Caption Competition
Winning entries in the Caption Competition.
The competition is now closed. Full rules [PDF].
This week, runners in fancy dress costumes mark the one-month countdown to the London marathon. Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. throbgusset:
Marathon?
No...Sneakers.
5. Maggiemaynotbe:
Actually mate, you're in the wrong place. Wrynose Pass is in the Lake District.
4. RampagingRabbit:
Chicken resumes training after Egg came first.
3. roguesir:
Fathers for Justice tone up for their sports day.
2. Candace9839:
You are currently fifth in line. Your wait time is approximately 22 hours...
1. wonkypops:
I'll never understand these Archbishop enthronement rituals.
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Comment number 1.
At 21st Mar 2013, rogueslr wrote:Fathers for Justice tone up for their sports day.
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At 21st Mar 2013, abz wrote:He can't go anywhere without us, he's a reliant Robin.
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At 21st Mar 2013, rogueslr wrote:You wait all day for a Caption Competition and then three come along all at once.
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At 21st Mar 2013, Mr Snoozy wrote:"Seeing Robin on the treadmill really gives me the horn"
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At 21st Mar 2013, BinarySpeaking wrote:Rhino thought. . . two miles of the "Dinner, Dinner Dinner Batman!!" is really not funny. . . Perhaps I should charge?
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At 21st Mar 2013, Candace9839 wrote:Finally, the answer to why the chicken crossed the road...
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At 21st Mar 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Holy nick of time, Batman!
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At 21st Mar 2013, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:You've tripped on one of your shoelaces this time, Rhino!
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At 21st Mar 2013, MorningGlories wrote:Wipe it down afterwards, not out, Boy Wonder.
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At 21st Mar 2013, Candace9839 wrote:"Holy heart failure, Batman!"
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At 21st Mar 2013, abz wrote:Dressed as a simple strawberry, I was impressed by Robin's rhino and Batman's cock.
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At 21st Mar 2013, Mr Snoozy wrote:Wildlife photographer's Life Assurance premiums set to rise following discovery of new breed of trainer wearing Rhino
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At 21st Mar 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Alfred promised me some cake if I beat Princess Beatrice's time.
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At 21st Mar 2013, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Strawberry feels (like it's been) forever...
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At 21st Mar 2013, MorningGlories wrote:Black or white? Of course I meant coffee.
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At 21st Mar 2013, Dry Boak wrote:Some how or other, Cock Robin had got separated by his friends
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At 21st Mar 2013, Whatever Next wrote:A Rhinoceros , A Strawberry and Batman & Robin, there must be a mistake this is the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Capon competition!!
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At 21st Mar 2013, lolkat wrote:The invisible man soon realised that his power didn't extend to his trainers when he put them on the wrong feet.
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At 21st Mar 2013, Jason wrote:Robin's new three-pronged synthetic right leg was proving a real success
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Comment number 20.
At 21st Mar 2013, throbgusset wrote:Marathon?
No ...Sneakers
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At 21st Mar 2013, Whatever Next wrote:The mystery ingredients for Masterchef were getting more difficult every year
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At 21st Mar 2013, Dry Boak wrote:Enid Blyton's new image for the Famous Five was a runaway success
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At 21st Mar 2013, scriveyn wrote:Cockbat Strhinobin
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At 21st Mar 2013, throbgusset wrote:They found traces of human in the Chicken's DNA ...
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At 21st Mar 2013, schlimmbesserung wrote:What's that at your back, Batman?
Cock, Robin.
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At 21st Mar 2013, Graham wrote:The Dynamic Duo fail to see through the Penguin's ingenious disguise
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At 21st Mar 2013, penny-farthing wrote:Chicken: "Look at Mr.Muscles in front of me.........I'm soooooooo impressed!"
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At 21st Mar 2013, Candace9839 wrote:You are currently fifth in line. Your wait time is approximately 22 hours...
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Comment number 29.
At 21st Mar 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:So much for the 20 minute rule...
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Comment number 30.
