Caption Competition
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Great captions so far, but there's still time for some more before I pick a winner in the next few days.
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Miranda didn't think much of Barney's latest idea to spot his father by just standing at the side of the road all day.
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Barney even considered climbing onto the back of the lorry, but that space was already taken
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Miranda, that's a new quiet electric van not a ghost lorry.
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All the captions were excellent, and it was so difficult to choose just one. So, the top three captions in reverse order are:
In third place is Viv:
In third place is Viv:
In second place is Barnard:Viv of Ginger Pop wrote: ↑ Barney even considered climbing onto the back of the lorry, but that space was already taken
And the winner is Bertie:
Well done, Bertie, and over to you for the next one.
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Well done Bertie!
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Oh, wow. Thanks Perce! And Pete. I really wasn't expecting to win that one at all.
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No, no, no! According to the script here, you are supposed to have a sword, not a revolver!
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This was the exact moment Bill decided to give up drinking.
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