Caption Competition

13:39 UK time, Friday, 10 July 2009

Winning entries in the Caption Competition.

This week, Scott Illman sits out his hour on the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. He's one of the 2,400 people taking part in artist Antony Gormley's One and Other project.

The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF].
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:

6. Beachcred wrote:
I only asked for an soapbox to stand on, but no, Gormley had to make something special...

5. Fandango2 wrote:
Twitter 1.0

4. RMutt wrote:
Optimistic England fan bags his spot for the Ashes victory parade.

3. Jellyba wrote:
Uniform and prospects they said

2. Magnum Carter wrote:
You: Walking across Trafalgar Square at 4pm Monday in beige jacket with long brown hair and low-cut blue top. Me: Looking down over you in large, loose-fitting bright red overcoat, dark glasses and black cap. Drink?

1. Lord_Mandelson_Foy wrote:
Prince Harry began to suspect that this latest posting was in fact designed to keep him out of trouble.

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1. At 1:14pm on 09 Jul 2009, PendragonF wrote:
God bless the Plinth of Wails

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2. At 1:15pm on 09 Jul 2009, PendragonF wrote:
Wheres that girl, then? They definitely said thered be Annette to support me.

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3. At 1:16pm on 09 Jul 2009, PendragonF wrote:
Yeah, I saw this post advertised on the Net

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4. At 1:17pm on 09 Jul 2009, PendragonF wrote:
Where's that girl, then? They definitely said there'd be Annette to support me.

(spelling correction)

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5. At 1:18pm on 09 Jul 2009, PendragonF wrote:
Oh no! Nelson's gone and fallen off!

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6. At 1:19pm on 09 Jul 2009, PendragonF wrote:
Not exactly Landseer, is he?

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7. At 1:19pm on 09 Jul 2009, SimonRooke wrote:
I'm here to draw attention to the problem of vertigo, but no one said it was going to be this high.

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8. At 1:20pm on 09 Jul 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:
I'm here in case Humpty turns up.

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9. At 1:22pm on 09 Jul 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:
I'm tying to keep the falcons away.

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10. At 1:22pm on 09 Jul 2009, bangledancer wrote:
"I told her: I said I'm only human: I've got faults... DON'T put me on a pedestal I said...."

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11. At 1:23pm on 09 Jul 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:
My mum always said I was a waste of space....

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12. At 1:24pm on 09 Jul 2009, SimonRooke wrote:
What happens to bad postillions when they upset the Queen?

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13. At 1:24pm on 09 Jul 2009, ValerieGanne wrote:
I'm only the Town Crier because I've just got it jammed in my zip

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14. At 1:24pm on 09 Jul 2009, j-o-n-a-t-h-a-n wrote:
Bus services in Trafalgar Square disrupted by "Fathers for Justice".

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15. At 1:25pm on 09 Jul 2009, bangledancer wrote:
"OK" said Nelson "1st wish, back to life. 2nd wish, those blimmin pigeons. 3rd wish...well. I should have BOUGHT the sunglasses, and wished for a ladder....."

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16. At 1:25pm on 09 Jul 2009, ValerieGanne wrote:
Since the operation, I've been known as the Angela of the South

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17. At 1:25pm on 09 Jul 2009, U14063895 wrote:
Prince Harry began to suspect that this latest posting was in fact designed to keep him out of trouble.

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18. At 1:26pm on 09 Jul 2009, ValerieGanne wrote:
'Ere, anybody seen my lion?

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19. At 1:26pm on 09 Jul 2009, MaryJq wrote:
They seek him here, they seek him there...

And find him in Trafalgar Square.

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20. At 1:26pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rockahula wrote:
"I bet I look a right Dick Turpin...."

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21. At 1:27pm on 09 Jul 2009, ValerieGanne wrote:
Nelson's twice as big as I am - I'm a half-Nelson

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22. At 1:27pm on 09 Jul 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:
At this rate, this is what F1 racing will look like next year..

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23. At 1:28pm on 09 Jul 2009, ValerieGanne wrote:
These new GATSO's are well-disguised

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24. At 1:29pm on 09 Jul 2009, rogueslr wrote:
Stone, the pose.

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25. At 1:30pm on 09 Jul 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:
Fishing Through The Ages #137: No rod? Just stare them into the net..

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26. At 1:30pm on 09 Jul 2009, ValerieGanne wrote:
Eh, touristes, toujours on ne doit pas oublier le mot Trafalgar

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27. At 1:30pm on 09 Jul 2009, U14063895 wrote:
Dear Gordon,
I know we have put off the defence review until after the election but could i bring to your attention the effect of current budget cuts on military signals and communications....
Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP

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28. At 1:31pm on 09 Jul 2009, ValerieGanne wrote:
I wish I'd brought some Imodium for the podium

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29. At 1:32pm on 09 Jul 2009, Moggye wrote:
Trafalgar Mayor?

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30. At 1:32pm on 09 Jul 2009, tonysibley wrote:
Wimbledon Circa 1860 was a very different game

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31. At 1:33pm on 09 Jul 2009, Kitwemiller wrote:
The Hangover - British style

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32. At 1:34pm on 09 Jul 2009, Digrgrl wrote:
What'd'ya think? Are the sunglasses a bit much?

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33. At 1:35pm on 09 Jul 2009, aquabassgirl wrote:
As a part-time town crier, he was starting to rue picking a 'day to declaim' when the news on the net was virtually non-existent.

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34. At 1:35pm on 09 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
I wonder if Lord Nelson was conned in the same way

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35. At 1:35pm on 09 Jul 2009, bmerren wrote:
Anthony Gormley - more like An' totally Gormless

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36. At 1:36pm on 09 Jul 2009, Kitwemiller wrote:
When I told the lads I wanted to get back to Nelson, I meant the one in Lancashire........

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37. At 1:36pm on 09 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
Ruddy community service!

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38. At 1:37pm on 09 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
If only I'd got to the shop a bit quicker, I could have had the Wonderwoman outfit I really wanted

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39. At 1:37pm on 09 Jul 2009, bangledancer wrote:
and Cub reporter Nick had been SO excited when his editor offered him his own column.......

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40. At 1:38pm on 09 Jul 2009, ffsgimmeaname wrote:
Oyez! Oyez! Oh, (sighs and sits down) what's the point?

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41. At 1:38pm on 09 Jul 2009, bangledancer wrote:
Should have gone before I left the house.......

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42. At 1:39pm on 09 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
Harry had been waiting months for his new kitchen to be installed, and so far all he had was the plinth

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43. At 1:39pm on 09 Jul 2009, gm_coates wrote:
A Georgian, not-so-tall boy.

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44. At 1:40pm on 09 Jul 2009, aquabassgirl wrote:
The troops' assault course training of 1806 had ended up with scrambling nets in a surprisingly urban setting, or else he'd got more than a little lost on the orienteering....

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45. At 1:40pm on 09 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
When I answered the ad, I thouht it was for a live-in sculptor

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46. At 1:40pm on 09 Jul 2009, BrianHolyoak wrote:
I hope no pigeon Landseer!!!

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47. At 1:41pm on 09 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
When I answered the ad, I thought it was for a live-in sculptor

(sorry)

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48. At 1:41pm on 09 Jul 2009, U14063895 wrote:
STAGECOACH 162 YEARS LATE
Still meets performance criteria

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49. At 1:42pm on 09 Jul 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:
You: Walking across Traflagar Square at 4pm Monday in beige jacket with long brown hair and low-cut blue top.

Me: Looking down over you in large, loose-fitting bright red overcoat, dark glasses and black cap.

Drink?

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50. At 1:42pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rockahula wrote:
"Oh yay! Oh yay! Oh just forget it, I'm not in the mood...'

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51. At 1:42pm on 09 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
Working at Butlin's wasn't as much fun as Derek thought it would be

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52. At 1:43pm on 09 Jul 2009, rogueslr wrote:
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Punner.

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53. At 1:43pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rockahula wrote:
Plinth Charming.

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54. At 1:43pm on 09 Jul 2009, Red Headed Tiger wrote:
Look .. All I know is I was told to turn up dressed as your favourite Trumpton character

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55. At 1:44pm on 09 Jul 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:
"Into the breech" they said. I didn't know they meant these ineffables.

