Caption Competition

13:34 UK time, Friday, 2 October 2009

Winning entries in the Caption Competition.

The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF].

This week, a pair of primates catch up with the news at the Great Gorilla Run in London.

Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:

6. NorfolkOnce
"OK, if not Millwall v West Ham, how about Glyndebourne?"

5. alykat730
"It's been three years Gus, do you really think Mjikuu is still pining over you? You've really got to get back in the dating game. You want someone smart, who's going places, not stranded out in the jungle. Here, check the personals in the FT..."

4.Magnum Carter
Investigators find the root of the sub-primate lending scandal.

3. Daveygod21
"I always said, give them enough time and enough typewriters, eventually they'd produce something readable."

2. SkarloeyLine
"Cadbury's shares are taking a beating."

1. groundhog44
"It's good to see silver-back on the commodity markets again."

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1. At 12:26pm on 01 Oct 2009, Raven wrote:
How come we missed out being in last week's caption competition?

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2. At 12:27pm on 01 Oct 2009, Raven wrote:
He gets grumpy if you mention his being a little short - he's an eye-level gorilla

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3. At 12:28pm on 01 Oct 2009, snoozoff wrote:
any monkey business going on?

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4. At 12:28pm on 01 Oct 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:
Sun readers are confused about the editorial direction their paper is taking.

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5. At 12:29pm on 01 Oct 2009, snoozoff wrote:
how's the banana exchange rate this morning?

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6. At 12:29pm on 01 Oct 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:
Well the graph of my share portfolio looks a lot better if I hold the paper this way up.

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7. At 12:30pm on 01 Oct 2009, Raven wrote:
You know lots of entrants dress up? Well, I thought I might get a human costume for this year's Great Gorilla Run.

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8. At 12:30pm on 01 Oct 2009, snoozoff wrote:
my paper is printed upside down, is yours ok?

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9. At 12:31pm on 01 Oct 2009, Raven wrote:
With the price of rubber as it is, that old tyre I swing from must be worth a fortune

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10. At 12:32pm on 01 Oct 2009, snoozoff wrote:
once again they forgot the K, it should be monkey news and not money news!

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11. At 12:32pm on 01 Oct 2009, Raven wrote:
The Australian Dollar's doing badly

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12. At 12:34pm on 01 Oct 2009, Raven wrote:
You're supporting the Dian Fossey Fund too?

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13. At 12:34pm on 01 Oct 2009, SkarloeyLine wrote:
Cadbury's shares are taking a beating

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14. At 12:35pm on 01 Oct 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
Do you like the smoking jacket? I got it off a baboon at the safari park.

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15. At 12:36pm on 01 Oct 2009, JeremiahJobling wrote:
Actually yes, Sigourney Weaver was great fun to work with

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16. At 12:36pm on 01 Oct 2009, BeckySnow wrote:
The guy in the yellow specs - he says we have to let him win - he knows where we live.

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17. At 12:37pm on 01 Oct 2009, JeremiahJobling wrote:
My wife says I look like Noel Coward in this dressing-gown

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18. At 12:37pm on 01 Oct 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
Page 3 is supposed to have a pretty hot orangutan this week. I just love redheads.

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19. At 12:38pm on 01 Oct 2009, campaign1 wrote:
Disgusted that their paper is now supporting the Conservatives, a couple of 'Sun' readers decide to try another paper!

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20. At 12:38pm on 01 Oct 2009, JeremiahJobling wrote:
O2? Nah, I'm with Orange-Utan.

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21. At 12:38pm on 01 Oct 2009, Mr Snoozy wrote:
King Kong found sulking after "bigger boys" stole his Financial Times. When asked what was wrong he replied "No FT (anymore), No Comment"...

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22. At 12:39pm on 01 Oct 2009, groundhog44 wrote:
Bet you a monkey Cadburys shares are down by close of business.

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23. At 12:39pm on 01 Oct 2009, tim__g wrote:
I see bank shares are up today

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24. At 12:39pm on 01 Oct 2009, virtualindividual wrote:
Monkeys sat infront of a keyboard type the letter S more than any other? It's only to be s'pected!

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25. At 12:40pm on 01 Oct 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
Any personals asking for swingers this week?

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26. At 12:41pm on 01 Oct 2009, groundhog44 wrote:
Well I'll be a monkeys uncle....

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27. At 12:41pm on 01 Oct 2009, JeremiahJobling wrote:
So, despite your learning to write in English, Mjikuu still hasn't replied to your letters then?

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28. At 12:42pm on 01 Oct 2009, campaign1 wrote:
A couple of The City's highest bonus earners check out the latest share tips...

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29. At 12:42pm on 01 Oct 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:
After analysing the evidence, it was decided the Gorilla Trading Tactics were not a significant threat

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30. At 12:42pm on 01 Oct 2009, SkarloeyLine wrote:
I'm afraid it's gone down to $13.92 an ounce. Oh, sorry - I thought you said you were a silver backer.

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31. At 12:43pm on 01 Oct 2009, groundhog44 wrote:
It's good to see silver-back on the commodity markets again.

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32. At 12:43pm on 01 Oct 2009, rogueslr wrote:
Urbane gorillas?

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33. At 12:43pm on 01 Oct 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
Oh yes, I'm a fan of his on Facebook.

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34. At 12:44pm on 01 Oct 2009, JeremiahJobling wrote:
I see shares in Gorilla Outfit Hire Shops are doing really well

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35. At 12:44pm on 01 Oct 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:
Gorillas get the gist

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36. At 12:45pm on 01 Oct 2009, groundhog44 wrote:
Will you be strap hanging on the tube again tonight?

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37. At 12:46pm on 01 Oct 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
So she slaps my face, calls me a knuckle dragging neanderthal and throws me out of the cave. I think it's the real thing this time.

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38. At 12:46pm on 01 Oct 2009, beachcred wrote:
We've always been optimists, but nowadays we have to read the FT upside down to make the graphs look half reasonable.

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39. At 12:46pm on 01 Oct 2009, JeremiahJobling wrote:
Peter Jackson's taking a devil of a long time with these auditions

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40. At 12:46pm on 01 Oct 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:
Investigators find the root of the sub-primate lending scandal

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41. At 12:47pm on 01 Oct 2009, lolkat wrote:
It's been 3 years Gus, do you really think Mjikuu is still pining over you? You've really got to get back in the dating game. You want someone smart, who's going places, not stranded out in the jungle. Here, check the personals in the FT...

