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Comment number 36.
At 26th Apr 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:Scotland unveils its new Parliamentary building, designed by Alex Salmon and Nicola Sturgeon
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Comment number 37.
At 26th Apr 2012, Dyeb wrote:How to swim with the sharks and get away with it
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Comment number 38.
At 26th Apr 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Just that feeling that something fishy's going on...
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Comment number 39.
At 26th Apr 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Well, at least if we install any pianos, we'll have a tuna handy
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Comment number 40.
At 26th Apr 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Is the architect a Pisces by any chance?
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Comment number 41.
At 26th Apr 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:And the next phase is a bigger fish to swallow it up.
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Comment number 42.
At 26th Apr 2012, VirtuousFang wrote:Its our new Fin an'shell headquarters said a treasury official
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Comment number 43.
At 26th Apr 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:It doesn't look like a duck.
It's a Bombay duck.
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Comment number 44.
At 26th Apr 2012, MorningGlories wrote:Is it Friday yet?
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Comment number 45.
At 26th Apr 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:India's latest casino was called "Fish and Chips"
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Comment number 46.
At 26th Apr 2012, Raven Clare wrote:After the Gherkin and the Shard, this is the Mackerel
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Comment number 47.
At 26th Apr 2012, gingermrkettle wrote:So the civil service has a new plaice to work...
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Comment number 48.
At 26th Apr 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:The builders insisted on being paid COD
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Comment number 49.
At 26th Apr 2012, Hawkeye wrote:Chief Architect Noah was forced to explain how he had mistakenly read the weather forecast for the UK instead of India...
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Comment number 50.
At 26th Apr 2012, Chris Stocks wrote:The Tower of Babel Fish
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Comment number 51.
At 26th Apr 2012, PeeJayEll wrote:Salmon fishing in Yemen is one thing, but trying to relocate Nessie to India was never going to go well.
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Comment number 52.
At 26th Apr 2012, Pendragon wrote:But we wanted a much bigger building - you'd better throw this one back
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Comment number 53.
At 26th Apr 2012, Tremorman wrote:The metal fish of Hyderabad
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Comment number 54.
At 26th Apr 2012, Dyeb wrote:MacFisheries have just moved their UK call centre to India
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Comment number 55.
At 26th Apr 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:David Cameron unveils the headquarters for Britain's new Ministry of Drought
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Comment number 56.
At 26th Apr 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:I hear that new English restaurant in Hyderabad is so exotic
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Comment number 57.
At 26th Apr 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:But it's too small - the staff are all squashed up inside like sardines
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Comment number 58.
At 26th Apr 2012, Mr Snoozy wrote:At last, our Zeppelin is ready to take on Atlantis...
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Comment number 59.
At 26th Apr 2012, Ty Du wrote:Despite the shape of the building, people still didn't understand what the Babelfish Corporation did
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Comment number 60.
At 26th Apr 2012, Candace9839 wrote:"I'm happy to announce the planning board went for it hook, line and sinker."
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Comment number 61.
At 26th Apr 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:It took alot of loaves to build that, I can tell you.
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Comment number 62.
At 26th Apr 2012, penny-farthing wrote:Nice,but where did they put the carp ark?
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Comment number 63.
At 26th Apr 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:It's a happy plaice to work.
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Comment number 64.
At 26th Apr 2012, Whatever Next wrote:This is just the start - they're going to build roes and roes of them!
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Comment number 65.
At 26th Apr 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:I don't know the architect's surname, but everyone called him Rod
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Comment number 66.
At 26th Apr 2012, MorningGlories wrote:It gives me a haddock every time I walk by it.
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Comment number 67.
At 26th Apr 2012, Dyeb wrote:Your Plaice or Mine?
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Comment number 68.
At 26th Apr 2012, Kazbat wrote:I like my new office but I feel like a fish out of water
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Comment number 69.
At 26th Apr 2012, Candace9839 wrote:It has wall-to-wall carp-eting inside.
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Comment number 70.
At 26th Apr 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:What line of work are they in again?
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Comment number 71.
At 26th Apr 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:But can the Government afford enough tartare sauce?
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Comment number 72.
At 26th Apr 2012, Raven Clare wrote:That's all they've ever got in the canteen - ants' eggs
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Comment number 73.
At 26th Apr 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:"Call me Ishmael, but that's quite impressive."
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Comment number 74.
At 26th Apr 2012, Discombobulator wrote:the architect said "just work off a scale drawing."
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Comment number 75.
At 26th Apr 2012, MorningGlories wrote:The building manager's name is Jonah...
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Comment number 76.
At 26th Apr 2012, BaldoBingham wrote:The new Luca Brasi apartments are now open.
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Comment number 77.
At 26th Apr 2012, Kudosless wrote:Indian Government roles scaled up
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Comment number 78.
At 26th Apr 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:We don't call them flatfish now - they're known as apartmentfish
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Comment number 79.
At 26th Apr 2012, Kev wrote:Unfortunately the archtect mistook the description of his dream home for Jonahs former residence.
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Comment number 80.
At 26th Apr 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:I'm not really sure about the design - I'll have to mullet over
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At 26th Apr 2012, Pendragon wrote:However, the design had to be changed after a large number of car accidents outside ...
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Comment number 82.
At 26th Apr 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:This week's "Grand Designs" is presented by Kevin McCod
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At 26th Apr 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:I see that new Indian restaurant is called "The Roes of India"
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Comment number 84.
At 26th Apr 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:The architect? Oh, someone called Captain Nemo.
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Comment number 85.
At 26th Apr 2012, Kudosless wrote:As a matter of fact the Governor hasn't yet seen the new hake-waters.
Why do you ask?
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Comment number 86.
At 26th Apr 2012, Fi wrote:An architect's bream...
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Comment number 87.
At 26th Apr 2012, Raven Clare wrote:All Government departments had been told to increase a-fish-in-sea
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Comment number 88.
At 26th Apr 2012, Tremorman wrote:There was a least one case of A salt and battery every night.
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Comment number 89.
At 26th Apr 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:The architect was born under the sign of Aquarium
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Comment number 90.
At 26th Apr 2012, TheSamePeopleAlwaysGetPicked wrote:Richard Branson sinks to new levels with Virgin Nautilus
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Comment number 91.
At 26th Apr 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:And the architect's name is Ali Butt?
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At 26th Apr 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Perched atop the city, they all felt very special.
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Comment number 93.
At 26th Apr 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:I don't know who the architects were, but I think they were Finns
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At 26th Apr 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:My new bass is not too bad actually.
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At 26th Apr 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Don't tell them your address, Pike
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At 26th Apr 2012, Whatever Next wrote:We'll get Civil Servants to fillet.
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At 26th Apr 2012, Tremorman wrote:the band got boooed off most nights, people just didn't like the Tuna they were playing.
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At 26th Apr 2012, Fi wrote:"What's it called?"
"Don't tell him, Pike!"
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At 26th Apr 2012, grazvalentine wrote:Sir Pilchard Rogers and Zaha Haddock teamed up to design it.
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At 26th Apr 2012, JessLaussedat wrote:Offices were allocated by a simple game of heads or tails.
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