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56. At 1:45pm on 09 Jul 2009, Fauconnier wrote:
At least Steve McQueen had a ball to play with

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57. At 1:46pm on 09 Jul 2009, Fauconnier wrote:
Human Chess was one thing, but playing Human Monopoly was getting to be a bit of a bore

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58. At 1:46pm on 09 Jul 2009, Kempo74 wrote:
President Sarkozy sits and takes a well earned rest inbetween speeches on his new upgraded podium booster box.

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59. At 1:47pm on 09 Jul 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:
London unveils its very first Scare-Bob-Crow

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60. At 1:47pm on 09 Jul 2009, mainbass wrote:
Sad sack sittin on a block of stone......sorry Elvis.

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61. At 1:48pm on 09 Jul 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:
Who dat down der saying who dat up der?

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62. At 1:48pm on 09 Jul 2009, rogueslr wrote:
I see David Blaine's gone retro for his latest stunt.

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63. At 1:48pm on 09 Jul 2009, Fauconnier wrote:
Derek had only got the part because he said he was a Town Crier in real life, but that was only a sob story

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64. At 1:49pm on 09 Jul 2009, bmerren wrote:
Not even Twitter could make this interesting. Fail!

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65. At 1:50pm on 09 Jul 2009, Fauconnier wrote:
Can anybody help? I think I've got a splinthter.

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66. At 1:52pm on 09 Jul 2009, Fauconnier wrote:
Well, it's quite comfortable, but does a public convenience have to be THIS public?

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67. At 1:52pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rockahula wrote:
It was a long and boring day for extras on the set of 'Trumpton: the Movie'...

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68. At 1:52pm on 09 Jul 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:
Mr Red was eventually negated from the final heist on grounds he was a little too conspicuous

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69. At 1:53pm on 09 Jul 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:
With university funding cut, this was Scott's last hope of higher education.

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70. At 1:57pm on 09 Jul 2009, JudgePix wrote:
So much for Dad's suggestion that Trafalgar Square would be a good place to meet birds.

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71. At 1:58pm on 09 Jul 2009, gm_coates wrote:
Towards the end of the week, George III thought he was a statue.

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72. At 1:59pm on 09 Jul 2009, gm_coates wrote:
George III lost his marbles, they rolled off the plinth.

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73. At 2:00pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rockahula wrote:
Scott had had 'that dream' again....

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74. At 2:02pm on 09 Jul 2009, Fauconnier wrote:
Well, that's definitely the last time I do a sponsored fancy-dress parachute jump

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75. At 2:02pm on 09 Jul 2009, snoozoff wrote:
who nicked my column?

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76. At 2:03pm on 09 Jul 2009, lorri-m wrote:
Not able to locate a suitable costume in time, the other Fathers for Justice abandoned poor Jeff.

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77. At 2:04pm on 09 Jul 2009, nick-fowler wrote:
And all this because Anthony Gormley is too ruddy lazy to actually make a statue

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78. At 2:05pm on 09 Jul 2009, nick-fowler wrote:
No, no, no. I definitely said I wanted a fancy ADDRESS in London.

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79. At 2:06pm on 09 Jul 2009, snoozoff wrote:
maybe a bad idea to sit on that cold stone for too long

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80. At 2:07pm on 09 Jul 2009, ECLondon wrote:
Humpty Dumpty - after the atkins diet

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81. At 2:08pm on 09 Jul 2009, nick-fowler wrote:
Boris Johnson is certainly good at deputising when he wants to

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82. At 2:09pm on 09 Jul 2009, snoozoff wrote:
david blaine stayed 40 days above the Thames, i should be able to manage an hour up here!

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83. At 2:11pm on 09 Jul 2009, karls97 wrote:
National Gallery sponsors town crier to perform 'A picture is worth a thousand words'.

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84. At 2:15pm on 09 Jul 2009, JudgePix wrote:
A newly discovered childhood portrait proved that Stig was much older than anyone had imagined.

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85. At 2:16pm on 09 Jul 2009, nick-fowler wrote:
I think I would have gone down better if I'd remembered to bring some news with me

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86. At 2:17pm on 09 Jul 2009, jammyrhona wrote:
Pariliament's 5-a-side football linesman reluctantly shows off new kit.

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87. At 2:17pm on 09 Jul 2009, Odbe34 wrote:
Hear yee, hear yee I'm plinthed!

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88. At 2:17pm on 09 Jul 2009, nick-fowler wrote:
After the BBC, Huw Edwards just couldn't get a decent job anywhere

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89. At 2:18pm on 09 Jul 2009, Tableturn wrote:
Trafalgar Square's new public toilets were not met with the enthusiasm the designers had hoped for.

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90. At 2:19pm on 09 Jul 2009, nick-fowler wrote:
Nobody seemed interested in "Fathers for Bingo Tax Justice"

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91. At 2:20pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
It was a great idea to put Jeremy Clarkson up there out of the way. Unfortunately, you could still hear him.

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92. At 2:20pm on 09 Jul 2009, Odbe34 wrote:
I thought this was meant to be a Suggs lookalike competition and now I'm stuck up here. Mind you I've got Mrs Slocombe's pussy to keep me company somewhere

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93. At 2:21pm on 09 Jul 2009, youngWillz wrote:
The point at which this year's winner of The Speaker realised he'd lifted his mum's shopping list by mistake...

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94. At 2:22pm on 09 Jul 2009, ollyrharness wrote:
Zoo keepers test out the new elephant toilet at London Zoo

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95. At 2:24pm on 09 Jul 2009, youngWillz wrote:
"But baby it's scrolled outside..."

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96. At 2:25pm on 09 Jul 2009, Ruthstabb wrote:
Musical statues wasn't so much fun now hes all grown up.

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97. At 2:27pm on 09 Jul 2009, gm_coates wrote:
Dick Whittington's plinth-top protest for the plight of panto characters in the summer.

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98. At 2:29pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
"I'm sorry," said Illman. "I'm not feeling well."

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99. At 2:29pm on 09 Jul 2009, Pie_on_the_brain wrote:
Punishments at St Egbert's were sometimes bizarre.

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100. At 2:29pm on 09 Jul 2009, Ruthstabb wrote:
.... 3 hours 22 mins later...I spy with my little eye, something begining with....

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101. At 2:29pm on 09 Jul 2009, Minsterels wrote:
Look at me!

I'm taking part in a really awful piece of art!

Look at me everybody!

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102. At 2:29pm on 09 Jul 2009, Ruthstabb wrote:
LOST

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103. At 2:30pm on 09 Jul 2009, gm_coates wrote:
Oyez, oyez, enter the Caption Competition.
Oh.... I'm having a sit down

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104. At 2:30pm on 09 Jul 2009, Tonyhannon22 wrote:
"Batman's new British arch-enemy struggles to replicate the Caped Crusader's iconic 'looking down upon the City' pose."

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105. At 2:30pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
"London's awful," said the Town Decrier

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106. At 2:31pm on 09 Jul 2009, jtotheglo wrote:
The latest Anti-BSE Campaign gets underway.

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107. At 2:31pm on 09 Jul 2009, gm_coates wrote:
Anyone know the Ashes score ?

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108. At 2:31pm on 09 Jul 2009, plumber59 wrote:
METAPHOR? GO ON GIVE US A SIMILE!

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109. At 2:31pm on 09 Jul 2009, PeterOlding wrote:
Great view from here - of the guy running off with my normal clothes *sigh* going to get some strange looks on the bus on the way home

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110. At 2:32pm on 09 Jul 2009, dorsetdad wrote:
...so they said, would you make up a foursome at a public event with an historical theme...

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111. At 2:32pm on 09 Jul 2009, jtotheglo wrote:
The Pigeon Detective is on the case

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112. At 2:33pm on 09 Jul 2009, jtotheglo wrote:
I'm sorry I haven't a clue

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113. At 2:36pm on 09 Jul 2009, Minsterels wrote:
This wasn't as fun as I thought it would be.

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114. At 2:37pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
This makes street mime artistes seem exciting

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115. At 2:38pm on 09 Jul 2009, MCW0MBLE wrote:
Laryngitis made for a silent Fathers4Justice campaign

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116. At 2:38pm on 09 Jul 2009, Fi-Glos wrote:
Damn! I thought they said it was the "Gormless One" project...

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117. At 2:39pm on 09 Jul 2009, MrSnoozy wrote:
No-one was more surprised than Scott when the submarine surfaced under the public lavatories in Trafalgar Square..