At 21st Mar 2013, Lin Vegas wrote:Director: "No, I said CUE runners..."
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Comment number 31.
At 21st Mar 2013, Lelystad wrote:Forget the Robin costume, after the workout, Malcolm decided to do the race "dressed as" a Ford Fiesta.
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Comment number 32.
At 21st Mar 2013, Maggiemaynotbe wrote:No, I don't care what you're wearing, you may NOT have 'Blue Suede Shoes' playing while you train.
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At 21st Mar 2013, Maggiemaynotbe wrote:Actually mate, you're in the wrong place. Wrynose Pass is in the Lake District.
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At 21st Mar 2013, Hobbitmorley wrote:Attenborough's team had waited months for this unique shot for their Horn of Africa programme
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At 21st Mar 2013, scriveyn wrote:Chicken, fruit, bat & robin queueing to fly RhinAir?
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At 21st Mar 2013, Waldo wrote:Sorry chicken, this is not the queue for Spearmint Rhino
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At 21st Mar 2013, PeeJayEll wrote:Actually, the cartoon on the "Error 404" page was funnier.
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At 21st Mar 2013, Dyeb wrote:Robin has gone to the Dark Side
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At 21st Mar 2013, George Huber wrote:Hey, what happened to the guy in the horse costume?
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At 21st Mar 2013, Neanderthal_Nick wrote:I think I'll leave it a few minutes, he's clearly got the runs.
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At 21st Mar 2013, Dyeb wrote:Del boy was a little down in the mouth, he thought he was going to Reno
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At 21st Mar 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:The downside of being his youthful ward.
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At 21st Mar 2013, PeeJayEll wrote:Do we really have to go through all this just to get the money out of our Cypriot bank account?
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At 21st Mar 2013, Neanderthal_Nick wrote:No my dear, that's not Batman's Robin it's George Osborne, "Robin The Poor".
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At 21st Mar 2013, Hobbitmorley wrote:The chicken didn't like the way fellow interviewees for Colonel Sanders' team kept eying him up
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At 21st Mar 2013, wonkypops wrote:Bathletics.
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At 21st Mar 2013, bainbo wrote:Bruce was starting to despair of the quality of applicants sent by the JobCentre, to go through the selection procedure for the post of "costumed crime-fighting sidekick".
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At 21st Mar 2013, Lewis Graham wrote:What you see after you've taken a drink from Lance Armstrong's water bottle.
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At 21st Mar 2013, wonkypops wrote:I'll never understand these Archbishop enthronement rituals.
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At 21st Mar 2013, wonkypops wrote:"Maurice, what did I tell you about putting up that 'Help Wanted' sign outside?"
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At 21st Mar 2013, wonkypops wrote:"I like the running, and I support the cause", thought Dave, "but I really could do without those bloody poachers."
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At 21st Mar 2013, wonkypops wrote:"Dammit- I'm absolutely certain that I ordered a Unicorn costume…"
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At 21st Mar 2013, RampagingRabbit wrote:Chicken resumes training after Egg came first
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At 21st Mar 2013, wonkypops wrote:"Well, it was either this or Mr Blobby."
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At 22nd Mar 2013, MukkaMonkey wrote:"I just knew blue trainers with yellow laces would make me look silly...."
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Candace9839 wrote:After the scare about Big Bird, we all thought it best to pull up our socks.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Filboid wrote:This is the part I hate most about flying; having to take my shoes off.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Filboid wrote:No, I wanted a Pinocchio costume, but this was the closest they had.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, SkarloeyLine wrote:"Cheer up, Mo - no US TV reporters are going to ask a rhino: 'You've run before, haven't you?' "
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At 22nd Mar 2013, BaldoBingham wrote:Keep going Robin, faster! The rhino is still on your tail.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, midge-de-zarquon wrote:Rhinoman's vow to put on the pants part of the costume if he met his sponsorship target led to a flood of donations.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, midge-de-zarquon wrote:When police raided the genetics lab, they found human DNA had been spliced with a robin, a bat, a rhino, a chicken and a strawberry. Researchers later admitted trying to create a superhuman runnner for the Marathon.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, SivAngel wrote:Passer-by: "My money's on the strawberry - it's a runner."