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42. At 12:47pm on 01 Oct 2009, rogueslr wrote:
The escape from London Zoo was going well until someone said 'Have a good trip'.

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43. At 12:47pm on 01 Oct 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:
The last time I wore this outfit was the night before my wedding, and my mates welded the zip

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44. At 12:47pm on 01 Oct 2009, groundhog44 wrote:
Shares in Blue Chimp companies seem to be doing well!

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45. At 12:48pm on 01 Oct 2009, TheRealCatherineO wrote:
George Bush's clever disguise didn't have everyone fooled.

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46. At 12:48pm on 01 Oct 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
Got a light?

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47. At 12:49pm on 01 Oct 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:
The Empire State Building? With my vertigo? I couldn't even get on the fourth plinth.

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48. At 12:51pm on 01 Oct 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:
I tried it, but blond hair doesn't work for me - people kept on thinking I was the Mayor

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49. At 12:51pm on 01 Oct 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
I say, I'm in the mood for a good grooming. What time do you have to be back in the office?

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50. At 12:51pm on 01 Oct 2009, SimonRooke wrote:
Auditions for 'Jungle Book, the Stage Musical' were slow going.

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51. At 12:52pm on 01 Oct 2009, ADasein wrote:
Says here, "the times are out of joint".

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52. At 12:52pm on 01 Oct 2009, ten gear bat bike wrote:
An oldy...

What's long, pink and hard in the mornings?

The Financial Times crossword

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53. At 12:53pm on 01 Oct 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:
These newspapers taste fine - just as soon as you get rid of the fish-and-chips in them

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54. At 12:53pm on 01 Oct 2009, SimonRooke wrote:
Nah, Sudoku makes no sense this way up either.

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55. At 12:54pm on 01 Oct 2009, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:
Is that Charlton Heston?

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56. At 12:54pm on 01 Oct 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:
I daren't actually light the pipe - then everybody complains about gorillas in the mist

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57. At 12:55pm on 01 Oct 2009, ADasein wrote:
51 correction: "is out of joint".

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58. At 12:56pm on 01 Oct 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:
How are your shares in Fyffes?

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59. At 12:56pm on 01 Oct 2009, penny-farthing wrote:
What! Another typo?

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60. At 12:57pm on 01 Oct 2009, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:
I've got to get used to reading it this way. Got a date with that prehensile temptress from finance.

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61. At 12:57pm on 01 Oct 2009, SoxSexSax wrote:
You'll keep buying the wrong paper until you remember there's a K in it...

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62. At 12:57pm on 01 Oct 2009, SimonRooke wrote:
Being the accountants for the troop had really gone to their heads.

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63. At 12:58pm on 01 Oct 2009, GervaseFen wrote:
My mate over there is from India - he's a turban gorilla

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64. At 12:59pm on 01 Oct 2009, ADasein wrote:
Nostalgia for the primates rules. Uk?!

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65. At 1:00pm on 01 Oct 2009, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:
I hear we're only getting half the termites in this quarter's bonus packet.

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66. At 1:01pm on 01 Oct 2009, ADasein wrote:
64 correction: "Ok?!"

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67. At 1:02pm on 01 Oct 2009, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:
If I get made redundant, I'm thinking about taking up the drums.

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68. At 1:03pm on 01 Oct 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:
Keep walking and look casual and they'll never guess we work for the Financial Services Authority.

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69. At 1:03pm on 01 Oct 2009, Pendle_Witch wrote:
"Did you bet on the Footsie to keep falling?"

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70. At 1:05pm on 01 Oct 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:
Too right it's a jungle out there.

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71. At 1:05pm on 01 Oct 2009, GervaseFen wrote:
FTSE? Nah, I never did understand the offside rule.

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72. At 1:06pm on 01 Oct 2009, Lloyd-Barnes wrote:
Well mum said when the cameras were off she had a bit of a thing for David Attenborough

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73. At 1:08pm on 01 Oct 2009, Magnum Carter wrote:
"...I mean take me for example. I'm the king of the swingers, AND the jungle VIP. But I've hit the top mate, had to stop. See, glass celing."

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74. At 1:09pm on 01 Oct 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:
Ponzi scheme?! I thought it smelled of frangipani in there.

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75. At 1:09pm on 01 Oct 2009, GervaseFen wrote:
The keepers at my zoo had to take an aptitude test, and so, for a laugh, they invited us in too ... well, I didn't want a job as a keeper, did I?

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76. At 1:11pm on 01 Oct 2009, Woundedpride wrote:
"It says here that Simian Bank executives have got a THREE million banana bonus each, Gerald. We've been short changed with only a measly two..."

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77. At 1:12pm on 01 Oct 2009, Lloyd-Barnes wrote:
Well blow me down David; it says here I passed that Banking Exam

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78. At 1:12pm on 01 Oct 2009, TheRealCatherineO wrote:
Things are getting a bit hairy on the Circle Line platform, boss.

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79. At 1:12pm on 01 Oct 2009, Woundedpride wrote:
"You know, you're right Gerald. Looking at these graphs upside down DOES make one more optimistic about the jolly old economy!"

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80. At 1:12pm on 01 Oct 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:
Wonder if Starbuck's has got the banana smoothie on special today.

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81. At 1:14pm on 01 Oct 2009, bangledancer wrote:
"Photographer discovers startling new evidence of tool use among the higher primates.........." Good Gods, Geoff - we've been sussed!

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82. At 1:14pm on 01 Oct 2009, TheRealCatherineO wrote:
Forgot to get dressed this morning but I think I've got away with it.

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83. At 1:16pm on 01 Oct 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:
Oh! Bananarama are getting appealing.

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84. At 1:16pm on 01 Oct 2009, GervaseFen wrote:
It's not as much fun as clambering over the cars in Knowsley Safari Park, is it?

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85. At 1:16pm on 01 Oct 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:
Costa Rican and Guatemalan are alright, but those organic ones from Ecuador have just been fabulous lately.

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86. At 1:18pm on 01 Oct 2009, GervaseFen wrote:
I'm looking for somewhere central, near to the City, two bedrooms, en suite, double garage, and a hook on the ceiling for my tyre

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87. At 1:19pm on 01 Oct 2009, GervaseFen wrote:
I say, not only can those gorillas read, but they can read upside-down too!

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88. At 1:19pm on 01 Oct 2009, Manisha wrote:
Any news on our bonuses?

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89. At 1:20pm on 01 Oct 2009, GervaseFen wrote:
That train's late again! I just hope it's full, so we can hang from the straps.

