In the last issue, we presented with you with this picture to put a caption to:
The winning entry, as decided by an independent and impartial judge, was:
"So I just pressed the Back button in the 1985 frame and this
gopher landed on my head."
...by
lib3bouchml@ntu.ac.uk, who wins the prize of a fluffy toy.
Near misses were deemed to be:
"Yesssss!!..... just a couple of years more... and my
cocoon will be all done!!!"
... by debnath@egr.msu.edu
"I thought Tribbles only attacked Klingons..."
...by pez@themis.law.warwick.ac.uk
I wish someone would invent scissors...
...by cudbm@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Chris Rusbridge)
Record holder, Guinness Book of Records, longest single
session on the Web (six days, 13 hours, 24 minutes).
...by hobrown@hkucc.hku.hk
Edward Scissorhands signs up for an Elib project
...by lbx080@coventry.ac.uk
Barely 11 years after this photo was taken this man was handed several
thousands of pounds of tax payers money by a mysterious group of people
known only as FIGIT. His aim: to achieve "cultural change" by means of
networking with associates across the country in schemes with codenames
such as ADAM and EEVL. Over 100 academic institutions are now believed
to have been infiltrated in this way.
...by p.dolphin@library.bbk.ac.uk.
The prize for the caption competition for this issue is a copy of Accessing the Internet: A guide for the UK and Ireland by John Smith.
The usual rules apply; obscene or offensive captions are immediately rejected; an independent judge will decide the winning entry and the near misses. Email in your caption; you can enter as many times as you want; the closing date is January 1st, 1996. If you require anonymity, please request it with your entry. Good luck...
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