Caption Competition

The Caption Competition for the Web version of issue 11 of Ariadne...

The best entry, as decided by an independent and sober judge, wins a romantic dinner for two with the eLib programme director, Chris Rusbridge, courtesy of JISC.

The picture features Paul Hofman and Nicky Ferguson from the ILRT (Institute for Learning and Research Technology), and was taken at the JISC strategy launch in the autumn of 1996. The closing date is November 1st, 1997.

Entries in so far include:

• (To sound of Bee Gee singing) "...and you can tell by the way I do my walk I'm a woman's man..."

• "Nicky; this idea of posing male-model-in-catalogue like to make our presentation more attractive; you sure about this...?"

• "You put your left leg in, left leg out, in, out..."

• EXCLUSIVE! Two teletubbies found moonlighting as subject-gateway software salesmen.

• I'm not smiling, I'm grimacing - JISC have glued my hands to the display board so I can't bunk off early.

• "They're not flares, thank you very much; I got them cheap off Richard Branson after his last balloon crashed"

• Nicky: "...and the court case is next thursday. I'll never understand why NISS hired Mike Tyson as their liasion officer to the JISC-funded subject gateway services; I just want my right ear back".

Send your entries in...

Send your caption entry to: ariadne@ukoln.ac.uk.

The closing date is November 1st, 1997.

Result of the Caption Competition from issue 10

The winning entry was:

Famous Philanthropist N.Wiseman caught checking out his crabs prior to ejection from top London restaurant. "I'm sorry I mish undershtood the young lady's request" Mr Wiseman later told the police officer. ...by i.white@itss.nerc.ac.uk, who wins some obscure library and information science literature.

Other entries of note included:

• Disclaimer: I was young, I needed the money...

• "Society news: Sir Norman Wiseman, heir to the famous JISC millions, spotted here at a Lady Alicia Colban's recent soiree, sporting the last design in splatterwear from the ADAM summer collection....."

• Sir Normski: "Waiter, this lobster only has one pincer..."
  Waiter: "I'm afraid it was in a fight, Sir."
  Sir Normski: "Well, bring me the winner, then!"

• "Just one wafer thin mint, Mr. Kreosote?"

• (Tacky 70's advertising music in the background) Female voice: "Oh, Mr JISC head of programmes, with all zis JISC funding you are really spoiling us!" Male voice: "(burp) shurrup luv and give us another lobster"

• Aye. It did take out me eye, but twas worth it. You see who's eatin' who. Arrr.

• First verse: "Who ate all the pies?" Chorus: "JISC did, JISC did..."

• "oh Norman... can I call you Norm? I really don't think I've seen one THAT big before...."

• "I thought you were supposed to be reviewing BIDS, not BIBS."

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