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90. At 1:20pm on 01 Oct 2009, tonysibley wrote:
What recession? You seen this graph? It's done nothing but climb!!

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91. At 1:21pm on 01 Oct 2009, Dyeb51 wrote:
Same old Headlines "Too Much Monkey Business"

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92. At 1:22pm on 01 Oct 2009, abbotofmelrose wrote:
The next financial instrument for the City? 'Primitives'!

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93. At 1:23pm on 01 Oct 2009, John Airey wrote:
So we can be successful if we change our names to Alexander and paint our houses blue.

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94. At 1:23pm on 01 Oct 2009, Dyeb51 wrote:
See the PM's made a bit of a Chimp of himself again!

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95. At 1:23pm on 01 Oct 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
Elton John's writing another musical? You've got to be dead before he writes a song about one of us.

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96. At 1:25pm on 01 Oct 2009, abbotofmelrose wrote:
Gorrilas in the Midst.

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97. At 1:26pm on 01 Oct 2009, galenvanbrok wrote:
Desperately unlucky in love, both Godfrey and Luke were nervously killing time before gatecrashing a Wookie Speed Dating event.

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98. At 1:28pm on 01 Oct 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:
I hear Sarah Palin's memoir's due out in November

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99. At 1:29pm on 01 Oct 2009, Tremorman wrote:
It's ok I've only spent a monkey on them

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100. At 1:30pm on 01 Oct 2009, mman444 wrote:
Mmm, I think we can afford to open the kimono a little on this one - oh, I see you already have

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101. At 1:32pm on 01 Oct 2009, Archer-Man wrote:
I think that the disguise is working Gerald, no-one suspects we're City bankers. How's the bonus doing old boy?

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102. At 1:33pm on 01 Oct 2009, fabsoursweet wrote:
Pay peanuts and you'll get monkeys say angry bankers

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103. At 1:34pm on 01 Oct 2009, kathrn wrote:
Now I wish I had learned to read Zulu.

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104. At 1:34pm on 01 Oct 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:
Yes, I quite liked Scotch on the Rocks and Vote To Kill, but Palace of Enchantments was a bit of a snore.

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105. At 1:37pm on 01 Oct 2009, Tremorman wrote:
Would it be cheating if we used the underground but bought APEX tickets

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106. At 1:37pm on 01 Oct 2009, billcam wrote:
“Apparently, if you gave 1000 humans a typewriter - within a hundred years they’d come up with the tabloid works of Rupert Murdoch”

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107. At 1:39pm on 01 Oct 2009, Lloyd-Barnes wrote:

Its no good blaming me, we both said her books encouraged Witchcraft

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108. At 1:40pm on 01 Oct 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
The school is always complaining that little Harry hasn't got nits

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109. At 1:40pm on 01 Oct 2009, Tremorman wrote:
Well it definitely say's this is where the swingers convention is being held

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110. At 1:43pm on 01 Oct 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
So I chucked the old cosmetic surgeon a few thousand to cure this mandibular prognathism

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111. At 1:44pm on 01 Oct 2009, NickR wrote:
Guy and Colo scan the Appointments section for Gorilla Marketing jobs

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112. At 1:45pm on 01 Oct 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
Blackbacks or silverbacks? Personally, I prefer greenbacks.

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113. At 1:48pm on 01 Oct 2009, tinyMalcolm wrote:
Hey all these primates and not a shovel hat in sight.

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114. At 1:52pm on 01 Oct 2009, John-Knight wrote:
Gordons trusted independant financial advisors hard at work

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115. At 1:53pm on 01 Oct 2009, Tremorman wrote:
There you go 7:30 at Leicester square cinema, Gorilla's in the mist2

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116. At 1:54pm on 01 Oct 2009, mili590 wrote:
Filming starts on the next season of The Apprentice.

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117. At 1:57pm on 01 Oct 2009, DiceManCometh wrote:
After losing his job as the Cadbury's drummer, Jeff decided it was time to learn a bit more about finance.

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118. At 1:58pm on 01 Oct 2009, SkarloeyLine wrote:
No, not at Head Office - is there a branch with a vacancy?

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119. At 1:58pm on 01 Oct 2009, Tremorman wrote:
Hey that David Attenborough is getting old now, he was talking to me for half an hour before he realised I was human

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120. At 2:00pm on 01 Oct 2009, SkarloeyLine wrote:
You're Taurus? Hmm, apparently you're going to meet a tall dark stranger too.

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121. At 2:00pm on 01 Oct 2009, ADasein wrote:
Erstwhile jungle residents try to look unremarkable and nonchalant in unfamiliar surroundings.

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122. At 2:03pm on 01 Oct 2009, Squaremind wrote:
Trading? They said it was a monkey's job, but I can't make head or tail of this stock list...

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123. At 2:03pm on 01 Oct 2009, rogueslr wrote:
You know, I quite enjoy Fridays at the bank these days.

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124. At 2:03pm on 01 Oct 2009, DiceManCometh wrote:
Now The Sun has turned against Labour, I'm not sure what to read.

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125. At 2:04pm on 01 Oct 2009, DiceManCometh wrote:
Goes to show, finance is NOT monkey buisness...

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126. At 2:06pm on 01 Oct 2009, DiceManCometh wrote:
Tim Burton found the budget was tightening for his new Planet of the Apes sequel

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127. At 2:11pm on 01 Oct 2009, yipyipptang wrote:
Guy and Gary hid their copies of Primate Penthouse safely behind the F.T

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128. At 2:12pm on 01 Oct 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:
Seems there's fewer footballs for chasing these days

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129. At 2:12pm on 01 Oct 2009, ADasein wrote:
Hey, what's "red-light district" in Afghran?

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130. At 2:16pm on 01 Oct 2009, peterstagg wrote:
So tell me, just exactly where did you get that photo developed when you were in the jungle??

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131. At 2:18pm on 01 Oct 2009, Dyeb51 wrote:
"I hear Bananarama are making a comeback, wonder if they are looking for any crew."

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132. At 2:21pm on 01 Oct 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
I enjoyed the Blue Peter episode where they showed us how to make spectacles out of banana skins

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133. At 2:22pm on 01 Oct 2009, yipyipptang wrote:
'How are my B.A.T shares doing?' asked Guy
'I'm a basic primate with no discernible, analytical skills....... okay, down 7 at 1956 expecting strong recovery due to good tobacco yields..... blast. Ooh ooh ooh.'

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134. At 2:22pm on 01 Oct 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
You said to wear a dressing-gown and slippers - I put banana skins on my feet

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135. At 2:22pm on 01 Oct 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:
Tell me again how running 7K in a gorilla suit is great for meeting birds?