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118. At 2:39pm on 09 Jul 2009, MCW0MBLE wrote:
Plinth of Wails

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119. At 2:39pm on 09 Jul 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:
"Free London Pape...oh forget it"

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120. At 2:41pm on 09 Jul 2009, MrSnoozy wrote:
When I grow up I'm going to have a real ship, all of my own, that'll show those bullies at school...

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121. At 2:42pm on 09 Jul 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:
Town crying

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122. At 2:43pm on 09 Jul 2009, grazvalentine wrote:
"And now ye news from where ye be..."

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123. At 2:43pm on 09 Jul 2009, MrSnoozy wrote:
Every-one agreed that, without the sunglasses, Scott would have just looked silly!

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124. At 2:43pm on 09 Jul 2009, gm_coates wrote:
Scott Illman a lad in a tricorn,
was feeling terribly footworn.
"I'm tired of the Smoke"
said this Cheshire-born bloke,
"it's more fun being back at home in Runcorn".

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125. At 2:44pm on 09 Jul 2009, Fi-Glos wrote:
Clown Trier?

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126. At 2:44pm on 09 Jul 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:
"Well let's face it, I'm no oil painting am I?"

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127. At 2:45pm on 09 Jul 2009, Ed Loach wrote:
... and the hat is to protect me from falling lumps of ice.

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128. At 2:47pm on 09 Jul 2009, DouggieGiro wrote:
Fore-Fathers for Justice turn out is poor.

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129. At 2:47pm on 09 Jul 2009, youngWillz wrote:
"If I had realised passing the Citizenship Test meant THIS, I would never have come to your country..."

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130. At 2:47pm on 09 Jul 2009, dorsetdad wrote:
... so I applied for this temporary post...

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131. At 2:48pm on 09 Jul 2009, youngWillz wrote:
"Hand me UP that can of beans..."

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132. At 2:48pm on 09 Jul 2009, JustIpsa wrote:
"Oh Yay, Oh ... woteva"

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133. At 2:49pm on 09 Jul 2009, youngWillz wrote:
Marty McFly's time travelling had left him totally confused..."

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134. At 2:49pm on 09 Jul 2009, haggis1876 wrote:
"Alas poor Doric, i knew him well"

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135. At 2:50pm on 09 Jul 2009, ElLingus wrote:
Adam Ant's big London come back gig seemed to have a slight set back when stage managment failed to arrive.

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136. At 2:51pm on 09 Jul 2009, gm_coates wrote:
When they said "do you like stockings and dressing up, I had something else in mind".

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137. At 2:53pm on 09 Jul 2009, youngWillz wrote:
John Bercow: "Ok, if it's pageantry you WANT, it's pageantry you GET"

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138. At 2:54pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rockahula wrote:
Toddlers have the Naughty Step; town criers have the Misery Plinth.

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139. At 3:00pm on 09 Jul 2009, Dyeb51 wrote:
Town Crier or not
Town Cryer
that is the question

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140. At 3:00pm on 09 Jul 2009, Dyeb51 wrote:
'Billy no mates'

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141. At 3:03pm on 09 Jul 2009, Dyeb51 wrote:
When you told me to hang around for an hour this wasn't quite what I had in mind

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142. At 3:03pm on 09 Jul 2009, igiveups wrote:
I have dropped a Glanger

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143. At 3:05pm on 09 Jul 2009, youngWillz wrote:
Voiceover: "Day 47....and this week's nominations for eviction go outside the Diary Room for the first time"

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144. At 3:05pm on 09 Jul 2009, Koji_Kondo wrote:
"Naw, mate, Godzilla ain't got nuffin' on me!"

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145. At 3:06pm on 09 Jul 2009, youngWillz wrote:
"I'll do anything to make the extended shortlist for Best Picture..."

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146. At 3:06pm on 09 Jul 2009, eattherich wrote:
John McCririck had decided to dress down for the inaugural Trafalgar Square Handicap.

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147. At 3:08pm on 09 Jul 2009, PollySaxon wrote:
Geoffrey was seriously fed up of posing for the toby jug.

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148. At 3:08pm on 09 Jul 2009, Dyeb51 wrote:
Damn I've brought the wrong piece of paper I've got the shopping list

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149. At 3:08pm on 09 Jul 2009, Spockter wrote:
"Man, I'm starving... I wonder what pigeon taste's like? ... Come on pigeon, come on, come to daddy"

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150. At 3:10pm on 09 Jul 2009, youngWillz wrote:
Scott had taken the instruction "Be on the Plinth between 1650 and 1750" a little too literally...

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151. At 3:11pm on 09 Jul 2009, Spockter wrote:
The town crier made him self comfortable after learning that the net was, in fact, electrified

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152. At 3:13pm on 09 Jul 2009, eattherich wrote:
Try as he might, Tarquin failed to see how this would develop his networking skills.

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153. At 3:13pm on 09 Jul 2009, Koji_Kondo wrote:
"No, I am the Cloverfield monster! DESTORY PLINTHS! RARGH!"

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154. At 3:13pm on 09 Jul 2009, Dyeb51 wrote:
I'm so happy! (said in the style of Droopy)

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155. At 3:13pm on 09 Jul 2009, Spockter wrote:
And the hourly winner of musical plinth's is....

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156. At 3:14pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
And this tableau is entitled "What we did before television"

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157. At 3:15pm on 09 Jul 2009, DerekCWetenhall wrote:
Only 59 minutes to go

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158. At 3:15pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
The next on was Snow White, singing "Some Day My Plinth will Come."

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159. At 3:17pm on 09 Jul 2009, Koji_Kondo wrote:
"Sunglasses? No, my pirate costume simply came with two eyepatches."

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160. At 3:18pm on 09 Jul 2009, Georgewoosh wrote:
Adam Ant come back tour gets off to quiet start.

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161. At 3:22pm on 09 Jul 2009, eattherich wrote:
One pint, okay. But no, I had to have another two!

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162. At 3:23pm on 09 Jul 2009, eattherich wrote:
40 years of fame inflation. 15 minutes has now become an hour.

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163. At 3:24pm on 09 Jul 2009, peterpa1nter wrote:
O yea! O yea? OH NO!!

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164. At 3:27pm on 09 Jul 2009, peterpa1nter wrote:
I'm definitely the town-cryer, pass the tissues please!

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165. At 3:27pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
"Hear ye, oh hear ye. Town crier seen on a plinth. Town crier seen on a plinth."

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166. At 3:28pm on 09 Jul 2009, adno83 wrote:
BBC's attempt to bring news broadcasting back to "the good old days" foiled by news crier-spondent's strike action

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167. At 3:29pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
I only came for the dodgemsa. Somebody said about a funfair for the Common Man.

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168. At 3:30pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
Trafalgar Square? Well, dressed like that he's hardly hip, is he?

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169. At 3:30pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rockahula wrote:
Very early footage of 'It's A Knockout' reveals not only that the game originated much earlier than had previously been thought, but that even then, The British were sore losers.

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170. At 3:32pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
Scott already had Fleet Street and the Strand, and so now he was going to build an hotel on Trafalgar Square

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171. At 3:32pm on 09 Jul 2009, U14064097 wrote:
"Go to London", they said,
"The streets are paved with gold", they said ...

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172. At 3:32pm on 09 Jul 2009, dorsetdad wrote:
Before he could go ahead with his mass public meeting at Trafalgar Square Antony Gormley had to agree to new strict Metropolitan Police guidelines on lawful assemblies

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173. At 3:32pm on 09 Jul 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
I only came for the dodgems. Somebody said about a funfair for the Common Man.

(sorry)

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174. At 3:33pm on 09 Jul 2009, Beccaluc wrote:
I thought this would be fun, Well at least its not raining!

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175. At 3:35pm on 09 Jul 2009, dorsetdad wrote:
I'm looking for a plinthess?

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176. At 3:41pm on 09 Jul 2009, haggis1876 wrote:
Mayor today, gone tomorrow!

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177. At 3:42pm on 09 Jul 2009, dorsetdad wrote:
Having nothing to say is a distinct drawback for a Town Crier, unlike most MPs

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178. At 3:44pm on 09 Jul 2009, Derek53 wrote:
"You could be a pillar of society", they said.

How very droll...

