We asked for captions for this picture way back in September. Some of the best are listed below:

"Confused man finally finds door handle of stretch limousine" and:

"One armed bandit in stateside limo heist" Henry Girling Co-operation and Partnership Programme, The British Library.

"It was generally agreed by visitors to the 2030 Motor Show that the Dempsey573 - the beta version of the networked, integral, in-car, high-response, user-friendly expert system - needed further work on its aerodynamics". Gerry Hutchinson CBS, IS The British Library Boston Spa Yorks.

"Striving, as always, to make a dramatic impression, Lorcan entirely failed to notice the limo door sever his left arm". Peter M. Wynne DOCUSEND Project Manager Manchester Metropolitan University

"Mom, apple pie, and chevrolet!" Alicia Wise DNER Head of Development, Joint Information Systems Committee.

"Here is my first attempt at using Photoshop's cloning feature". Jessie Hey IAM Research Group - Digital Libraries Dept of Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton

And the winner is.... Henry Girling, for 'One armed bandit in stateside limo heist'. Congratulations once again to Henry! Your book-token will be in the post next week.

This picture is our caption competition for this issue. Entries should be sent to ariadne@ukoln.ac.uk - please remember to put 'caption competition 30' 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 31, March, 2002). Best of luck.

Ariadne continues 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.