http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/ The Magazine's recommended daily allowance of news, culture and your letters. en Copyright 2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:01:30 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Winning entries in the Caption Competition. The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week it's Sofus the Harbour Seal from the Blue Reef Aquarium in Tynemouth. He's having his gnashers cleaned in preparation for an operation to have one of his front teeth removed because it has broken. Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following: 6. nick-fowler "Well, I just can't see what attracted Heidi Klum to him." 5. MrSnoozy "New novelty glove range proves less popular than anticipated..." 4. bampot-bob "Is it safe?" 3. SimonRooke "He's never been the same since David Attenborough did that three minutes to camera next to him." 2. jtotheglo "Danny's work experience position wasn't quite as fun as the poster made out." 1. SeanieSmith "Springwatch USA." http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/11/caption_competition_107.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/11/caption_competition_107.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:01:30 +0000 Winning entries in the Caption Competition. The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week, the Grim Reaper rides in a motorised coffin in Salem, Massachusetts. Yes, Halloween is approaching. But what's being said? Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following: 6. daveworkman Alongside the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, the Armageddon also brought with it the delights of Last of the Summer Wine series 5,365. 5. j-o-n-a-t-h-a-n Nought to six feet under in 3 seconds. 4. eattherich The Stones finally admit that it is one tour too many. 3. BeckySnow "Fancy a re-match, Hammond?" 2. SeanieSmith "Maybe I'm milking this man flu thing a bit too much." 1. Decoyman KITT and The Hoff film the last episode of Knight Rider. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/10/caption_competition_106.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/10/caption_competition_106.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:57:15 +0000 Winning entries in the Caption Competition. The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week it's delegates at the 14th Latin American clown convention in Mexico. Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following: 6. NorfolkOnce The MPs' bar in the Houses of Parliament - what really goes on during those long long debates. 5. Clarence_E_Pitts 118 and 118 seek alternative employment. 4. Ruthstabb Louis Walsh has the groups again. 3. grazvalentine The David Lynch fan club AGM. 2. eattherich Fans remember Barbara Cartland. 1. Magnum Carter Some felt La Roux's styling had now gone a little beyond nostalgic. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/10/caption_competition_105.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/10/caption_competition_105.shtml Caption Comp Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:11:00 +0000 Winning entries in the Caption Competition. The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week it's the World Gymnastics Championships in London. Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following: 6. LaurenceLane And this is what happens when you ignore those height restriction signs at Disneyland. 5. fandango2 Marie Antoinette: The Musical 4. nick-fowler But Eddie Kidd had been unable to clear that last gymnast. 3. TheRealCatherineO Gymnasts from the Galapagos Islands found to have an unusual startle reflex. 2. BeckySnow Giant jelly babies take vengeance. 1. Rob Falconer The Olympic Committee regretted building the gymnasium close to so many low bridges. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/10/caption_competition_104.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/10/caption_competition_104.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:50:37 +0000 Winning entries in the Caption Competition. The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week, it's the Mascot Grand National. But what's being said? Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following: 6. NorfolkOnce Fans at an Amy Winehouse concert see a big hairdo, tattoos, extravagant eye makeup. This is what she sees... 5. lavaboarder Aren't management training weekends a waste of time and money? 4. linn-dog The march of two by two towards the ark was disrupted with the tanoy call that there was limited space in the replacement bus service. 3. rogueslr The staff sports day at Sellafield was always a colourful affair. 2. Northern_Simon "Run for your lives! The Disney copyright lawyers are coming!!!" 1. teazeldad As they watched the athletes approaching the finish line, the IOC officials realised that, compared to this, Caster Semenya was a straightforward case. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/10/caption_competition_103.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/10/caption_competition_103.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:12:09 +0000 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." http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/10/caption_competition_102.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/10/caption_competition_102.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:34:28 +0000 Winning entries in the Caption Competition. The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week, it's Blue Peter setting a world record for "mattress dominoes" after 100 people created a human domino-effect during live filming. Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following: 6. leenewham There were no winners in the Han Solo in encased in carbonite lookalike competition. 5. Northern_Simon Queues. After the health and safety squad. 4. Tableturn Fearing the giant was coming back for another tasty human snack, the Borrowers hid themselves in a tray of custard creams. 3. FrankGrimesJnr After just one day on air, critics question the need for Sky Sports 5. 2. gparsons Rehearsals begin for Alan Clark - The Musical. 1. campaign1 A crowd of hopeful supporters awaits the arrival of Silvio Berlusconi. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/09/caption_competition_101.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/09/caption_competition_101.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:26:53 +0000 Winning entries in the Caption Competition. The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week, Dr Paul Morris demonstrates the distinctive moves often used by footballers who fake a fall during a match. Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a double helping of kudos - to mark the 100th caption comp - to the following: 6. LaurenceLane To save you from having to read the book, photos reveal that Dan Brown eventually found that the Lost Symbol was an "L". 5. Magnum Carter Have YOU had an accident that wasn't your fault? Give us your house and we'll leave you with your mattress. 4. eltelsopwith Pleading for a loan has never been easier, say banks. 3. SimonRooke And here we see the Batley Townswomen's Guild re-enactment of the Fall of Lehman Brothers. 2. ZingyZangyZongy Rivaldo just couldn't decide which to choose for his passport photograph. 1. Dodie_James "Brace yourself Maureen..." http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/09/caption_competition_100.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/09/caption_competition_100.