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179. At 3:45pm on 09 Jul 2009, susruthan wrote:
Plinthing Away...

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180. At 3:46pm on 09 Jul 2009, Redcurve wrote:
Slow news day...

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181. At 3:48pm on 09 Jul 2009, BertieBogroll wrote:
Here I sit all broken hearted
Spent a penny and only...

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182. At 3:53pm on 09 Jul 2009, BertieBogroll wrote:
Are you free Mr. Illman?

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183. At 3:53pm on 09 Jul 2009, sprthompson wrote:
Having reached the highest-point of his career after 30 years of hard work, Evan realised the dream wasn't really worth the chase.

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184. At 3:56pm on 09 Jul 2009, BertieBogroll wrote:
Art? Cobblers!

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185. At 3:57pm on 09 Jul 2009, mikehaz90 wrote:
Gulliver gets put on the naughty step

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186. At 4:00pm on 09 Jul 2009, mikehaz90 wrote:
"I used to be a banker"

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187. At 4:04pm on 09 Jul 2009, jtotheglo wrote:
I wouldn't have signed up for this if I knew I would be missing Loose Women!

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188. At 4:04pm on 09 Jul 2009, mikehaz90 wrote:
Ken Livingstone still finds life hard not being Mayor

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189. At 4:05pm on 09 Jul 2009, virtualfang wrote:
Why are you sitting Scott? Ill, man.

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190. At 4:07pm on 09 Jul 2009, dry_boak wrote:
Adam Ant slowly began to realise the comeback wasn't working

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191. At 4:11pm on 09 Jul 2009, lightduties wrote:
'For Crying out Loud' ... What am I doing here - its too hot for this ...

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192. At 4:12pm on 09 Jul 2009, man_sans_van wrote:
They told me that I'd find Cap'n Jack Sparrow here ... but all I got was a load of pigeons!

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193. At 4:15pm on 09 Jul 2009, MrSnoozy wrote:
Scott realised early on that Pole Dancing wasn't easy as some people make it look.

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194. At 4:15pm on 09 Jul 2009, virtualfang wrote:
Where are all the King's horses, and all the king's men thought Humpty

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195. At 4:17pm on 09 Jul 2009, virtualfang wrote:
why couldn't I have got one of the night spots?

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196. At 4:18pm on 09 Jul 2009, Philmybox wrote:
Dad said that this would increase my self confidence .......

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197. At 4:20pm on 09 Jul 2009, Philmybox wrote:
Good that I wore my watch cos I know that there is only another 58 minutes and 23 seconds to go....

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198. At 4:22pm on 09 Jul 2009, clare_555 wrote:
'Stand & Deliver! Your money or your diner!' After a mixed reception, Adam Ant gave up on his new ambitions of pop stardom....

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199. At 4:22pm on 09 Jul 2009, Philmybox wrote:
It's really only a nightmare ...... isn't it?

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200. At 4:27pm on 09 Jul 2009, akaxaka wrote:
Man forgets his packed lunch.

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201. At 4:27pm on 09 Jul 2009, attilathehut wrote:
plinthed off

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202. At 4:29pm on 09 Jul 2009, kgar1952 wrote:
It's ok for Nelson as he's used to standing up - I need to sit down!

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203. At 4:33pm on 09 Jul 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:
He'd bagged the best seat in the house for New Year, now all he had to do was wait.

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204. At 4:36pm on 09 Jul 2009, fandango2 wrote:
Twitter 1.0

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205. At 4:40pm on 09 Jul 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:
The 'Free the Dick Turpin One' campaign had failed miserably.

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206. At 4:41pm on 09 Jul 2009, RobHasMoves wrote:
The newest admission to 'Fathers for Justice' has raised some serious issues.

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207. At 4:42pm on 09 Jul 2009, peter68 wrote:
Scott of the lethargic

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208. At 4:46pm on 09 Jul 2009, peter68 wrote:
'It's not Nelson's column, it's Nelson's Wil......'. Fortunately, Scott's voice was drowned out by a London Bus.

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209. At 4:49pm on 09 Jul 2009, RobHasMoves wrote:
As part of the Queen's new PR campaign, the staff of Buckingham Palace had undergone a radical image change.

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210. At 4:49pm on 09 Jul 2009, peter68 wrote:
Scott certainly found crossing the Antarctic a tad more challenging

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211. At 4:50pm on 09 Jul 2009, joddy25 wrote:
Well it beats queuing for Centre Court tickets, I've got the perfect view. What do you mean it finished last Sunday?

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212. At 4:52pm on 09 Jul 2009, newarkman wrote:
That was some spring tide

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213. At 4:53pm on 09 Jul 2009, joddy25 wrote:

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214. At 4:53pm on 09 Jul 2009, RobHasMoves wrote:
Apparently, some parents still like to drive their children towards certain careers at a surprisingly early age...

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215. At 4:53pm on 09 Jul 2009, joddy25 wrote:
Why pay to go on the London Eye when you are can see it all from here for nothing?

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216. At 4:54pm on 09 Jul 2009, peter68 wrote:
Even the pigeons had flown away, as next up was Alistair Darling.

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217. At 4:55pm on 09 Jul 2009, newarkman wrote:
'O my god, where me parrot gone, Jesus I've grown another leg bang go the panto this christmas

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218. At 4:58pm on 09 Jul 2009, samanthalodge wrote:
Pre entry, Bob contemplates if the he would gel with the Big Brother house mates or if his conservatism and shyness would be his downfall..

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219. At 4:58pm on 09 Jul 2009, jarlaberg wrote:
Even Elton John has made cut backs. He's still waiting for the PG Tips chimps to deliver his piano!

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220. At 5:02pm on 09 Jul 2009, Woundedpride wrote:
The day after the Town Criers' Annual Knees Up was always problematic...

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221. At 5:04pm on 09 Jul 2009, Woundedpride wrote:
Clappered Out

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222. At 5:08pm on 09 Jul 2009, Woundedpride wrote:
Look, until you stop the traffic, the bell stays put!

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223. At 5:08pm on 09 Jul 2009, ParkWatch wrote:
First customer for Mayor Boris' new superloo

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224. At 5:08pm on 09 Jul 2009, MJF_dodo wrote:
"At last, I've found something useful a man can do."

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225. At 5:15pm on 09 Jul 2009, Woundedpride wrote:
Dear Diary. Good view. 10:00am pidgeon. 10:02am another pidgeon. 10:05am...

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226. At 5:20pm on 09 Jul 2009, Woundedpride wrote:
The BBC period drama remake of Reservoir Dogs is believed to be on hold for now...

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227. At 5:28pm on 09 Jul 2009, akennedy448 wrote:
As tourists concentrate on London's other landmarks, Nelson looks on jealously from his massive massive column.

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228. At 5:29pm on 09 Jul 2009, grantj00 wrote:
Adam and the Ants forever!

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229. At 5:31pm on 09 Jul 2009, Woundedpride wrote:
Of course, The Stig's ancestor looked nothing special without his Bugatti coach...

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230. At 5:33pm on 09 Jul 2009, akennedy448 wrote:
Nelson's column a subconscious compensatory Freudian manifestation? No, that's pure Phallacy...

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231. At 5:34pm on 09 Jul 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
It takes a village to raise a crier

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232. At 5:35pm on 09 Jul 2009, smartmoon1 wrote:
Bet Nelson didn't have to wait THIS long for his pizza to be delivered.

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233. At 5:37pm on 09 Jul 2009, Woundedpride wrote:
The Daily Telegraph is accused of trawling back too far in its review of MP expenses when it reveals Pitt the Elder's claim for a loudspeaker system...

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234. At 5:38pm on 09 Jul 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
Right, so NOW you believe the British are coming?!

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235. At 5:38pm on 09 Jul 2009, MJF_dodo wrote:
Suggs begins his solo tour.

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236. At 5:39pm on 09 Jul 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
One if by land and plinth if by sea

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237. At 5:40pm on 09 Jul 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
Someone needed a time-out I see

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238. At 5:47pm on 09 Jul 2009, newarkman wrote:
anyone got any neopolitan icecream its hot up here

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239. At 5:55pm on 09 Jul 2009, omnipotent wrote:
Now let's see how the pigeons like it when I do it to them!

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240. At 5:58pm on 09 Jul 2009, docdon44 wrote:
Piles on a Plinth, that's making me the Town Cryer!