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136. At 2:24pm on 01 Oct 2009, ZingyZangyZongy wrote:
Did you hear about the fight with Elton John? It was quite a punch-up, but eventually my mate managed to steal his yellow spectacles.

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137. At 2:24pm on 01 Oct 2009, ZingyZangyZongy wrote:
Just wait until Paula Radcliffe discovers her outfit hasn't got a zip

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138. At 2:27pm on 01 Oct 2009, yipyipptang wrote:
'It's not fair, always plenty of Capuchin Monkey jobs, you know like the cheeky one in that film 'Night at the Museum', but higher profile simians like us.... nothing!'

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139. At 2:30pm on 01 Oct 2009, yipyipptang wrote:
The 1976 East German Olympic team form an orderly queue outside the Hirsutism clinic

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140. At 2:32pm on 01 Oct 2009, yipyipptang wrote:
Guy never relished introducing his female Primate friend 'Ma Mite'

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141. At 2:33pm on 01 Oct 2009, ADasein wrote:
The reason they come here is because they know some English.

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142. At 2:37pm on 01 Oct 2009, yipyipptang wrote:
The Great Gorilla Run usually only advances about 500 yards down the road, whereupon the males beat their chests repeatedly and talk about how fast they ran the 100m last time out

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143. At 2:40pm on 01 Oct 2009, rogueslr wrote:
That's the last time I let you talk me into buying Rogaine over the internet.

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144. At 2:42pm on 01 Oct 2009, BeckySnow wrote:
The New Years Honours List gets more ridiculous – Bubbles has got a knighthood – Sir Bubbles – just for riding a bike in circles really fast.

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145. At 2:43pm on 01 Oct 2009, rogueslr wrote:
But are you sure this will stop us catching Swine Flu?

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146. At 2:48pm on 01 Oct 2009, ADasein wrote:
Clue 13 across: “high-browed, greying, brutal but sensitive”; six letters.
“Gramps”?

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147. At 2:48pm on 01 Oct 2009, peterstagg wrote:
Look, I'm not sure about this. Do you really think these dressing gowns will make us stand out in the crowd?

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148. At 2:50pm on 01 Oct 2009, SimonRooke wrote:
I see Baroness Scotland is looking for a new cleaner, your vaccination papers up to date?

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149. At 2:51pm on 01 Oct 2009, ZingyZangyZongy wrote:
You mean it's not dressing-gown Friday?

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150. At 2:53pm on 01 Oct 2009, MuteJoe wrote:
Why must you always mimic me?

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151. At 2:55pm on 01 Oct 2009, Daveygod21 wrote:
I always said, give them enough time and enough typewriters, eventually they'd produce something readable.

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152. At 2:58pm on 01 Oct 2009, Mark wrote:
"I see that they are repeating that interview with Gerald on Not the Nine O'clock News again tonight".

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153. At 3:02pm on 01 Oct 2009, The_Guyver wrote:
Just looking up the Banana Futures

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154. At 3:04pm on 01 Oct 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
It was the day that all slacker Gorilla Grams had been waiting for all year

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155. At 3:07pm on 01 Oct 2009, ADasein wrote:
There's a picture here of a Neanderthal at the Labour Party conference ripping "The Sun" in two.

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156. At 3:12pm on 01 Oct 2009, Kieran Boyle wrote:
"There's been a run on gorillas."

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157. At 3:13pm on 01 Oct 2009, SimonRooke wrote:
So I said to him 'Jeremy, I don't care if you have your own day time TV show, with me and Mjikuu it's the real thing.'

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158. At 3:17pm on 01 Oct 2009, ADasein wrote:
Remember, as the PM said, it's we who elect the government, not the newspapers.

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159. At 3:22pm on 01 Oct 2009, grazvalentine wrote:
The fish is alright but the chips are a bit greasy...

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160. At 3:24pm on 01 Oct 2009, archstinker wrote:
I'll tell you wot 'arry
he were never this late when he were in Ben 'Ur !

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161. At 3:26pm on 01 Oct 2009, Jmbroug wrote:
"Erm... Gordon? as chancellor of the exchequor, I'm afraid I must tell you that simply turning the graph upside down will most definately NOT help the country's economic recovery..."

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162. At 3:32pm on 01 Oct 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
"This Smoking Gorilla area is quite nice really. Those other smokers can be such beasts sometimes."

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163. At 3:34pm on 01 Oct 2009, aliotis wrote:
We need to be hanging upside down to read these

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164. At 3:37pm on 01 Oct 2009, Mr Snoozy wrote:
and when the mist cleared, conservationalists found they had been wrong all this time, and there were in fact loads of gorillas....

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165. At 3:39pm on 01 Oct 2009, Mr Snoozy wrote:
And in direct contradiction to Darwin's theory, it seemed the "illiterate snob gorilla" (cantreadicus poshicus gorillicus) was thriving in central London...

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166. At 3:40pm on 01 Oct 2009, SheffTim wrote:
They cut city banker’s bonuses, you know when you said 'when you pay peanuts, you get monkeys'...

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167. At 3:45pm on 01 Oct 2009, grazvalentine wrote:
The chimps' FT party.

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168. At 3:46pm on 01 Oct 2009, SimonRooke wrote:
Just a thought, but I wouldn't want to hiring any gorilla suits for fancy dress in the near future.

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169. At 3:50pm on 01 Oct 2009, grazvalentine wrote:
"At that height it's no wonder he can see no evil!"

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170. At 3:50pm on 01 Oct 2009, Noel wrote:
"I see Lord Turner is beating his chest again."

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171. At 3:51pm on 01 Oct 2009, omnipotent wrote:
Say old bean, do you have a light? My pipe's darn well gone out again!

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172. At 3:55pm on 01 Oct 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:
I see Guy's been in trouble again, apparently he's been blowing Bubbles.

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173. At 3:57pm on 01 Oct 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:
It says it's machine washable but it's hell to iron.

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174. At 4:01pm on 01 Oct 2009, GirlWeekday wrote:
'Oh yes - and bananas are up today. Mowgli was right'

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175. At 4:14pm on 01 Oct 2009, Pugdriver205 wrote:
Having turned the markets on its head - bankers continue to go ape...

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176. At 4:17pm on 01 Oct 2009, Graham wrote:
You smoke any more of that stuff and they'll all look like us.

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177. At 4:20pm on 01 Oct 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
At least my hair's real. Perhaps I should run for office.