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:17:42 +0000 Winning entries in the caption competition. This week, Bob the Builder meets some young fans. But what's being said? 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. Dodie_James Ignore him Chloe, no way he's got a Ferrari.. 5. DiceManCometh Whilst the other children looked on in awe, little Suzie's eyes wandered to the half built Olympic Stadium in the background 4. SkarloeyLine Sir Paul reluctantly went along with the gimmick to sell the remastered box set to a new generation. 3. grebehead Now that Bob had arrived the kids party was going ok, but they'd had to wait in all day and he was meant to come last Tuesday. He might have to come back tomorrow to finish it off, but he couldn't say whether it would be morning or afternoon. 2. placey1 The latest "make Sarkozy look tall" audience received final approval 1. fandango2 "Right kids, you'll each need a hard hat, steel toe-cap boots and public liability insurance...THEN we can play conkers." http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/09/caption_competition_99.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/09/caption_competition_99.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:05:27 +0000 Winning entries in the Caption Competition. The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week, the undead wait for the number 19 bus. But what's being said? Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following: 6. SeanieSmith "Hey clear off kid... get a life!" 5. homey1969 The Saver-Return of The Living Dead ticket proved popular. 4. BeckySnow Redundant joke shop staff make their way home. 3. TallTone You wait ages for one, then... you wait ages... you wait... 2. placey1 The Harlequins subs bench knew they needed to be more convincing than ever this season. 1. SkarloeyLine Director: "No, I said CUE zombies." http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/09/caption_competition_98.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/09/caption_competition_98.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:06:22 +0000 Winning entries in the Caption Competition. The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week, Mjikuu, one of three female gorillas at London Zoo, looks at a photo of the new male that will be joining them soon from a French zoo. Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following: 6. BeckySnow A thanks but no thanks letter arrives from Peter Jackson. 5. SheffTim "...and this is one of the Mrs in a field when we visited France last year..." 4. LaurenceLane Hirsute female would like to meet similar male with good sense of humour and own tyre. 3. Candace9839 "He's been in the Cadbury advert, don't you know..." 2. Rockahula It had been a hot summer - too hot - when Gus had swung fatefully into her life. There'd been screeching, there'd been bananas, and yes, there'd been tears. She'd been young, he was from the wrong side of the valley - she'd been a fool to think it could work. And yet all these years later, she could still taste his fleas if she closed her eyes... Now, sitting in the warm glow of the late afternoon sun, she clung to this - this bittersweet reminder of a moment of glorious madness; a love that should never have been... And yet... and yet... even now, one question still lingered in her mind like the warm fragrance of sweet fragipani blossom on the sultry air of a summer's evening: where the hell had he managed to get a photo developed in the jungle? 1. KaptainKaption "Hey, I got that job as a Bloke-a-gram." http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/caption_competition_97.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/caption_competition_97.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:46:41 +0000 Winning entries in the Caption Competition. Entries are now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week, British triple jumper Phillips Idowu leaps for gold at the IAAF World Athletics Championships. Watched by a teddy. But what's being said? Thanks to all those who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following: 6. RMutt-Urinal A bit of a mix up led to Phillips having his picture taken with Ursine Bolt. 5. MuteJoe wrote: Crunch Creep had severely hit the new production of Gulliver's Travels 4. Throbgusset: "I'm a little Steiff." "Not too clever myself after that jump." 3. Jellyba The cure for the loneliness of the long distance jumper 2. youngWillz "And on the conveyor belt tonight..cuddly toy...internationally acclaimed long jumper..." 1. SimonRooke Yeah, that's my barber, we'll get him after the ceremony. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/caption_competition_96.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/caption_competition_96.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:00:35 +0000 Winning entries in the Caption Competition. The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week, a pair of Chippendales top up their tans in Edinburgh ahead of their Fringe show. But what's being said? Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following: 6. discom8 A great view of Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh. 5. SeanieSmith "... and the latest score from Amsterdam is Holland 2 - England 0." 4. rogueslr Flatulence, the unspoken problem with haggis. 3. Lloyd-Barnes The Weather Girls wish finally comes true. 2. Rob Falconer "Of course, the photo's much better since we cut that stupid squirrel out of it." 1. Accidental_ice-cream "Have you got signal yet?" http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/caption_competition_95.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/caption_competition_95.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:30:18 +0000 Winning entries in the caption competition. The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week Tiger Woods lines up a shot at the Buick Open, watched by a rather unusually-dressed fan. Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following: 6. Fi-Glos The Green Goddess's son woefully fails to live up to expectations. 5. haveronjones It was obviously "dress down Friday" for members of the Blue Man Group. 4. theocupier For once, Tiger was hoping NOT to get the rub of the green. 3. Seanie Smith Pickpocket duo take on their biggest challenge yet. 2. karls97 Tiger was beginning to regret agreeing to partner Leigh Bowery in the pro-am. 1. Dodie James Tinky Winky struggles with a difficult adolescence. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/caption_competition_94.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/caption_competition_94.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:00:46 +0000 Winning entries in the Caption Competition. The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF]. This week, a seal in sunnies. But what's being said? Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following: 6. SimonRooke He's never been the same since David Attenborough did that three minutes to camera next to him. 5. Lynxboy252 Paul McCartney issues new disguise for seals wishing to avoid being hunted. 4. MuteJoe It's chloasma okay! 3. Prisoner_61259 Good God, that Timmy Mallett has not aged well at all. 2. gm_coates In a dark attic there exists a portrait of Elton John... 1. eltelsopwith Although discovered on Darwin's first voyage all the field notes were sadly misplaced. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/07/caption_competition_93.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/07/caption_competition_93.shtml Caption Comp Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:53:10 +0000