Caption Competition
It's the Caption Competition.
The competition is now closed.
This week, an actress sits among a row of inflatable figures dressed as fans to fill the seats during filming of "42", which is about baseball great Jackie Robinson's first year in the Major League.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. Peter N wrote:
Justine pondered whether her mannequin-chaperones.com business idea had got any legs.
5. Steele Hawker wrote:
OK, so you pull this lever and all their heads turn left, push it and they all turn right...
4. Kieran Boyle wrote:
Metropolitan Police identity parades to be reviewed.
3. CindyAccidentally wrote:
Yet another Olympic ticket controversy set to erupt.
2. The Coachman wrote:
Joanne had been selected by Madame Tussauds to be the one to go "Boo" to visitors.
1. Pendragon wrote:
Yeah, Cliff Richard's singing bores me rigid too.
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Comment number 1.
At 17th May 2012, Pendragon wrote:Yeah, Cliff Richard's singing bores me rigid too
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Comment number 2.
At 17th May 2012, Tremorman wrote:Film critics shown to be full of hot air
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Comment number 3.
At 17th May 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:It's the first known case of tennis elbow affecting the whole body
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Comment number 4.
At 17th May 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Sylvia was chosen for her ability to give a wooden performance
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Comment number 5.
At 17th May 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:OK, so you pull this lever and all their heads turn left, push it and they all turn right ...
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Comment number 6.
At 17th May 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Rubbernecking at Wimbledon
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Comment number 7.
At 17th May 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Most folk would expect it to be something by Douglas Adams
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Comment number 8.
At 17th May 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:A Dummy's Guide to Baseball
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Comment number 9.
At 17th May 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:The one to my left has a leak - it was not me making that noise
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Comment number 10.
At 17th May 2012, Chopper32 wrote:I am never going speed-dating again.
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Comment number 11.
At 17th May 2012, Tremorman wrote:And after all this the film was a let down for the dummies
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Comment number 12.
At 17th May 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:It was the only way Deirdre could get a boyfriend
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Comment number 13.
At 17th May 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:Most fans have to get legless to enjoy a game of baseball
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Comment number 14.
At 17th May 2012, Candace9839 wrote:If you bung them, they will come.
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Comment number 15.
At 17th May 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Watch out for the strong springs in these seats, warned Debbie, as limbs flew around the stadium
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Comment number 16.
At 17th May 2012, Mr Snoozy wrote:While trying to explain the Euro banking system and resultant crisis, Angela Merkel demonstrates how the European Umbrella can be seen by all, but how it only seems to protect one or two.....
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Comment number 17.
At 17th May 2012, Pendragon wrote:Gloria wished she'd joined the firing squad escape party too
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Comment number 18.
At 17th May 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:The entrance for dummies was actually down the road.
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Comment number 19.
At 17th May 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:To air is (nearly) human...
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Comment number 20.
At 17th May 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:Possibly Cannes' least prestigious judging panel
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Comment number 21.
At 17th May 2012, MorningGlories wrote:The legs had wandered off on their own again, and no one was talking.
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Comment number 22.
At 17th May 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Joanne had been selected by Madame Tussaud's to be the one to go "Boo" to visitors
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Comment number 23.
At 17th May 2012, Chopper32 wrote:When I said I wanted to meet men who took my breath away, I should have read the small print.
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Comment number 24.
At 17th May 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Madame Octopus was a brilliant ventriloquist
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Comment number 25.
At 17th May 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Could be worse, could be back in the minors again...
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Comment number 26.
At 17th May 2012, Mr Snoozy wrote:Greek coalition government austerity measures extended to include menss trousers and shoes!!
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Comment number 27.
At 17th May 2012, SkarloeyLine wrote:America's Next Shortstop Model
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Comment number 28.
At 17th May 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Very soon, Man U may have to resort to the same ploy!
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Comment number 29.
At 17th May 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:Hey, how come nobody's buying my hot dogs?
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Comment number 30.
At 17th May 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:All is not well; I doubt some foul play; would the night were come! Oh, is he here yet?
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Comment number 31.
At 17th May 2012, CindyAccidentally wrote:Yet another Olympic ticket controversy set to erupt.
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Comment number 32.
At 17th May 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:I'm just here for a beer and a hotdog, actually.
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Comment number 33.
At 17th May 2012, MorningGlories wrote:Not very cricket, is it?