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178. At 4:21pm on 01 Oct 2009, Spockter Doc wrote:
I don't think you can answer 'Bananas' to every clue in the crossword

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179. At 4:27pm on 01 Oct 2009, Quiet_Man_50 wrote:
The second and third placed entrants in the 'new face of Brylcreem' competition kill some time whilst waiting for a Capuchin(no)

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180. At 4:27pm on 01 Oct 2009, Candace9839 wrote:
Where did I get them? Off the paper boy outside of Monitor Towers.

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181. At 4:28pm on 01 Oct 2009, Ruthstabb wrote:
'Kevin said my uncle was Down Under, but I can't find it whichever angle I look, he is such a monkey.'

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182. At 4:29pm on 01 Oct 2009, Spockter Doc wrote:
"Well you know what they say Maurice, today's news is tomorrow's toilet paper"

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183. At 4:29pm on 01 Oct 2009, Ruthstabb wrote:
'Hey, Stan, I am on the fifth page, paragraph 4 sentence 2 - where are you?'

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184. At 4:39pm on 01 Oct 2009, Kaylie wrote:
See? If I hold it this way up the graph looks much better.

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185. At 4:41pm on 01 Oct 2009, Christian Cook wrote:
"Are they still denying we're a banana republic?"

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186. At 4:43pm on 01 Oct 2009, Rockahula wrote:
".... don't look now but I think that's Lady Gaga behind you... bright yellow glasses... gorilla suit...."

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187. At 4:43pm on 01 Oct 2009, psycho78 wrote:
Gorillas in the mits....of a Global Recession

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188. At 4:43pm on 01 Oct 2009, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:
So I crashed their meeting and sat in the corner. I waited half an hour and guess what, nothing. Apparently all they wanted to talk about was the elephant.

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189. At 4:44pm on 01 Oct 2009, Christian Cook wrote:
"What you reading the film reviews for?"
"I thought they might have some PG tips."

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190. At 4:50pm on 01 Oct 2009, Christian Cook wrote:
"I'm noticing a definite increase in the shocks and stares."

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191. At 4:51pm on 01 Oct 2009, Christian Cook wrote:
All I need is a couple of gorillas to stand there looking hefty.

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192. At 5:15pm on 01 Oct 2009, morini66 wrote:
I say alpha, have you seen the delta in Pfizer's beta?

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193. At 5:21pm on 01 Oct 2009, campaign1 wrote:
This wasn't exactly what I expected when I signed up for that Gorilla warfare course!

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194. At 5:22pm on 01 Oct 2009, haggis1876 wrote:
"Get your monkeys for nothing and your chimps for free"

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195. At 5:28pm on 01 Oct 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
If yer don't shift yer elbow from the top of me 'ead I'll stuff yer portfolio somewhere that'll always be in the mist.

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196. At 5:28pm on 01 Oct 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
Kiss me, Ardi.

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197. At 5:29pm on 01 Oct 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
Well, of course you can't find the cricket scores - the season ended last week.

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198. At 5:33pm on 01 Oct 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
Hey, how did you manage to tie your dressing gown? I gave up in the end and had to shell out for a velcro one.

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199. At 5:35pm on 01 Oct 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
Are you sure? It looks more like Bob Geldof to me.

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200. At 5:36pm on 01 Oct 2009, KaptainKaption wrote:
I just parped and the damn thing's still stuck in the suit somewhere.

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201. At 5:38pm on 01 Oct 2009, AmyCally wrote:
Hey, do you reckon our Morecambe and Wise sketch will go down well with Cowell on 'Baboon's Got Talent'?

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202. At 5:57pm on 01 Oct 2009, UKTroll wrote:
See! You can make Gordon Brown smile!

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203. At 5:58pm on 01 Oct 2009, Fegbarr wrote:
Monkey business.

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204. At 5:59pm on 01 Oct 2009, UKTroll wrote:
The new Treasury advisors were taking Friday Dressing a little too far...

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205. At 5:59pm on 01 Oct 2009, allaboutliverpool wrote:
Got a light?

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206. At 6:01pm on 01 Oct 2009, aliotis wrote:
The Newspapers are upside down

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207. At 6:01pm on 01 Oct 2009, DavidDeeMoz wrote:
According to Richard Dawkins we'll evolve into humans by opening time. Fancy a pint?

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208. At 6:04pm on 01 Oct 2009, paddinton53 wrote:
The boss will go ape if he catches us reading on the job!

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209. At 6:06pm on 01 Oct 2009, haggis1876 wrote:
Arthur Dent arrives on The Planet Of The Apes

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210. At 6:35pm on 01 Oct 2009, ZingyZangyZongy wrote:
I got a job cleaning Richard Dawkins' house, but he always seems to expect too much of me

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211. At 6:36pm on 01 Oct 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:
Apparently they've just 'discovered' us in Ethiopia. I could have told them that, if only they'd asked..

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212. At 6:41pm on 01 Oct 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:
Got another tough one. Seven down, three letters: Something, P, something. "A simian way to cook a pea".

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213. At 6:41pm on 01 Oct 2009, SkarloeyLine wrote:
You know, you do look a bit like that bloke on the £10 note.

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214. At 6:58pm on 01 Oct 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:
Nowadays, Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand tend to meet surreptitiously so as not to attract attention..

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215. At 7:00pm on 01 Oct 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:
Or..

Nowadays, Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand tend to meet in disguise so as not to attract attention..

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216. At 7:00pm on 01 Oct 2009, ZingyZangyZongy wrote:
You're doing the crossword? What's 1 up?

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217. At 7:10pm on 01 Oct 2009, thinkforyourself wrote:
The market's gone bananas, its a jungle out there!

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218. At 7:12pm on 01 Oct 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:
Ok, if not Millwall –v- West Ham, how about Glyndebourne?

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219. At 7:26pm on 01 Oct 2009, grebehead wrote:
Wayne Rooney's disguise fails at the final hurdle as somebody asks why his paper is upside down and he replies...

"is it?"

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220. At 7:30pm on 01 Oct 2009, grebehead wrote:
Good grief! They put Landon in charge of the Banking Oversight Commitee. No wonder!

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221. At 7:39pm on 01 Oct 2009, thinkforyourself wrote:
By aping the humans' behaviour no one will suspect us.

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222. At 7:47pm on 01 Oct 2009, linn-dog wrote:
I feel were wasted typing Shakespeare

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223. At 7:54pm on 01 Oct 2009, thinkforyourself wrote:
Dress down day at Canary Wharf!