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241. At 6:00pm on 09 Jul 2009, sternpaddler wrote:
"Go to the stores for a long weight" the Foreman said - but I've been here ages and I still haven't got it.

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242. At 6:01pm on 09 Jul 2009, clareeH wrote:
Dick was already regretting swapping Black Bess for a trampoline.

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243. At 6:02pm on 09 Jul 2009, sternpaddler wrote:
But he still couldn't help wondering if this particular post had been reactively moderated.

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244. At 6:09pm on 09 Jul 2009, rego77660 wrote:
Scott thought he was the One, and everyone else could do the Other

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245. At 6:12pm on 09 Jul 2009, rego77660 wrote:
Don't stay up there to long, you'll make yourself Illman ..... oh you already are!

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246. At 6:13pm on 09 Jul 2009, rego77660 wrote:
Ask 2,400 people to do something, and you'll always get one cryer!!

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247. At 6:15pm on 09 Jul 2009, nickgb09 wrote:
Horatio Jr. was not impressed on "Bring your children to work" day.

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248. At 6:18pm on 09 Jul 2009, Northern_Simon wrote:
This time, all the King's horses and all the King's men were MUCH better prepared.

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249. At 6:32pm on 09 Jul 2009, richhall22 wrote:
With stealth, the turkey approached from behind, mindful of the danger ahead, hoping he is not another victim of the mysterious feather capped man.

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250. At 6:33pm on 09 Jul 2009, friendlyOssiecat wrote:
The sledgehammer pummeling my brain would suggest that it was quite a party but my last memory is of snogging that gorgeous girl who came with the big ugly guy dressed as the Incredible Hulk

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251. At 6:48pm on 09 Jul 2009, penny-farthing wrote:
Surveillance in England....circa early 1800's.

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252. At 6:48pm on 09 Jul 2009, Graphis wrote:
Half Nelson

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253. At 6:49pm on 09 Jul 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
Dr Who regretted trusting that sat-nav thingy

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254. At 6:52pm on 09 Jul 2009, UKTroll wrote:
The City decided that a scaled-down Lord Mayor's Show would be more appropriate this year...

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255. At 7:01pm on 09 Jul 2009, penny-farthing wrote:
Having been admonished from an early age to never make an exhibition of himself,Jim's subdued pose belied his inner turmoil.

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256. At 7:11pm on 09 Jul 2009, penny-farthing wrote:
And the winner of musical plinths is......

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257. At 7:16pm on 09 Jul 2009, penny-farthing wrote:
Finding resistance to his flat-earth theory as strong as ever,Jim sat on his plinth and sulked.

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258. At 7:17pm on 09 Jul 2009, lesbrown wrote:
On waking Jeff instantly regretted pulling a moonie at the Town Criers' Annual Ball

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259. At 7:27pm on 09 Jul 2009, penny-farthing wrote:
You can keep Rodin's The Thinker.....we've got The Plinther.

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260. At 7:28pm on 09 Jul 2009, SeanieSmith wrote:
Dave realised it would be 250 years before he could get a refund on his faulty time machine.

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261. At 7:30pm on 09 Jul 2009, judithmarlow wrote:
It's my party and I'll cry if I want to

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262. At 7:31pm on 09 Jul 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:
The art of speed dating is a cool outfit and to get the best seat..

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263. At 7:32pm on 09 Jul 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:
Early attempts at designing parachutes had problems with the centre of gravity and a lack of tightly woven material..

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264. At 7:42pm on 09 Jul 2009, SeanieSmith wrote:
Vacancies - Security Guard: competitive salary, central London, uniform provided. Apply: House of Lords

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265. At 8:19pm on 09 Jul 2009, Stellsie wrote:
As he had woken up 5 hours late, the groom decided he might be better off staying put

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266. At 8:32pm on 09 Jul 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:
Alternative Endings #238: Dick Whittington exchanges the cat for a pair of sunglasses, a broken hand bell and half a bottle of rum..

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267. At 8:38pm on 09 Jul 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:
Typical. You wait a whole month for a stagecoach to come along and then 3 come at once.

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268. At 8:39pm on 09 Jul 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:
Great disguise Michael, where's Elvis gone?

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269. At 8:45pm on 09 Jul 2009, Donleavey wrote:
At my age you have to expect your column to let you down once in a while.

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270. At 8:49pm on 09 Jul 2009, Stellsie wrote:
The rat wished he'd climbed down afew minutes ago. How would Cinders get to the ball now?

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271. At 8:51pm on 09 Jul 2009, GuitarKate wrote:
The "high profile job, with loads of birds flocking around" didn't quite turn out as Scott expected.

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272. At 8:51pm on 09 Jul 2009, Guerriera wrote:
This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.
273. At 8:56pm on 09 Jul 2009, tobefan wrote:
Gordon Brown on holiday.

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274. At 8:57pm on 09 Jul 2009, Guerriera wrote:
ooh nooo .... it must have been that bottle that said 'drink me'!! .... anyone got any cake?

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275. At 9:02pm on 09 Jul 2009, discom8 wrote:
The things we have to do for a little bit of Kudos eh ?

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276. At 9:06pm on 09 Jul 2009, Guerriera wrote:
this 'invisibility costume' is fantastic!!!

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277. At 9:08pm on 09 Jul 2009, Guerriera wrote:
Batman's usual taylor was away on holiday.

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278. At 9:10pm on 09 Jul 2009, Guerriera wrote:
Batman's usual tailor was away on holiday!

(correction to spelling mistake)

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279. At 9:20pm on 09 Jul 2009, HotPepperMan wrote:
Dear Mum,

Western Super Mayor is not all it is made out to be.

Horatio

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280. At 9:38pm on 09 Jul 2009, secretSnilloc wrote:
Poor fella - the last exhibit forgot to change the toilet roll...

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281. At 9:40pm on 09 Jul 2009, SpringChicky wrote:
George was pleased his time travel machine had worked, but disappointed that 2009 wasn't all it was cracked up to be....

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282. At 9:45pm on 09 Jul 2009, SpringChicky wrote:
Scott was seriously depressed - he thought he'd made a great career choice......then Twitter turned up.......

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283. At 9:58pm on 09 Jul 2009, leoRoverman wrote:
I was had, They promised me a coach and four !!!

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284. At 10:03pm on 09 Jul 2009, fionapar wrote:
"Dammit, dammit, nothing rhymes with 'plinth'"

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285. At 10:08pm on 09 Jul 2009, TheRealCatherineO wrote:
Fortunately, for 21st century haemorrhoid sufferers, relief now comes in a tube.

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286. At 10:09pm on 09 Jul 2009, fionapar wrote:
I was chosen to join One and Other
And here I sit up on my plinth
No one is more proud than my mother
Who taught me to write - it's a cinch, er grinch, er wrench ,ninth....

Let's try 'podium........'

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287. At 10:12pm on 09 Jul 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
Naah, I'm coming in at number five, mate. No need to get padded up while Katich and Ponting are batting like that.

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288. At 10:13pm on 09 Jul 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.
289. At 10:15pm on 09 Jul 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
OK, so I fell off. Everybody's entitled to make mistakes occasionally, aren't they?

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290. At 10:16pm on 09 Jul 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
All I said was "Kismet, Hardy". I wonder if he misheard.

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291. At 10:17pm on 09 Jul 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
...98, 99, 100. Coming, ready or not.

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292. At 10:17pm on 09 Jul 2009, DLReed wrote:
Do you want fries with that?

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293. At 10:20pm on 09 Jul 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
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294. At 10:22pm on 09 Jul 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
No, Madam, I'm not Stevie bl**dy Wonder. He's not the only bloke in the world who wears shades when it's not sunny, you know.

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295. At 10:23pm on 09 Jul 2009, fionapar wrote:
'Ships, I see no ships here mate'

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296. At 10:25pm on 09 Jul 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
Filming the remake of Mutiny On The Bounty in Corby might have saved a few quid but it was never going to have the same visual impact...

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297. At 10:26pm on 09 Jul 2009, fionapar wrote:
'For variety in the second half, I will rotate my hat 90 degrees anti-clockwise!'

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298. At 10:32pm on 09 Jul 2009, fionapar wrote:
Tut tut Horatio - after a tot or two of rum you're about to keel over. How naughty-cal!