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Comment number 34.
At 17th May 2012, Tremorman wrote:The crash test dummies were very fond of going on outings, more so if they were to be extras in the film.
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Comment number 35.
At 17th May 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:Being legless, they certainly don't need the Red Sox
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Comment number 36.
At 17th May 2012, penny-farthing wrote:What do you think,is the seat half full or half empty?
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Comment number 37.
At 17th May 2012, Ruaraidh Gillies wrote:I'm doing research for my new book: Baseball for Dummies
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Comment number 38.
At 17th May 2012, tundra1 wrote:Like I Robot, one of them's not a complete dummy.
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Comment number 39.
At 17th May 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:In a moment of ecstasy, Vanessa bit her boyfriend on the bum and he flew out of the stadium
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Comment number 40.
At 17th May 2012, Pendragon wrote:Mary Poppins tries to save the EU
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Comment number 41.
At 17th May 2012, Raven Clare wrote:The Medusa goes to a baseball game
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Comment number 42.
At 17th May 2012, Gray Gable wrote:Monsieur Ricardo’s patent ‘Keep my seat warm till I get back from lunch’..
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Comment number 43.
At 17th May 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:Debbie was livid - she'd been at the game for over an hour and not one person had put their hand on her thigh
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Comment number 44.
At 17th May 2012, Chief_Boss wrote:Someone's sitting there, mate
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Comment number 45.
At 17th May 2012, Ruaraidh Gillies wrote:"See Mum? See Dad? And you said that any old dummy could get a Media Studies degree."
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Comment number 46.
At 17th May 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:The film's director had obviously been much influenced by "Beau Geste"
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Comment number 47.
At 17th May 2012, Fi wrote:Charlotte soon realised that news that she had landed her dream job as mannequin, had been somewhat over-sold by the recruitment agency...
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Comment number 48.
At 17th May 2012, BaldoBingham wrote:Finally, an audience with the intellectual ability to truly appreciate Jeremy Kyle.
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Comment number 49.
At 17th May 2012, bradmer wrote:Major Squeek Baseball
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Comment number 50.
At 17th May 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Now, Miss Dawkins, cast your mind back to the time you were assaulted whilst window-dressing at Debenham's and tell me if you see your assailant here today?
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Comment number 51.
At 17th May 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:Don't worry - we'll leave them all there ready for the Olympics
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Comment number 52.
At 17th May 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:And, when the bus finally did arrive, Jessica was upset to find it was only a cardboard cut-out
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Comment number 53.
At 17th May 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:In fact, Gloria was the only one without an inflated opinion of herself
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Comment number 54.
At 17th May 2012, Pendragon wrote:Why do they need one real person there? Well, somebody has to operate the foot-pump.
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Comment number 55.
At 17th May 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:Tell the Assistant Director she can stop pumping now - she's about the right size
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Comment number 56.
At 17th May 2012, Raven Clare wrote:How Debbie managed to get through the selection process for Mensa
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Comment number 57.
At 17th May 2012, Tremorman wrote:Let's just hope the home team don't give them much to shout about
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Comment number 58.
At 17th May 2012, penny-farthing wrote:Must be half-time.
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Comment number 59.
At 17th May 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Goof #83 - nobody would take an EU umbrella to a baseball game in the States
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Comment number 60.
At 17th May 2012, Gray Gable wrote:The problem was that behind the stands, the bar’s ‘3-1 drinks offer’ had inadvertently been advertised as running from 1 till late
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Comment number 61.
At 17th May 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:The dummies had been supplied by Madame Tussaud's - which is why they all looked like members of Tony Blair's old cabinet
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Comment number 62.
At 17th May 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:Unfortunately, Rosamund realised she was never going to become famous on the strength of this film, as the camera was never going to focus on her area of the stadium
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Comment number 63.
At 17th May 2012, Peter N wrote:"Legless again - that's the last time you drink beer at the game!"
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Comment number 64.
At 17th May 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Both Harry and Dirk sat rigidly aftr having been reprimanded for touching Julia's leg a little too often
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Comment number 65.
At 17th May 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Hold on! Run that film again! Where have those crafty English Prisoners-of-war got to?
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Comment number 66.
At 17th May 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:Gemma jsut sat there, wondering which one was going to make the first move
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Comment number 67.