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224. At 8:13pm on 01 Oct 2009, haggis1876 wrote:
The hirsute of happiness....or the hair-suit of happiness?

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225. At 8:23pm on 01 Oct 2009, Dodie_James wrote:
How long do we have to stay like this, because it wasn’t *me* who left the door unlocked at the bank overnight..

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226. At 8:28pm on 01 Oct 2009, ZingyZangyZongy wrote:
Hey, isn't it about time the effects of that taser wore off on Fred here?

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227. At 8:28pm on 01 Oct 2009, BornAgainStarGazer wrote:
"I can't believe that the idiots that printed these upside down are supposed to be our evolutionary successors..."

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228. At 8:29pm on 01 Oct 2009, ZingyZangyZongy wrote:
If you get taken short this time, Paula, nobody's going to know it's you in that outfit

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229. At 8:30pm on 01 Oct 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:
I did warn you, Paula, about getting that zip all rusty

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230. At 8:36pm on 01 Oct 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:
Look, I didn't ask you to invest all your money in my company, but I honestly thought these things would outsell garden gnomes

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231. At 8:38pm on 01 Oct 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:
It may be safe for us to come out now that Damien Hirst has given up pickling animals, but it's a bit too late for poor Bobo here

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232. At 8:47pm on 01 Oct 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:
OK, the director's ready for the final scene, where we just see the top of Nelson's Column sticking out of the beach

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233. At 8:49pm on 01 Oct 2009, W_K_Snowdon wrote:
Look, it's only a hunch, but are you pretending to your wife you've still got a job at the bank as well?

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234. At 8:52pm on 01 Oct 2009, W_K_Snowdon wrote:
Count yourself lucky, my stag night was going to be in Nottingham..

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235. At 8:55pm on 01 Oct 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
"Says here that Simon Rooke has had a winning caption competition three weeks in a row!"

"Really? Those judges are clearly bananas."

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236. At 9:00pm on 01 Oct 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
"Do you know the main Dow Jones share index was down 1.3% in early afternoon trading and the Nasdaq had fallen even further, losing 2.2%?"

"No son, but you hum it and I'll play it."

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237. At 9:02pm on 01 Oct 2009, mikebmbcs wrote:
Ok, so we've made contact and we may have a lot in common, but if this is your idea of a GSOH - I'm off.

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238. At 9:03pm on 01 Oct 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
My bottom-line is bright red - is that good or bad?

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239. At 9:10pm on 01 Oct 2009, W_K_Snowdon wrote:
I’m sorry Rupert, but at some point we are actually going to have to go back to the bank and own up, to the photocopier, the banana, and you..

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240. At 9:13pm on 01 Oct 2009, Marshfoot wrote:
It's a jungle out there now.

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241. At 9:14pm on 01 Oct 2009, techi4life wrote:
bulls, bears, gorillas...

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242. At 9:19pm on 01 Oct 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
Gorilla suit - check.
Wearing a dressing gown - check.
Holding the Financial Times upside down - check.
Damn. There's no carnation! I'm going to have to ask.
"Err, Hi. I'm kevin. Are you Sarah?"

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243. At 9:31pm on 01 Oct 2009, mikebmbcs wrote:
"After ten years away from the tropical forests of the Gabon - I really do miss the sun, you know"
"Yeah, me too, and now that we could go back to it, someone tore up my copy"

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244. At 9:35pm on 01 Oct 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
Normally asking his blind date to wear a gorilla suit was fool-proof, but on this occasion the timing and location was proving to be tiresome for Kevin.

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245. At 9:35pm on 01 Oct 2009, Hobbitmorley wrote:
Gorillas on top in an upside down world

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246. At 9:37pm on 01 Oct 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
"TWO winning captions from the same person in the same week?! Is that allowed?"

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247. At 9:40pm on 01 Oct 2009, Pete Reid wrote:
The dimorphics on that!

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248. At 9:57pm on 01 Oct 2009, rockhulley wrote:
"After weeks of hard work their Hairobic classes had started to show some results."

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249. At 10:45pm on 01 Oct 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
"Someone just put a slice of bread between my buttocks because they wanted toast, saying they needed to but it under the grill..."

"I've heard it."

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250. At 11:04pm on 01 Oct 2009, ManxDave57 wrote:
Don't look now but I think that's Timmy Mallett behind you !

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251. At 11:07pm on 01 Oct 2009, ManxDave57 wrote:
Just our luck... they've sold us the Australian edition again!

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252. At 11:10pm on 01 Oct 2009, ManxDave57 wrote:
I've come as Popeye; who have you dressed up as?

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253. At 11:32pm on 01 Oct 2009, mischievousBlueBasil wrote:
That's that theory out of the window....100 apes, 100 typewriters...they were expecting Shakespeare

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254. At 11:34pm on 01 Oct 2009, cheroyce wrote:
"Ah, Sir Peter - missing out on a Christmas bonus this year?"
"Yes, I'm afraid so Smith"
"Crackers really eh isn't it?"
"Positively bananas Smith!"

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255. At 00:09am on 02 Oct 2009, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:
This one smells of fish and chips, too, BUT with a hint of plantain...

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256. At 00:59am on 02 Oct 2009, Tom Webb wrote:
Now I'm the king of the bankers, yeah
The junior VP
I've reached the top and had to stop
And that's what botherin' me

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257. At 01:00am on 02 Oct 2009, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:
Hugh Jackman's next role would prove an even greater challenge

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258. At 01:05am on 02 Oct 2009, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:
Credit crunch? Recession? Not if you look at it this way...

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259. At 01:19am on 02 Oct 2009, G wrote:
'Are you reading that article all those Big Cat sightings?'

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260. At 01:22am on 02 Oct 2009, eltelsopwith wrote:
Banks promise to limit bouns payments to a couple of monkeys.

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261. At 01:36am on 02 Oct 2009, littleDickie wrote:
"George Dubya showed us all how to read this way. That's why he misunderestimated stuff..."

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262. At 01:40am on 02 Oct 2009, littleDickie wrote:
"Maybe we could be held in higher esteem if we nobbled the Observer."

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263. At 01:42am on 02 Oct 2009, homey1969 wrote:
Monkey business or business monkies?

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264. At 01:43am on 02 Oct 2009, dry_boak wrote:
It says in here that the pope and other primates of the Catholic church will be taking part next year

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265. At 01:48am on 02 Oct 2009, homey1969 wrote:
Now Bubbles is all alone in the world he seeks financial advice from his friends in the city...