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At 22nd Mar 2013, JimmyG wrote:Spot the Joker!
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Lin Vegas wrote:The IT department jogged into work, all smiles until someone pointed out that Comic Relief was LAST Friday.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, david regan wrote:Michael Owen goes through his paces as it is revealed what he will be doing after his football career has ended !!
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At 22nd Mar 2013, david regan wrote:For health and safety reasons, the starters gun was not being used. Instead they used a horn !!!!
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At 22nd Mar 2013, david regan wrote:Person at the back of the queue: "I was going to go first, but I'm chicken !!!"
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Bryan wrote:Batman: I knew in the long run you'd let these things come between us Robin.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, StraightOnTilMorning wrote:Batman muttered to himself "This is why Superman works alone"
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At 22nd Mar 2013, david regan wrote:His new prosthetic tripod leg was not causing any problems with his running !!!
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At 22nd Mar 2013, abz wrote:Judges at the auditions for the new Conservative ad campaign, "Love Tory" were delighted at the attendance of Rhino Neal.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, SivAngel wrote:This summer's blockbuster: Batman And Robin Versus Heston Blumenthal's Menu.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, John Ledbury wrote:As you can see, I'm not a happy dragon. I wanted to be the strawberry.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Lelystad wrote:The other Olympic nations had been kind enough to lend the Cyprus team some running kit.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Emma Wilson wrote:Cross, the road eh? I'll be lucky if I get to the door at this rate!
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At 22nd Mar 2013, beachcred wrote:Job centre queues reveal comic sector woes...
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At 22nd Mar 2013, LaurenceLane wrote:The Hunger Games, survival of the fattest, sponsored by McDonalds.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, John Ledbury wrote:If my legs are so good, why wasn't I the chicken?
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Nobody wrote:Rhinoman doesn't think boy-wonder Robin's new prosthetic limb is going to work.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Pandora wrote:This line-up is approved by Vegetarian Society. There is the strawberry to eat.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, abz wrote:Went to the doctor about a strawberry shaped growth on my back, and he gave me some cream for it!
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Catherine O wrote:Fancy dress? No, just a touch of rhinitis.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Kieran Boyle wrote:NASA admit to teething problems with prototype transporter.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, MuteJoe wrote:So, where *is* the queue for the toilets then?
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Mr Snoozy wrote:The Rhino was hoping to run a PB this year, as he was chased for the full 26 miles by poor spellers with Gillette foam and razors!
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Catherine O wrote:No, I'm not bloody extinct, but I soon will be.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, grazvalentine wrote:As he posed in the changing cubicle, Robin was blissfully unaware that the one-way glass had been fitted back to front.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, AdvocateOfTheDevil wrote:Del
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Pandora wrote:The chicken is crossed with rhino for keeping the lady in waiting. Where are your manners Rhino?
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Kudosless wrote:Good to see you've got your capon
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Ade wrote:Marathon? No, I'm just training to excape the Copyright infringement lawyer.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Kudosless wrote:Tri-Little-Pod Knee
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At 22nd Mar 2013, LaurenceLane wrote:In the long hours between bulletins, the newsreaders found all kinds of ways to pass the time in Salford.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Waldo wrote:Is my horn too big?
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At 22nd Mar 2013, VirtuousFang wrote:'As if CelebrityTotal Wipeout isnt bad enough how do they expect us to get across the big red Balls in this?' Moaned the cast of TOWIE
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Ade wrote:After the Bat-Rhino-Repellant spray failed to work, Robin had to employ more traditional means of escape.
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At 22nd Mar 2013, gmcoates wrote:The determined cockerel waits patiently for the arrival of Peter Griffiths
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Julianne Gannon wrote:26 Miles of pure toil ahead... and Malcolm's only thought is "Does my bum look big in this"?
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At 22nd Mar 2013, Kudosless wrote:Yet again, Robin's race had got no further than Birdcage Walk
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