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299. At 11:06pm on 09 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
Open the gates! Another coachload of Butlin's holidaymakers is aproaching.

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300. At 11:10pm on 09 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
That's the way to do it

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301. At 11:11pm on 09 Jul 2009, AllnewMCK wrote:
It was a slow news day in 1763

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302. At 11:12pm on 09 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
Aye, lots of famous people will be here. I gather Count Dracula has booked the 0200-0300 slot.

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303. At 11:19pm on 09 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
Archive footage of Michael Jackson on the balcony ... after he'd dropped the baby

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304. At 11:20pm on 09 Jul 2009, markgill wrote:
I wonder where I left the Tardis?

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305. At 11:28pm on 09 Jul 2009, SeanieSmith wrote:
"I can't believe I've been stood up again...It must be the aftershave."

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306. At 11:39pm on 09 Jul 2009, mikehaz90 wrote:
You think this is weird, Michael Owen's just signed for Manchester United!

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307. At 11:50pm on 09 Jul 2009, fionapar wrote:
One red Horatio sitting on the plinth,
One red Horatio sitting on the plinth,
And when one red Horatio should accidentally fall,
There'd be no red Horatio and no one there at all.

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308. At 11:52pm on 09 Jul 2009, peter68 wrote:
Scott was bored, but it was better than hearing 'Billie Jean' for the hundredth time

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309. At 11:56pm on 09 Jul 2009, peter68 wrote:
'I wish they hadn't run out of King Kong outfits', mused Scott dejectedly

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310. At 11:59pm on 09 Jul 2009, peter68 wrote:
Having pushed Napoleon off barely ten minutes ago, Nelson was well and truly bored

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311. At 00:05am on 10 Jul 2009, peter68 wrote:
'Vive la France' shouted Napoleon from below, who only 5 minutes previously had emptied his entire super glue contents onto the plinth

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312. At 00:15am on 10 Jul 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:
Dick Turpin was one of the first to point out the drawback in the 18th century version of the 'scrappage' scheme: Breeding can take a while.

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313. At 00:28am on 10 Jul 2009, ColdEartedArfur wrote:
The judge did offer me another ASBO, but the alternative seemed like a good idea a the time. Them they started chucking stuff at me!!!

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314. At 00:35am on 10 Jul 2009, eattherich wrote:
A New Year reveller reserves his spot early this year.

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315. At 01:03am on 10 Jul 2009, angelicLadyWhiteWolf wrote:
And I thought that "The Thinker" had it bad.

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316. At 01:21am on 10 Jul 2009, mmcc575 wrote:
Scott's summer job 'with a high position in London' wasn't quite what he was hoping for.

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317. At 01:35am on 10 Jul 2009, cosmicGA wrote:
Dear bless us! How in the name of Napoleon's Pantaloons did I end up here! I only had 2 pints and a battered sausage!

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318. At 02:01am on 10 Jul 2009, SBWolfe wrote:
Wot... they said there would be action if I signed up!

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319. At 02:02am on 10 Jul 2009, Fonic17 wrote:
The 4th of July celebrations weren't going down so well on the other side of the Atlantic.

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320. At 02:29am on 10 Jul 2009, oldcabbie wrote:
59 minute to go and I'm bored already.

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321. At 02:29am on 10 Jul 2009, Joe_Bataleon wrote:
Some how Adam Ant couldn't help but feel his Sat Nav had mis-lead him.

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322. At 02:32am on 10 Jul 2009, Joe_Bataleon wrote:
Bill didn't enjoy his mums interpretation of a non-uniform day

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323. At 02:34am on 10 Jul 2009, ssjdatta wrote:
After netting some fame and fortune, it's time to walk the plinth!

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324. At 02:34am on 10 Jul 2009, Joe_Bataleon wrote:
Banksy didn't blend in so well with his new disguise

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325. At 02:41am on 10 Jul 2009, littleDickie wrote:
Could this be something to do with Beethoven's ninth...it rhymes after all.

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326. At 02:42am on 10 Jul 2009, coshy246 wrote:
chaos as local blind halloween trick or treater thinks this is biggest doorstep in the world.

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327. At 02:47am on 10 Jul 2009, littleDickie wrote:
OH YEA! OH YEA!

I rang my bell with gusto and the clapper fell out.
Whatever shall I do now?
My voice is weakening...
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
I've been up on this pillar thing they call a Plinth for nigh on a day now,
And I have to go potty...

HEAR YE! OH yea...

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328. At 03:01am on 10 Jul 2009, kevdrwg wrote:
Some day my plinth will come

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329. At 03:05am on 10 Jul 2009, kevdrwg wrote:
Sitting on the rock of today...

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330. At 05:22am on 10 Jul 2009, Browner_ wrote:
It used to be a hell of lot more fun when I was in the Wiggles...

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331. At 05:32am on 10 Jul 2009, OnlyaDent wrote:
I was told the best job in the world was on a beach!!

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332. At 05:40am on 10 Jul 2009, ennui wrote:
okay guys, joke's over, bring back the ladder

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333. At 05:54am on 10 Jul 2009, walszii wrote:
City Crier calls time on modern art.

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334. At 06:09am on 10 Jul 2009, Vazzok wrote:
I said it thrice Nelson!
Come down back for the hunting.

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335. At 06:21am on 10 Jul 2009, no_seriously wrote:
'Sunrise After The Stag Night' circa 1800.

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336. At 06:21am on 10 Jul 2009, flyingCommon-tater wrote:
Well, speedboats have been invented, and water-skis. Now I'm just waiting for the great London flood they promised.

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337. At 06:25am on 10 Jul 2009, RMutt-Urinal wrote:
Optimistic England fan bags his spot for the Ashes victory parade.

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338. At 06:27am on 10 Jul 2009, RMutt-Urinal wrote:
Someone tell Suggs Glastonbury is over.

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339. At 06:33am on 10 Jul 2009, phillymaus wrote:
Where are they now? Adam and the Ants AC Servicing.

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340. At 06:37am on 10 Jul 2009, TerFar wrote:
These heels are killing me!

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341. At 06:42am on 10 Jul 2009, DrGeoduck wrote:
"One arm too many," they say. Damn.

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342. At 06:51am on 10 Jul 2009, greenstuff_gav wrote:
"I with I wath a hanthome plinth!"

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343. At 06:58am on 10 Jul 2009, goldendrgonzo wrote:
oh no ! oh no! oh no!

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344. At 07:02am on 10 Jul 2009, drjohn72 wrote:
What a time to come down with laryngitis!

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345. At 07:04am on 10 Jul 2009, SaintMarysSaint wrote:
To jump or not to jump?, that is the question.

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346. At 07:35am on 10 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
Scott got quite philosophical, as he was standing on Plinthy the Elder

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347. At 07:39am on 10 Jul 2009, alegrias3 wrote:
"You'll stay on the naughty step until you stop crying."

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348. At 07:47am on 10 Jul 2009, timtransport wrote:
eh, VOILA ! and the cherry tree has gone !

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349. At 07:50am on 10 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
How sat nav actually works

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350. At 07:52am on 10 Jul 2009, dominangel23 wrote:
"I see no ships"

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351. At 07:59am on 10 Jul 2009, SeanieSmith wrote:
YeTube archive reveals very first English rap star.

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352. At 08:01am on 10 Jul 2009, g1mcdonald wrote:
Britain's laziest town crier immortalised in Trafalgar Square.

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353. At 08:02am on 10 Jul 2009, Whitedragonuk wrote:
We said go to SpecSavers, not DeckSavers!

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354. At 08:05am on 10 Jul 2009, Andy-the-Greek wrote:
Oyez! Oyez! Oh no - I didn't know it was this high up!

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355. At 08:09am on 10 Jul 2009, furtlefinch wrote:
Strewth mate great stag night in Sydney, where am I and who wants their clobber back?

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356. At 08:10am on 10 Jul 2009, FemmeAncienne wrote:
Oh Yez Oh Yez
My Barz are the Bezt!

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357. At 08:10am on 10 Jul 2009, youngTonyL wrote:
I'm only here for the beer....

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358. At 08:11am on 10 Jul 2009, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:
Adam Ant's comeback tour wasn't quite as successful as he'd hoped

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359. At 08:14am on 10 Jul 2009, tigersaraheyles wrote:
Kiss me Hardy? You'll have to catch me first!