At 17th May 2012, Peter N wrote:Dalglish quick to deny 'expensive bench-warmers' jibe.
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Comment number 68.
At 17th May 2012, Pendragon wrote:Rebekah Brooks began to suspect the jury might have been rigged
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Comment number 69.
At 17th May 2012, VirtuousFang wrote:LOCOG does a trial run for proving all the football venues were a complete sell out for the worldwide television audience
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Comment number 70.
At 17th May 2012, bradmer wrote:Fortunately she was the only one left feeling deflated by her lastest acting gig.
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Comment number 71.
At 17th May 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:Even if we pay them we can't get the British to go to baseball matches
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Comment number 72.
At 17th May 2012, Kieran Boyle wrote:Metropolitan Police identity parades to be reviewed.
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Comment number 73.
At 17th May 2012, Peter N wrote:Justine pondered whether her mannequin-chaperones.com business idea had got any legs
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Comment number 74.
At 17th May 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:Debbie had checked out this area and decided it was the one in which she would be least likely to be molested
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Comment number 75.
At 17th May 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Don't worry, Janice - we'll use CGI for the Mexican wave
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Comment number 76.
At 17th May 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:It was Debbie's first day working in the morgue, and she was still waiting for her colleagues to play some sort of joke on her
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Comment number 77.
At 17th May 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Liz was feeling philosophical : was this film really the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything"?
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Comment number 78.
At 17th May 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:Gemma just sat there, wondering which one was going to make the first move
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Comment number 79.
At 17th May 2012, grazvalentine wrote:They were all thrown out for standing on the seats.
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Comment number 80.
At 17th May 2012, david regan wrote:Despite flying over for a face to face meeting, Kenny was unable to convince the owners about his plans for Liverpool !!!
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Comment number 81.
At 17th May 2012, Pendragon wrote:Hey, as this is an American film, shouldn't we be referring to them as pacifiers?
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Comment number 82.
At 17th May 2012, Mr Snoozy wrote:The hienous crime of "playing footsie" with someone at a baseball game has always been severely punished.
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Comment number 83.
At 17th May 2012, VirtuousFang wrote:Somehow she know that this would end up on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three's Worst Movie Mistakes Everyone knew there were 13 stars on a confederate flag not 12
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Comment number 84.
At 17th May 2012, Paris-Amsterdam Yank wrote:Robinson broke the color line on the field, but the final barrier wasn't breached until a Rosa Parks doll was admitted to the grandstand.
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At 17th May 2012, BaldoBingham wrote:Wigan plan to make an offer for the crowd once the transfer window opens.
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At 17th May 2012, david regan wrote:Lord Sugar was not convinced about any of the Apprentices
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Comment number 87.
At 17th May 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Silence of the fans
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Comment number 88.
At 17th May 2012, david regan wrote:The first two are Australian twins - seperated at Perth !!!
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Comment number 89.
At 17th May 2012, sarahtrieste wrote:Having been criticised for their use of towels, the Germans devise a new strategy for saving their places throughout the summer.
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Comment number 90.
At 17th May 2012, david regan wrote:Sandra wasn't happy with being chosen for the crowd rather than the cheerleaders - but she blended in well !!!
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Comment number 91.
At 17th May 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:Brooklyn? Nah, we British are more interested in Jammie Dodgers.
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Comment number 92.
At 17th May 2012, spherodynamicklutz wrote:Inflation has badly affected the take-up of seats at baseball matches
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Comment number 93.
At 17th May 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Sara was distressed to find seats were allocated on the basis of IQ
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Comment number 94.
At 17th May 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Nobody realised Joanna had been seated at the target practice end of the range
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At 17th May 2012, BaldoBingham wrote:Janice thought this was just like being at home, the conversation was the same and nothing happening below the waist!
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Comment number 96.
At 17th May 2012, spherodynamicklutz wrote:As the cameraman panned the crowd in search of pretty women, he found there were dolls everywhere.
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At 17th May 2012, LaurenceLane wrote:Somehow, no one was prepared to explain the designated hitter rule to Joanne.
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Comment number 98.
At 17th May 2012, spherodynamicklutz wrote:It was obvious that the real attendance at the game had been blown out of all proportion.
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Comment number 99.
At 17th May 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Hiding from Predators #15: One of these things may not be like the others...
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Comment number 100.
At 17th May 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Invasion of the Ball Catchers
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