Caption Competition
Winning entries in the Caption Competition.
You can submit captions for this week's picture using the comments box below (not the "Send us a letter" form on the right of this page). You will need to be registered to take part, but don't be put off if you haven't registered yet - it's a quick and easy process.
The competition is now closed.
This week it was entertainers literally taking to the streets to advertise their show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. SkarloeyLine
"When you said the Stones would be supporting us..."
5. PollySaxon
The cello sporran was roomy but impractical.
4. placey1
It's a no from me. You were flat all the way through.
3. Steele Hawker
Police are looking for a green Ford Focus driven by a music-lover.
2. TubaMiriam
There were no winners in the "who can play the lowest note?" competition.
1. clint75
The buskers had asked the crowd if they'd like to hear some Chris de Burgh.
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Comment number 1.
At 25th Aug 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:Killing Me Softly with His Song
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Comment number 2.
At 25th Aug 2011, BaldoBingham wrote:Perhaps it wasn't such a good idea for the London Symphony Orchestra to attempt to perform from a hot air balloon, especially when they started to lose height.
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Comment number 3.
At 25th Aug 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:Band of murderers
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Comment number 4.
At 25th Aug 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:The lunatic fringe
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Comment number 5.
At 25th Aug 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:Seem-funny Orchestra
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Comment number 6.
At 25th Aug 2011, Frankonline wrote:When he said "Hit me with your rhythm stick", somebody took it literally.
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Comment number 7.
At 25th Aug 2011, BaldoBingham wrote:Heavy metal? Heavy strings?
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Comment number 8.
At 25th Aug 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:Darren's friend was really brassed off
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Comment number 9.
At 25th Aug 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:Attacked by the Tubaway Army!
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Comment number 10.
At 25th Aug 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:The grant the orchestra received was on a no-strings basis
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Comment number 11.
At 25th Aug 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:Alley Orchestra
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Comment number 12.
At 25th Aug 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:The tuba had hit Derek right in the orchestra stalls
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Comment number 13.
At 25th Aug 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:Kevin had the lead Shakespearean role of A Cello
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Comment number 14.
At 25th Aug 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:But the hit-and-run driver was driving allegro vivace
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Comment number 15.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:Band Aid needed
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Comment number 16.
At 25th Aug 2011, Frankonline wrote:Seen for the first time, the mating habits of the brass and string section.
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Comment number 17.
At 25th Aug 2011, Peter N wrote:I've Got A Crush On You
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Comment number 18.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:Battle of the Bands
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Comment number 19.
At 25th Aug 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:Though the song has ended, the malady lingers on
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Comment number 20.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:No longer a live act
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Comment number 21.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:Died on stage
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Comment number 22.
At 25th Aug 2011, Peter N wrote:Instruments of torture?
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Comment number 23.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:On the road again
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Comment number 24.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:Instruments of torture
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Comment number 25.
At 25th Aug 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:And the Beatles never regretted their decision to go with just guitars and drums
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Comment number 26.
At 25th Aug 2011, TheSamePeopleAlwaysGetPicked wrote:Roll Over Beethoven?
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Comment number 27.
At 25th Aug 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:This year's Fringe is dead funny
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Comment number 28.
At 25th Aug 2011, Peter N wrote:Orchestrated violence mars this year's Fringe.
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Comment number 29.
At 25th Aug 2011, LaurenceLane wrote:Next time they went looting, they decided that they'd stick to lighter items.
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Comment number 30.
At 25th Aug 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:Do you play R&B? No, just A&E.
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Comment number 31.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:It was alright they were only hit by a Nissan Note
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Comment number 32.
At 25th Aug 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:We're just roadies now
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Comment number 33.
At 25th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:I think we're going to need a tuba ointment after this
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Comment number 34.
At 25th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Band on the runway
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Comment number 35.
At 25th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:That was the last time Terry and Derek would go busking on the M1
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Comment number 36.