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360. At 08:16am on 10 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
Red Knight to Plinth 4

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361. At 08:17am on 10 Jul 2009, lavaboarder wrote:
If I sit here without doing anything my 1 hour will seem more like 2

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362. At 08:19am on 10 Jul 2009, lavaboarder wrote:
The only hour in history when there's no news and it had to be this one

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363. At 08:19am on 10 Jul 2009, TallTone wrote:
Suckling was still sulking that brother Horatio had got the better plinth

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364. At 08:20am on 10 Jul 2009, GuitarKate wrote:
"Man, 28, gsoh, true old-fashioned gent" wonders why his date failed to identify herself.

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365. At 08:22am on 10 Jul 2009, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:
The BBC finally reveal the wardrobe for the new Doctor Who.

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366. At 08:23am on 10 Jul 2009, CheshirePotatoHead wrote:
Having not secured a ticket to the real memorial event, Michael Jackson look-alike sits in dismay on Michael Jackson look-alike coffin

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367. At 08:24am on 10 Jul 2009, Please-try-again wrote:
Elton John's rise was meteoric, but he found it very lonely at the top.

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368. At 08:25am on 10 Jul 2009, cmh wrote:
Embarrassed by his new uniform, Nigel donned his dark glasses and sat as high as his could hoping his mates wouldn't recognise him.Even his friends the pigeons ignored him that day.

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369. At 08:26am on 10 Jul 2009, lavaboarder wrote:
I'll give you something to cry about

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370. At 08:27am on 10 Jul 2009, SeanieSmith wrote:
"Oh Yay, Oh Yay!
Oh No! They're clamping my horse."

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371. At 08:30am on 10 Jul 2009, maroonnomdeplume wrote:
Whilst initially elated by his invention of the first Teleport-Time Machine-Thingy, Arnold could now see some of the fatal errors in his design. Just how was he going to get home in time for supper?

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372. At 08:30am on 10 Jul 2009, taurus-tart wrote:
"I don't know why I bother - it's going straight over their heads."

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373. At 08:31am on 10 Jul 2009, loosetalk wrote:
As I told the police, these blokes came along and asked if they could borrow my column for half an hour so they could finish a job...

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374. At 08:32am on 10 Jul 2009, marcuswhitmarsh wrote:
Adam Ant come back tour deemed a flop.

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375. At 08:32am on 10 Jul 2009, DAPurveur wrote:
It's my pier and I'll cry if I want to.

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376. At 08:36am on 10 Jul 2009, macgregorc wrote:
O yea, O yea... oh yay, my time's nearly up...

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377. At 08:37am on 10 Jul 2009, fizzer44 wrote:
This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.
378. At 08:37am on 10 Jul 2009, MikeyG1973 wrote:
Mr Depp was distinctly unhappy with the set of "Pirates V: The Battle for Trafalgar"...

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379. At 08:38am on 10 Jul 2009, JNORTHALL wrote:
Credit crunch hits Nelson's Column.

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380. At 08:41am on 10 Jul 2009, GullibleSeagull wrote:
Way down? I see no way down!

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381. At 08:43am on 10 Jul 2009, Terry Lambert wrote:
Oh what's the point! Nobody listens now anyway.

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382. At 08:46am on 10 Jul 2009, Willtheresaway wrote:
The Oscars ceremony had changed a lot since it was founded in the 18th Century.

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383. At 08:47am on 10 Jul 2009, lindum49 wrote:
For losing the Generals laptop sitting on the Naughty Step wasn't quite what he imagined.......

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384. At 08:48am on 10 Jul 2009, Dweller wrote:
Here kitty kitty, here puss

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385. At 08:48am on 10 Jul 2009, tudorvl wrote:
And now, what? I never asked to be brought to life... Methinks God's operating system's got a serious bug.

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386. At 08:53am on 10 Jul 2009, maroonnomdeplume wrote:
Geoff had never really been any good at coventional sports. He had recently tried his hand at aqua aerobics and extreme ironing in order to impress a girl, but as it turned out both were more sucessful than his latest idea; extreme fancy dress...

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387. At 08:55am on 10 Jul 2009, tom_w_webb wrote:
The town crier lives up to his name and has a sulk.

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388. At 08:56am on 10 Jul 2009, cedric99 wrote:
Ryanair Tardis delivers Trafalgar time tourists but fails to provide coins for bathroom.

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389. At 08:59am on 10 Jul 2009, JezzaBill wrote:
This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.
390. At 09:00am on 10 Jul 2009, bigmammajamma wrote:
My plinth, in the middle of our square... everybody sing along!

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391. At 09:03am on 10 Jul 2009, brown-squiggly wrote:
Has anybody seen my pigeon???

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392. At 09:03am on 10 Jul 2009, Nick_Church wrote:
"I think I've left the gas on!"

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393. At 09:04am on 10 Jul 2009, newt01 wrote:
Elton John contemplates new career as a pigeon

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394. At 09:05am on 10 Jul 2009, Nick_Church wrote:
Knowing my luck, I'll end up on a caption competition

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395. At 09:13am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

"This must be the longest ever game of Rounders" thought the guy on Base 4

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396. At 09:16am on 10 Jul 2009, obeebie wrote:
If one more person shouts "oh, for crying out loud" I'll jump.

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397. At 09:17am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

Federer unveils Victory outfit for anticipated 16th Grand Slam

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398. At 09:19am on 10 Jul 2009, Shambles Baby wrote:
"None of them low-life journalists going to tap my phone up here!"

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399. At 09:20am on 10 Jul 2009, maroonnomdeplume wrote:
Momentarily crestfallen Colin contemplated calling his Best Man, but something told him he would already be on the plane to the Maldives with Philippa.

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400. At 09:20am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

The pigeons made it look easy. He hadn't hit a single tourist.

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401. At 09:21am on 10 Jul 2009, futureproof007 wrote:
Anthonys mum was adamant that he'd go on the naughty step if he didn't give up this new wave fad...

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402. At 09:24am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

'Oratio N.? I thought I had been booked for oration.

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403. At 09:25am on 10 Jul 2009, StephenGibson wrote:
It's the Grand Old Duke of York - Neither Up nor Down

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404. At 09:32am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

An elegant and much-loved friend discovers the monstrous carbuncle is not on his face.

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405. At 09:32am on 10 Jul 2009, SeanieSmith wrote:
Tory MP denies his new window tax policy is out of touch with public opinion.

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406. At 09:39am on 10 Jul 2009, Bampyjohn wrote:
Hum, I have to stay here for a whole hour? Wish I'd brought my iPod now.

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407. At 09:45am on 10 Jul 2009, BLACKMONOLITH wrote:
''Hmmph! Newton was right, the weight of the Pigeon doo-doo on my hat, will eventually overcome gravity''!

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408. At 09:46am on 10 Jul 2009, GirlWeekday wrote:
Oh the grand old duke of york,
He had ten thousand men,
He marched them up to the top of the plinth
Then told them to lurk around Trafalgar Square until he caught his breath back again

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409. At 09:47am on 10 Jul 2009, hitbarker wrote:
When I wake up in the morning, love
And the sunlight hurts my eyes
And something strange without a warning, love
Bears heavy on my mind
Then I look at you
And the world is all right with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
A lovely day

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410. At 09:48am on 10 Jul 2009, Bampyjohn wrote:
Of course they wore Ray Bans at Trafalgar.

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411. At 09:48am on 10 Jul 2009, cazzajay wrote:
Recession-hit Nelson fears his picket could be more doting.

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412. At 09:53am on 10 Jul 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
Unfortunately, Nelson was never warned that if he sat on concrete he might get piles.

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413. At 10:02am on 10 Jul 2009, MWoods8 wrote:
Kismet? Hardly............

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414. At 10:04am on 10 Jul 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
Have Twitter, wont Crier

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415. At 10:05am on 10 Jul 2009, iansessford wrote:
" Well I am a bit short of money and someone said if you sit on a cold concrete plinth for an hour you`ll end up with piles!.So..."

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416. At 10:06am on 10 Jul 2009, SeanieSmith wrote:
"The wife is sure to wonder about her missing tights and shoes. I'll have to break it to her gently."

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417. At 10:07am on 10 Jul 2009, MacJonlin wrote:
After 166 years of standing there and getting covered in bird poop, wouldn't you need a sit down and a change of clothes?

