Category Archives: Caption Competition

Helping me to recover

Posted on August 22, 2013 by colonialist

I haven’t forgotten the caption competition. This is the last call for Flight OF FANCY 2B.  Passengers to Caption Competition please board immediately at Gate 1. Anybody not on the flight when it takes off will be left behind. I … Continue reading →

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Really Awful Tweet-tweet

Posted on August 9, 2013 by colonialist

Pecking Bird-call Nocturne score – Reformatting quite a chore – Leaves no time on blogs to fritter, So I’ll get by with a  Twitter! Favour asked: in previous post Say which cover you like most? Comment on what’s good and … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, Caption Competition, Challenge, Humour, Music, Personal Journal, Poems, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged , , , , , | 24 Comments

PHOTO I CAPTURED YOU CAPTION!

Posted on August 7, 2013 by colonialist

I have, hopefully, got Constitutional matters out of my constitution. My redrafted version (not a verse-ion in verse for it has more reason than rhyme) was sent out to the Board today. I can have fun again.  High time I … Continue reading →

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CAPTION COMPETITION WINNER

Posted on July 16, 2013 by colonialist

  I have been fully occupied with a formatting conundrum which finally revealed itself as having arisen  from pasting some sections into the manuscript.  My file said they were formatted identically to the rest.  The PDF thought differently and kept … Continue reading →

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Captions for Caption Competition

Posted on July 9, 2013 by colonialist

(See sidebar for Translator, Music, Novels, Awards etc.)   Please vote for your top three in a comment, giving the numbers of your first, second and third choices, e.g. 6, 14, 20.  Don’t be shy about voting for yourself! 1 … Continue reading →

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CAPTION COMPETITION: snakes alive!

Posted on July 2, 2013 by colonialist

I haven’t run a competition for months, and this picture doing the rounds by email is just too good to miss.  That is not a sight I would like to see upon opening the door.  A black mamba that size … Continue reading →

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CAPTION COMPETITION RESULTS

Posted on March 26, 2013 by colonialist

Remember that Caption Competition back in the age of Diner Soars (that was when you could get a full dinner on the flight with Economy Class – or it could instead have been the injuries suffered when Dinah clobbered you) and the votes on … Continue reading →

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CAPTION COMPETITION – FINALLY, THE VOTE FOR THE WINNER!

Posted on March 12, 2013 by colonialist

Patrons are requested to obtain the fortification of an adequate supply of liquid refreshment, and then sit back and study the masterpieces below. After due deliberation, they should then place their choices of first, second and third in a comment; … Continue reading →

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CAPTION COMPETITION: VOTING FOR VOTING TIED

Posted on March 11, 2013 by colonialist

The caption competition was shelved for a while because the vote on how to do the voting ended up as follows: As before with names shown against captions and voting 1,2,3 in comments. 37.5%  (6 votes) Names shown against captions … Continue reading →

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CAPTION VOTING – DOGGEDLY CONTINUE OR POLL CAT?

Posted on March 7, 2013 by colonialist

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