At 25th Aug 2011, Gray Gable wrote:Hmmn.. I think this band are a bit flat?
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Comment number 37.
At 25th Aug 2011, Damo77 wrote:I don't understand all the hype. Personally, they sound flat to me
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Comment number 38.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:The Double Bass was ok but what had happened to the Europa Cup.
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Comment number 39.
At 25th Aug 2011, AKA wrote:Be flat, I'm telling you! It's right here on page one...
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Comment number 40.
At 25th Aug 2011, ElephantTulips wrote:Euphon-asia?
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Comment number 41.
At 25th Aug 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:I told you nobody could transcribe 'The Flight of the Bumble-bee' for tuba ...
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Comment number 42.
At 25th Aug 2011, Jeff Higgs wrote:Police say he was instrumental in this death.
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Comment number 43.
At 25th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Hey, did anybody get the number of that steam-roller?
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Comment number 44.
At 25th Aug 2011, SkarloeyLine wrote:The band had figured it was pretty safe to follow John, Paul, George and Ringo across that zebra crossing.
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Comment number 45.
At 25th Aug 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:George and Jack had always wanted a hit ... but not by a BMW
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Comment number 46.
At 25th Aug 2011, moiness wrote:Music and Drama degrees again prove useless.
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Comment number 47.
At 25th Aug 2011, Jeff Higgs wrote:"maybe its a big chord I'm a Londoner" and not Scottish !!
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Comment number 48.
At 25th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - should have worn a hi-viz vest
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Comment number 49.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:All I said was have you been drinking son and asked him to blow into this
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Comment number 50.
At 25th Aug 2011, SkarloeyLine wrote:"So, tell me, what is a rip chord anyway?"
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Comment number 51.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:It was only to be expected as they had a very heavy night.
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Comment number 52.
At 25th Aug 2011, Peter N wrote:That cello has always been a hussy, but I thought the tuba had more class.
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Comment number 53.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:When I said hire some roadies this is not what I meant
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Comment number 54.
At 25th Aug 2011, Vicky S wrote:"Actually I only wanted to learn to play the ukelele but the guy in the music shop asked me if I wanted to go large ."
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Comment number 55.
At 25th Aug 2011, Mr Snoozy wrote:New 'cobble effect' wallpaper causes 'orientation confusion' during newspaper editing.
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Comment number 56.
At 25th Aug 2011, LaurenceLane wrote:He said he was a conductor and that we couldn't bring these onto his bus, then he chucked us off.
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Comment number 57.
At 25th Aug 2011, Peter N wrote:'Why do so many people take an instant dislike to the cello? It saves time.
"So you think that's funny hey, mister?!" '
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Comment number 58.
At 25th Aug 2011, Vicky S wrote:Travellers Advice in Edinburgh. # 73: If a fellow drinker asks if you are looking at him don't say yes.
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Comment number 59.
At 25th Aug 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:We must be top of the hit parade now
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Comment number 60.
At 25th Aug 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Jed and Barry audition really seriously for the lead in 'Ghost - the Musical'
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Comment number 61.
At 25th Aug 2011, rogueslr wrote:Note to self, never, ever, try hang gliding using musical instruments again!
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Comment number 62.
At 25th Aug 2011, Damo77 wrote:We only wanted to play the triangle and tambourine
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Comment number 63.
At 25th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:It was the first celloectomy the surgeons had had to perform
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Comment number 64.
At 25th Aug 2011, Vicky S wrote:"Do you know you're causing an obstruction?"
"You hum it officer, we'll play it."
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Comment number 65.
At 25th Aug 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Brian had always wanted to be an A-list celebrity, but had to accept he would only ever be cel-list
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Comment number 66.
At 25th Aug 2011, rogueslr wrote:Their performance of Nancy Mitford's 'Love in a Cold Climate' was ideally suited to summer in Edinburgh.
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Comment number 67.
At 25th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:It was raining really hard, and the ground was littered with huge Hallé-stones
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Comment number 68.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:X factor judges take it easy after being put under piles of pressure.