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418. At 10:09am on 10 Jul 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
Historical records show how architects waited for the invention of glass before windows became functional.

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419. At 10:18am on 10 Jul 2009, SeanieSmith wrote:
"I've done nothing wrong", insisted the Tory MP. "Someone has to guard my constituency castle."

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420. At 10:20am on 10 Jul 2009, Prisoner U1688943 wrote:
All this dressing up for the Elton John lookalike competition.....

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421. At 10:21am on 10 Jul 2009, brandall wrote:
Having been persuaded not to abandon the Speakers tradition of wearing ceremonial attire, John Bercow seeks public approval for his latest design.

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422. At 10:22am on 10 Jul 2009, Prisoner U1688943 wrote:
"Oh good, only 59 minutes and 59 seconds to go....."

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423. At 10:22am on 10 Jul 2009, Prisoner U1688943 wrote:
My wife has left me, the kids have left me, the dog and cat have even left me. I'm gonna jump!

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424. At 10:29am on 10 Jul 2009, allhallowseve wrote:
Poldark saga is abridged for Plynth.

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425. At 10:32am on 10 Jul 2009, aka_jpjb wrote:
Looks like another victim of Vlad the Implinther.

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426. At 10:34am on 10 Jul 2009, Dundeen wrote:
Initiation into RADA was not going to be as much fun as Scott first thought......

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427. At 10:35am on 10 Jul 2009, peterstagg wrote:
A ship! A ship! My Plinth for a ship!

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428. At 10:35am on 10 Jul 2009, Dundeen wrote:
All dressed up for MJs concert.....and now nowhere to go....Wonder if there is a party at the palace?

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429. At 10:36am on 10 Jul 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
Nelson didn't feel as manly without his huge column.

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430. At 10:39am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

Three cubic metres to sit in and only one small handbell to avoid.
O-Why? O-Why? O-Why?

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431. At 10:42am on 10 Jul 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
Sitting directly onto concrete plays havoc with your scrolls

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432. At 10:42am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

When Wills said he'd drop me off in the helicopter in Rock ...

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433. At 10:43am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

Stone and deliver

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434. At 10:45am on 10 Jul 2009, Dundeen wrote:
Hmmmm....bored!! Guess I could count the pigeons again...

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435. At 10:46am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

I'm not coming down until those lions have gone

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436. At 10:47am on 10 Jul 2009, j-o-n-a-t-h-a-n wrote:
Once we have created the artificial sperm, the gentleman sits on the infusion device for one hour, allowing the sperm to permeate the testes.

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437. At 10:49am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

Well, Brussels DOES have its Mannequin ...

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438. At 10:49am on 10 Jul 2009, semi_mental wrote:
For Banksy's next exhibit, he turned his attention to Nelson's Column

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439. At 10:57am on 10 Jul 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
Big Brother diary room circa 1740

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440. At 10:57am on 10 Jul 2009, Dundeen wrote:
As Scott awoke from a mad Stag Night....He began to realise that his mates had really done a number on him.
"At least I still have my clothes" he thought.

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441. At 11:04am on 10 Jul 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
New low budget Hornblower underwhelms critics

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442. At 11:04am on 10 Jul 2009, campaign1 wrote:
Still a few issues to sort out with Trafalgar Squares new 'super-loo'

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443. At 11:08am on 10 Jul 2009, lestmak wrote:
Everyone was all pumped up for Elton John's latest gig, until they realised he forgot his piano.

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444. At 11:10am on 10 Jul 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
Campanology can be a lonely sport

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445. At 11:12am on 10 Jul 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
And as Anita Ward played in the background, he waited for his true love to appear

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446. At 11:15am on 10 Jul 2009, smilingbackatme wrote:
Antony Gormley: the artist formally known as Plinth.

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447. At 11:17am on 10 Jul 2009, jellyba wrote:
Black Bess has run off

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448. At 11:18am on 10 Jul 2009, jellyba wrote:
They had to ban phone tapping

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449. At 11:20am on 10 Jul 2009, jellyba wrote:
Uniform and prospects they said

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450. At 11:21am on 10 Jul 2009, beachcred wrote:
I only asked for an soapbox to stand on, but no, Gormley had to make something special...

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451. At 11:22am on 10 Jul 2009, captainjake99 wrote:
So is this Michaels final resting place?

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452. At 11:22am on 10 Jul 2009, peter68 wrote:
Elton John only brought his Oscar statuette and a hand muffler with him......Sorry, seems to be the hardest word

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453. At 11:22am on 10 Jul 2009, jellyba wrote:
unemployed fox hunters

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454. At 11:24am on 10 Jul 2009, peter68 wrote:
Town Crier?
Another forty minutes of this and he'll be blubbing.

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455. At 11:25am on 10 Jul 2009, jellyba wrote:
Royal Ascot outriders storage
as the Queen runs out of space

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456. At 11:26am on 10 Jul 2009, peter68 wrote:
Steve McQueen recreates The Great Escape 1 minute after this was taken

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457. At 11:29am on 10 Jul 2009, jellyba wrote:
Fancy Dress stag night- the aftermath

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458. At 11:33am on 10 Jul 2009, Woundedpride wrote:
"No. Tank dryer. A dryer for a tank"

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459. At 11:34am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

Breeches of the Piece

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460. At 11:36am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

It had been years since his part as a sweep in Mary Poppins.
Surely they'd be back for him soon.

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461. At 11:37am on 10 Jul 2009, iansessford wrote:
"Do you have the scrolls?."
"No I always sit like this!"

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462. At 11:39am on 10 Jul 2009, Kudosless wrote:

The Great Crier of London

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463. At 11:41am on 10 Jul 2009, LeRobO wrote:
Although Kevin was initially pleased with his vantage point, he had forgotten that the first Test was at Cardiff this year and was now beginning to feel rather foolish.

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464. At 11:41am on 10 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
And this is Anthony Gormley's famous statue entitled "I couldn't be bothered to actually do any work"

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465. At 11:42am on 10 Jul 2009, SteeleHawker wrote:
We're making more money than the London Eye! Roll up! Roll up! Knock a Chelsea Pensioner off his perch!

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466. At 11:42am on 10 Jul 2009, RMutt-Urinal wrote:
Riding his specially adapted trolley - one of Tesco's 'Every Little Helpers'.

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467. At 11:46am on 10 Jul 2009, rockhulley wrote:
"That`s one Royal Coachman who should have gone to Spec Savers."

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468. At 11:52am on 10 Jul 2009, Dundeen wrote:
Wait until I see Antony...He promised me a "great" outfit, and a "raise", not to mention the "modelling" opportunities...

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469. At 11:57am on 10 Jul 2009, clare_555 wrote:
On giving up on his moon walk plinth, it dawned on Michael Jackson that he may have taken his plastic surgery too far this time

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470. At 11:59am on 10 Jul 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:
Oi Peter, I can see your house from up here.

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471. At 12:00pm on 10 Jul 2009, ThisMacaroon wrote:
Oyez! Oyez! Oh what's the point...?

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472. At 12:05pm on 10 Jul 2009, clare_555 wrote:
Scot began to feel ill, man! He knew he shouldn't have had that curry the night before; He broke wind & touched cloth, and now hes stuck to the plinth.... not even a pigeon will risk coming near....

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473. At 12:06pm on 10 Jul 2009, Vazzok wrote:
Good idea Mr Depp,but I think you should try to forget the Jack Sparrow's spirit for your incarnation of Lord Nelson.

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474. At 12:10pm on 10 Jul 2009, Magictorchjamie wrote:
Oy vey, oy vey

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475. At 12:15pm on 10 Jul 2009, placey1 wrote:
Suggs began to realise that Pirates of the Carribean - the one man show - didn't work too well during the boat rowing sequences.

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476. At 12:18pm on 10 Jul 2009, grebehead wrote:
This story was never going to get enough column inches.

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477. At 12:18pm on 10 Jul 2009, grebehead wrote:
Wrong time, wrong place.

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478. At 12:20pm on 10 Jul 2009, grebehead wrote:
Tom's new job was getting him down. He had been moved from pillar to post.

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479. At 12:23pm on 10 Jul 2009, Robert51Edwards wrote:
Plinth Charming

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480. At 12:24pm on 10 Jul 2009, Robert51Edwards wrote:
"Whoa Yea! Whoa Yea! Wh....whatever!"

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