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266. At 02:10am on 02 Oct 2009, ElleUSA wrote:
Following his cameo in EastEnders, Boris Johnson campaigns for a part in a remake of an old Charlton Heston classic.

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267. At 05:37am on 02 Oct 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:
"We've got to stop meeting like this, Gladys."

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268. At 06:22am on 02 Oct 2009, alexwilson82 wrote:
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269. At 06:26am on 02 Oct 2009, alexwilson82 wrote:
The gorillas were confused by several Caption Competition entrants who seem to think that downward stock charts look better upside down...

(try it for yourself folks)

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270. At 06:38am on 02 Oct 2009, beeb_co wrote:
I hate it when they make a monkey out of us.

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271. At 06:39am on 02 Oct 2009, beeb_co wrote:
Somehow I don't feel myself today . . .

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272. At 06:44am on 02 Oct 2009, beeb_co wrote:
They sure don't make Superhero costumes like they used to. Where do you get yours from?

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273. At 06:49am on 02 Oct 2009, beeb_co wrote:
Careful, act natural, dude behind you with yellow glasses is from MIq (Monkey Intelligence).

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274. At 07:03am on 02 Oct 2009, beeb_co wrote:
Board Meeting rules say you have to come in a suit . . .

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275. At 07:12am on 02 Oct 2009, rogueslr wrote:
It sez 'ere that doctor people fink too much running bouncy brain hurts, dunno wot they're on about.

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276. At 07:38am on 02 Oct 2009, jtotheglo wrote:
Oh my! They've found the Statue of Liberty. I guess it was Earth after all...

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277. At 07:40am on 02 Oct 2009, jtotheglo wrote:
Just another dress-down Friday at the zoo.

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278. At 07:41am on 02 Oct 2009, jtotheglo wrote:
"It seems like all the shares are going back 'dn'."

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279. At 08:13am on 02 Oct 2009, Restart wrote:
" quick, pretend to look busy her comes Sir Richard Attenborough "

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280. At 08:19am on 02 Oct 2009, Martin Payne wrote:
No FT, no comment

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281. At 08:20am on 02 Oct 2009, Martin Payne wrote:
I agree, the PlayMonkey centrefold is ... phwoar!

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282. At 08:40am on 02 Oct 2009, peterstagg wrote:
OK 3 down. Yellow fruit, Begins with a B..... Any ideas?

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283. At 08:52am on 02 Oct 2009, loosetalk wrote:
I told you those pills you bought from the internet sounded too good to be true.

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284. At 08:54am on 02 Oct 2009, Go Away Gordon Brown wrote:
Just one critical mistake gave away George Bush's disguise....

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285. At 08:56am on 02 Oct 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:
Nah, that Page 3 Girl looks better swinging from the trees the right way up

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286. At 08:58am on 02 Oct 2009, david regan wrote:
Quick, cover your face with the paper ..... if mum sees us here she'll go ape!

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287. At 08:58am on 02 Oct 2009, GervaseFen wrote:
Well, there was a position as a primate in Canterbury, but I couldn't see 'swinging from the trees' in the job description

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288. At 09:02am on 02 Oct 2009, david regan wrote:
Tarzan had taught them well!

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289. At 09:06am on 02 Oct 2009, david regan wrote:
'ere Bob, have you seen this? There's a picture of some bloke called Heseltine who's claiming to be Tarzan!

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290. At 09:10am on 02 Oct 2009, Go Away Gordon Brown wrote:
"The boss is going to go Ape if he see's us skiving......"

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291. At 09:17am on 02 Oct 2009, grebehead wrote:
At the Labour Party Conference, an advisory group present a session on fiscal policy using the medium of contemporary street theatre.

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292. At 09:18am on 02 Oct 2009, gordissimo wrote:
The proliferation of ethical investment strategies mean city firms have had to recruit a new, more intellectual, generation of brokers.

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293. At 09:21am on 02 Oct 2009, peterstagg wrote:
The undercover surveillance scenes in Spooks weren't quite the same with the budget cuts.

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294. At 09:22am on 02 Oct 2009, ironpaulshaw wrote:
Fancy starting a new epidemic ?

You sneeze and I'll shout Ape Flu

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295. At 09:27am on 02 Oct 2009, TallTone wrote:
No Fred, you've got the "Money" section there. I must still have the "Monkey" section in here somewhere...

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296. At 09:43am on 02 Oct 2009, Mersonwastheperson wrote:
"I reckon us chimps should run the city. All we need to do is the print the FT upside-down and Guy's yer uncle - the share prices are up."

"We are running the city, numbnut."

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297. At 09:49am on 02 Oct 2009, davepaulnixon wrote:
Honestly Roger, young people today. They see someone dressed as a monkey in the NME and suddenly they all start doing it.

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298. At 09:49am on 02 Oct 2009, GervaseFen wrote:
They say we're not intelligent, but how mnay humans can read upside-down?

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299. At 09:50am on 02 Oct 2009, GervaseFen wrote:
They say we're not intelligent, but how many humans can read upside-down?

(Spelling correction)

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300. At 09:51am on 02 Oct 2009, mikebmbcs wrote:
"Hey, it says here that environmentalists are worried that it takes two years for banana skins to biodegrade!"

"Yeah, saw that, but am I bovvered, does my face look bovvered?"

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301. At 09:53am on 02 Oct 2009, Frankofone wrote:
It says here that 'It's a Bear market'!

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302. At 09:54am on 02 Oct 2009, Douglas Daniel wrote:
"No, it doesn't make sense this way round, either."

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303. At 09:55am on 02 Oct 2009, Woolfbane wrote:
So I said to her, look, it's not a dressing gown, OK, it's a Smoking Jacket.

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304. At 09:56am on 02 Oct 2009, Woundedpride wrote:
With the bulls frustrated and the bears uninspired, the new guys had the financial markets to themselves...

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305. At 09:58am on 02 Oct 2009, Woolfbane wrote:
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306. At 10:00am on 02 Oct 2009, j-o-n-a-t-h-a-n wrote:
According to this article, there is a global sub-primate problem.
Must be something to do with the orangutans.

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307. At 10:01am on 02 Oct 2009, ffinybryn wrote:
Pssst. Don't look around, but I think Nigel should have gone to SpecSavers.

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308. At 10:05am on 02 Oct 2009, Cairngorm McWomble wrote:
Having heard about the monkeys typing Shakespeare, Gordon had a cunning plan for the economy.

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309. At 10:08am on 02 Oct 2009, MediaCat wrote:
Jack and Ben are staunch supporters of devolution.

