The Famous Ariadne Caption Competition
Issue 28
Issue 28
This is the picture we want to be captioned by September. It was taken at the Wessex Innovation Network Technology Exchange hosted at the Oakfield Campus of the University of Bath in Swindon. Best caption wins a book token. Captions for this picture should be sent to ariadne@ukoln.ac.uk by the closing date of September 1st, 2001, please put 'caption competition 28' in the subject line.
The editor's decision will be final, and the best of the entries will be published in the next edition of Ariadne (issue 29, September 2001). Best of luck.
Below is the picture which we first published in Ariadne 27 (March 2001). This photograph is of the Isaac Newton Statue outside the British Library. There were lots of very good entries.
"Aaaaaagh, Bother, I've just nailed my foot to the floor" - Joy Fraser, UKOLN, Bath
"Dad, Dad, me want red thing, me want red thing..... Ok, Ok - you tell me who's older between you and the big guy and it's yours!!" - Adam Coulson, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Inspired by 'Changing Rooms' God adds an MDF seating area and a pigeon activated son et lumiere - Jill Tardivel, University of Kent
"Mum, why was I born so short?" - J Tang
"My god can a man not play soliders on the loo in peace any more" - Jay carter
"I've found Big Ben - now where are the Houses of Parliament?" - Derek Tait
After a hard night drinking, Joey was a bit stuck for inspiration in his sculpture class - Ari Williams
"It's not funny, and it's not clever - I see carrier bags in trees everywhere I go!" - Elaine, London
In memory of the inventor of Preparation H - Janette
Backpacker: I think you'll find it easier if you borrow my Swiss Army knife - Ruth, UKOLN, Bath
Backpacker: Shame it landed point down - even more of a shame that you're not wearing shoes..... - Ruth, UKOLN, Bath
"Now that's what I call a book end" - Henry Girling, Co-operation and Partnership Programme, The British Library
"Let him borrow our A-Z dad otherwise he'll be here all day trying to work out where he is!" - Graeme Leng-Ward, University of Warwick Library, Coventry
Statue: "Excuse me, have you seen my contact lens?"- Simon Tanner
Chris Bonnington attempts to overcome Newton's law of gravity with an attempt on the North face of Newton himself - Simon Tanner
Engaging jet pack - 3, 2, 1... - Simon Tanner, Senior Digitisation Consultant (HEDS)
Due to the high standard of entries this issue there are two winners - Jill Tardivel and Henry Girling. Congratulations. Book tokens will be on their way to you shortly. Thanks and commiserations to the other entrants.
Ariadne continues (surprisingly) to receive entries for earlier caption competitions (those in issues 7 and 8 being particular favourites). We are grateful for these (extremely late) entries, which are often very good, and continue to make us laugh. But unfortunately there are no prizes available for entries to these earlier competitions.