Caption Competition

[Khundon1975]

My other camel is a dromedary.

[GLCQuantum]

In England you can win a fish at the carnival games. In Dubai they do it somewhat differently...

[Big Boy]

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[Nereus]

Having had enough of the snotty nosed camel sticking her nose in the air each time he wanted to do what desert Arabs do, Ahmed bought a horse.

[Big Boy]

This week's competition has now closed.

[Big Boy]

Pete, an e-mail was sent to your forum e-mail address soon after the competition was closed. Please advise if you didn't receive it.

[Big Boy]

R E S U L T :

This has been our second week with a guest judge - a BIG Thank You to prcscct
(Interesting feedback: Not as easy as some may think. It would be a killer if a 40 to 60 entry week!)

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This week's top 5 are:

5th Bristolian with "Oh camel ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant....."

4th Bristolian with "Ali considered the wife-swop-meet a total success. The bonus was that the camels spat at him less than his wife."

3rd richard with "Ahmed knew his FIL and MIL would be impressed with his selected dowrie for his bride. A horse for papa, a camel for mama and a scooter for their firstborn"

2nd pharvey with "With a 2-stroke, a 2-hump and 1 horse power, Xu Wen was confident of beating Xiangjang's Land Speed Record..."

1st place goes to Siani with "We three kings of Orient are....... the cockney version!

We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we travel afar
One on a camel, one in a car, one on a scooter, beeping his hooter
Following yonder star!"

Thank you very much to all who participated. Better luck next time to those who didn't win.

Siani you now have until 23:59 on 14 Dec 14 to post the next entry. Competition results will be announced on 19 Dec 14.

[PeteC]

It really isn't easy and you can't play any favourites who you may know from the forum. That's made easy as the entries are presented without the names of the people who posted them, and one would be a bit nuts to go back to the forum pages to look them up.

Anyway, at least with me creativity and originality far out weigh side splitting humor, which I feel is a good way to approach it. Pete

EDIT: Also, dtaai-maai really shared a piece of 5th place as he supplied the background "groan' from the camel.

[Big Boy]

An interesting comment Pete. Just for info, our UK judges generally prefer the short, but funny caption.

Regarding the 'anonymous' form I send out, it is very similar to the form sent to the UK, but minus the marking column,

[PeteC]

^ Short but funny you could go through them quite quickly and make a quick decision. That may fit the UK judge's schedules. That's why I said, at least for me, 40-60 would have killed me this morning as I read and then re-read a few times...eliminate and then elevate until I have a top 5 order I'm comfortable with. Pete

[PeteC]

Editorial comment: The exercise key word is "caption". A caption can be a comic strip type of funny entry, or it can be thought out social, political or any kind of satire as well, or a serious comment if the poster feels strongly about an issue that may fit the photo......IMO. Pete

[Big Boy]

^ Short but funny you could go through them quite quickly and make a quick decision. That may fit the UK judge's schedules. That's why I said, at least for me, 40-60 would have killed me this morning as I read and then re-read a few times...eliminate and then elevate until I have a top 5 order I'm comfortable with. Pete

It wasn't a ctiticism Pete, purely an observation on different methods used by different judges. There is no right way, and the judges decision is final

[PeteC]

^ Never thought it was BB, just making an observation/comment.

[Siani]

Pleased to have won with my "long" caption! I look at the picture and see what springs to mind, that is why I probably hardly ever win

Anyway...he we go!

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[richard]

Quick as a flash, it's Christmas time again