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310. At 10:11am on 02 Oct 2009, Christian Cook wrote:
"I don't mean to worry you, but it definitely is Terry Nutkins and Timmy Mallet behind us. And now Johhny Ball is closing in from the front."

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311. At 10:19am on 02 Oct 2009, jellyba wrote:
Planet of the Apes the Musical gets mixed reviews

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312. At 10:21am on 02 Oct 2009, jellyba wrote:
Don't read it upside down you'll look stupid

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313. At 10:22am on 02 Oct 2009, jellyba wrote:
Five minutes Mr Urko

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314. At 10:22am on 02 Oct 2009, SeanieSmith wrote:
"Hey, it's that guy in the beige suite again with a camera crew. Just act natural."

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315. At 10:26am on 02 Oct 2009, Mersonwastheperson wrote:
"5uojow hq unj aj,am? What's that all about Guy?"

"It's The Sun's new headline and your reading it upside down."

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316. At 10:30am on 02 Oct 2009, Mersonwastheperson wrote:
"5uojow hq unj aj,am? What's that all about Guy?"

"It's The Sun's new headline and you're reading it upside down."

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317. At 10:36am on 02 Oct 2009, Go Away Gordon Brown wrote:
"I'm sure Attenboroughs got to come out some time. Lets see how he like being followed for a change..."

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318. At 10:36am on 02 Oct 2009, SeanieSmith wrote:
"How's the Footsie today, old chap?"

"Oh, still a little sore after the elephant incident."

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319. At 10:42am on 02 Oct 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:
Who do you fancy to win now that Guy's scratched?

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320. At 10:51am on 02 Oct 2009, SeanieSmith wrote:
"Eh mate, this newspaper is just full of news. I'm going back to the Sun."

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321. At 11:03am on 02 Oct 2009, Pendle_Witch wrote:
"These pink papers used to be full of football!"

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322. At 11:05am on 02 Oct 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
I say, if that gentleman does not stop hounding me other there, I will be extraditing my defecation in his general direction.

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323. At 11:10am on 02 Oct 2009, redalfa147 wrote:
The Bank of England's Women's Guild meeting wasn't as expected. They were hoping for David Attenburough talking about apes, not....

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324. At 11:26am on 02 Oct 2009, Doris999 wrote:
Sir Fred was right, I could do this finace thing on my head"

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325. At 11:27am on 02 Oct 2009, alegrias3 wrote:
"The wife said she'd like to see me get dressed up more. Women eh, I'll never understand 'em."

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326. At 11:32am on 02 Oct 2009, alegrias3 wrote:
"Yeah mate, I remember the good old days when you could wear fancy dress in pubs."

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327. At 11:34am on 02 Oct 2009, JK wrote:
Excellent! Looks like our shares in the banana industry are on the rise! No, wait. False alarm. The paper's upside down.

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328. At 11:35am on 02 Oct 2009, Doris999 wrote:
"Sir Fred was right, I could do this finance thing on my head"

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329. At 11:37am on 02 Oct 2009, Doris999 wrote:
"She said it wasn't me... it's her, but I think there's something else.....maybe it's the pipe?"

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330. At 11:38am on 02 Oct 2009, JK wrote:
George, someone's taking a photo. We're going to be an internet sensation.

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331. At 11:40am on 02 Oct 2009, Vicky Snow on Snow wrote:
Dress Down Friday? It's not what it was.

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332. At 11:42am on 02 Oct 2009, John Wickerson wrote:
"What do you make of the US healthcare issue?"
"Well, it's all a matter of gibbon take."

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333. At 11:42am on 02 Oct 2009, JK wrote:
Is this really necessary?

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334. At 11:43am on 02 Oct 2009, BloggerDom wrote:
I say Clive, this lonely hearts column reads "Box 137: You an' me baby ain't nothing but mammals so let's do it like they do on the discovery channel".

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335. At 11:46am on 02 Oct 2009, samanthalodge wrote:
Im buying PG

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336. At 11:47am on 02 Oct 2009, alegrias3 wrote:
"I see guilt yields are down, old chap. I'm looking to move into derivatives. How about you?"

"I'm sticking with bananas, mate. "

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337. At 11:49am on 02 Oct 2009, Vicky Snow on Snow wrote:
"Bad Share Day! Oh thank goodness, I thought you said I was having a Bad Hair Day."

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338. At 11:49am on 02 Oct 2009, metagaia wrote:
Critics were disappointed at the level of product placement in Planet of the Apes VI: Commuter's nightmare.

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339. At 11:50am on 02 Oct 2009, Tremorman wrote:
See the headlines, GUERILLAS TAKE EMBASSY, I knew some of them young ones were smoking.

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340. At 11:52am on 02 Oct 2009, eltelsopwith wrote:
Well its a troop of monkeys, flange of gorillas and a grasp of bankers.

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341. At 11:52am on 02 Oct 2009, Vicky Snow on Snow wrote:
"No, I didn't get a plinth place either. Blooming anti primate selection process."

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342. At 11:56am on 02 Oct 2009, Vicky Snow on Snow wrote:
"I happen to believe that the production values on that album....oh hang on...I think I'm in the wrong joke."

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343. At 12:04pm on 02 Oct 2009, The_All_Seeing_Eye wrote:
Corporate primates drop shares on todays FTSE and go ape

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344. At 12:06pm on 02 Oct 2009, The_All_Seeing_Eye wrote:
Cadburys and PG Tips business rivals go head to head in guerilla warfare

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345. At 12:09pm on 02 Oct 2009, Nzie wrote:
And from recently discovered evidence, man evolved from ape starting in the region of his neck.... er, um....

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346. At 12:10pm on 02 Oct 2009, jtotheglo wrote:
"It says here that some humans have escaped from London Zoo."

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347. At 12:10pm on 02 Oct 2009, WhiteEnglishProud wrote:
Even upside down the ecconomic performance numbers were APEalling

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348. At 12:11pm on 02 Oct 2009, The_All_Seeing_Eye wrote:
The highly anticipated new series of Planet of the Apes was a spectacular failure

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349. At 12:12pm on 02 Oct 2009, The_All_Seeing_Eye wrote:
Bangers & Mash...The Adult Years

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350. At 12:19pm on 02 Oct 2009, The_All_Seeing_Eye wrote:
Content that share prices were rising again, Charles decided to check the Free Ads for the new tyre swing he longed for

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351. At 12:25pm on 02 Oct 2009, bon-jip wrote:
Business as usual

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