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Comment number 69.
At 25th Aug 2011, th3jon3sgirl wrote:Freak storm delivers instrumental blow to Fringe performance
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Comment number 70.
At 25th Aug 2011, beachcred wrote:Melody-romatic
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Comment number 71.
At 25th Aug 2011, bradmer wrote:I said "Tube of Jello" not tuba and cello!
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Comment number 72.
At 25th Aug 2011, Vicky S wrote:I'll bet that put hair on his g string.
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Comment number 73.
At 25th Aug 2011, James Rigby wrote:Feeling brassed off and violinated
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Comment number 74.
At 25th Aug 2011, Mr Snoozy wrote:Police decided not to release pictures of the 'unfortunate' piano player...
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Comment number 75.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:The last thing I heard was hit me with a Tuna fish buttie
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Comment number 76.
At 25th Aug 2011, bradmer wrote:He was so nervous about performing, his legs turned to cello.
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Comment number 77.
At 25th Aug 2011, Andy Hill wrote:Warning: this show contains some sax and violins.
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Comment number 78.
At 25th Aug 2011, Peter N wrote:The naughty instruments never tired of their "will you play me acciaccatura?" joke with new orchestra members.
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Comment number 79.
At 25th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:We're a bit flat actually
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Comment number 80.
At 25th Aug 2011, Mr Snoozy wrote:Tubby the Tuba and Chopper Cello both pleaded innocence at the trial.
Police are on the look out for their accomplice, Freddy the Fiddle, the real brains behind the band...
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Comment number 81.
At 25th Aug 2011, beachcred wrote:Best joke at the fringe was even funnier than expected.
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Comment number 82.
At 25th Aug 2011, rogueslr wrote:And if he ever found the joker who packed his parachute with a double bass there'd be hell to pay.
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Comment number 83.
At 25th Aug 2011, Vicky S wrote:"Look mum! Look dad! I've made it onto Caption Competition."
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Comment number 84.
At 25th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Are you horning in on the act?
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Comment number 85.
At 25th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:On the bright side, we do have the excuse of not being able to see the sheet music.
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Comment number 86.
At 25th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Drunk girl hires a wedding band
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Comment number 87.
At 25th Aug 2011, cortez wrote:Well that's what happens when you upset CE LLO Green
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Comment number 88.
At 25th Aug 2011, Ade wrote:Violin crushes midget.
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Comment number 89.
At 25th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:I think I might have fallen on the piccolo
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Comment number 90.
At 25th Aug 2011, Ben Finch wrote:Outbreaks of tuba-culosis and bass-illus anthracis cause havoc on the streets of Edinburgh
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Comment number 91.
At 25th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Trampled by mummers were they?
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Comment number 92.
At 25th Aug 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Did anyone get his tag number?
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Comment number 93.
At 25th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:The pair were exhausted after working under a lightning conductor
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At 25th Aug 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:Libyian rebels show off their haul from the Music Room in Gaddafi's compound.
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Comment number 95.
At 25th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Next time we join a marching band, I'm playing the piccolo
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Comment number 96.
At 25th Aug 2011, Vicky S wrote:Students from the lesser known Hogwarts Music Academy who fail to practise sufficiently are punished by the Immobilisa Alfresco Fringiatus spell.
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Comment number 97.
At 25th Aug 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Maybe we could get work at Apple - I hear there are Jobs going there
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Comment number 98.
At 25th Aug 2011, Raven Clare wrote:They were half-way through Beethoven's Seventh Symphony when Derek and Harry suddenly understood the password joke
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At 25th Aug 2011, Vicky S wrote:Entry 96 tidied up a bit:
Hogwarts Music Academy students who fail to practise sufficiently are punished by the Immobilisa Alfresco Fringiatus spell.
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At 25th Aug 2011, rogueslr wrote:We're advertising 'The Inbetweeners', I'm between a rock and a hard bass.
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