Caption Competition
Winning entries in the Caption Competition.
The competition is now closed.
This week it was two lemurs having their Thanksgiving meal at San Francisco Zoo.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. trishinstock:
I can't believe we've both turned up for Thanksgiving lunch wearing the same coat.
5. Vicky S:
"No, actually I'm used to this sort of media attention. I played the right side of Dame Maggie Smith's fur tippet in the last series of DA you know."
4. MagnumCarter:
"Yep...yep, it's definitely been spiked."
3. Pendragon:
Only one glass of wine for me, please - I've got to swing through the trees home.
2. redalfa147:
Producers of 'Come Dine With Me' deny they are running out of contestants.
1. MuteJoe:
"What are we giving thanks for?"
"That we're not turkeys."
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Comment number 1.
At 24th Nov 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:I've just read the sign - I thought I was a loris
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Comment number 2.
At 24th Nov 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:I wonder what the turkeys are being given
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Comment number 3.
At 24th Nov 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Actually, I'm an atheist too, but don't tell them until after the meal
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Comment number 4.
At 24th Nov 2011, Mike wrote:Yeah, we had our phones hacked too.!
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Comment number 5.
At 24th Nov 2011, Gray Gable wrote:So, are you worried about the Eurozone bond market as well?
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Comment number 6.
At 24th Nov 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Actually we're waiting for the knives and forks
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Comment number 7.
At 24th Nov 2011, Ian wrote:Just what is the point of having opposable thumbs if they don't give us cutlery to eat with?
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Comment number 8.
At 24th Nov 2011, Mike wrote:Her Majesty's tea parties have gone downhill with the financial crisis haven't they?
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Comment number 9.
At 24th Nov 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:Having our Thanksgiving meal? Actually, we're stealing someone else's.
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Comment number 10.
At 24th Nov 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:The Zoo will be disappointed - they thought they'd hired Olly Murs
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Comment number 11.
At 24th Nov 2011, Ian wrote:I thought we were booked to play the piano
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Comment number 12.
At 24th Nov 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:It's a French restaurant - they thought they were hiring Pink Floyd to play "The Wall"
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Comment number 13.
At 24th Nov 2011, Gray Gable wrote:Off the wine then Bert?
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Comment number 14.
At 24th Nov 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Of course they treat us as celebrities - I'm listed in Who's Zoo now
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Comment number 15.
At 24th Nov 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:And afterwards they're putting on a showing of "Madagascar" for us
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Comment number 16.
At 24th Nov 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:They wanted someone to bless the meal, but I think they got the wrong San Francisco primate
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Comment number 17.
At 24th Nov 2011, JimmyG wrote:The lemurs were looking anxious, as today's the day the teddy bears had their picks knicked!
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Comment number 18.
At 24th Nov 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:Hey, who said I was a vegetarian?
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Comment number 19.
At 24th Nov 2011, JimmyG wrote:Pass the salt!
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Comment number 20.
At 24th Nov 2011, pearsongs wrote:I bags the champers
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Comment number 21.
At 24th Nov 2011, Vicky S wrote:"Actually I thought this was an audition for the next series of Downton Abbey."
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Comment number 22.
At 24th Nov 2011, JimmyG wrote:The animal recreation of Little Britain
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Comment number 23.
At 24th Nov 2011, JimmyG wrote:Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo regretted panning the Harry Potter films...
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Comment number 24.
At 24th Nov 2011, Vicky S wrote:"Paper napkins for us again I note. I bet the bloody pandas haven't been fobbed off with paper napkins."
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Comment number 25.
At 24th Nov 2011, JimmyG wrote:Colin was grateful for the effort, but did the zoo keeper really have to invite the fusa to the same sitting?!
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Comment number 26.
At 24th Nov 2011, Graham wrote:Yep! That Martini has definitely been stirred
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Comment number 27.
At 24th Nov 2011, Vicky S wrote:"What am I thankful for? Well for a start I'm thankful that we only have to go through this farce once a year."
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Comment number 28.
At 24th Nov 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Lunch? Don't they realise we're nocturnal?
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Comment number 29.
At 24th Nov 2011, Vicky S wrote:"Hunch down a bit and stop looking so darn cute, the last thing we need to do is attract Paris Hilton's attention."
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Comment number 30.
At 24th Nov 2011, rockhulley wrote:The Jungle diet just didn`t agree with Ant and Dec.
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Comment number 31.
At 24th Nov 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Er, should we leave a tip?
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Comment number 32.
At 24th Nov 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:And I distinctly ordered at least three cushions each
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Comment number 33.
At 24th Nov 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Yeah, I thought of joining the strike, but then I thought, it'll be a nice meal ...
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Comment number 34.
At 24th Nov 2011, Mr Snoozy wrote:Harry was fired from the Zookeeper's Guild as soon as they realised he had left his novelty slippers in the middle of the 'design a thanks-giving table' competition photo shoot
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Comment number 35.
At 24th Nov 2011, Mr Snoozy wrote:Olives? In Champagne? What would Popeye think?!
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Comment number 36.
At 24th Nov 2011, MagnumCarter wrote:"Woooooah dude, I don't know what's in the champers but it ain't grapes..."
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Comment number 37.
At 24th Nov 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:So I thought, aye-aye, what's this?
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Comment number 38.
At 24th Nov 2011, Mr Snoozy wrote:"Doris! quick turn this way, they're taking a picture, and you didn't trim your ear hair this morning!"
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Comment number 39.
At 24th Nov 2011, dancato wrote:Upon seeing the space left on the plates, Larry and Lawrence realised why they were invited for dinner in the lion enclosure...
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Comment number 40.
At 24th Nov 2011, Rick Booth wrote:Left one: So where's the meat on these dishes then, eh?
Right one: Dude, there's a human with a big knife running towards us. Let's go!
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Comment number 41.
At 24th Nov 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:No chips? Who's running the café now, Jamie Oliver?
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Comment number 42.
At 24th Nov 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:It's celebrity time! And here's Loris Olivier.
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Comment number 43.
At 24th Nov 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:They should never have let Raymond Blanc win that 'Zookeeper for a Day' competition
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Comment number 44.
At 24th Nov 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:And they call this a restaurant? The best-tasting thing here is the carpet.
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Comment number 45.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:Gee Bonzo, you take me to all da best places....
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Comment number 46.
At 24th Nov 2011, PeeJayEll wrote:I don't fancy meeting the creature that bit the holes in the back of these chairs.
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Comment number 47.
At 24th Nov 2011, Woundedpride wrote:"Cooking doesn't get more challengin' than this, does it John?"
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Comment number 48.
At 24th Nov 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:It could be worse at least we haven't been forced to eat the pumpkin pie
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Comment number 49.
At 24th Nov 2011, Woundedpride wrote:"Hold on. Did you say it only has TWO Michelin stars?"
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Comment number 50.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:oooohhh....shiny
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Comment number 51.
At 24th Nov 2011, PeeJayEll wrote:At last! Our chance to upstage those wretched meerkats.
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Comment number 52.
At 24th Nov 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:OK so thats all the broccoli gone, so where's the cranberry sauce?
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Comment number 53.
At 24th Nov 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Opposable thumbs? I could do with an opposable backside too!
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Comment number 54.
At 24th Nov 2011, PeeJayEll wrote:Did you know there's a city called Lima in Ohio and another in Peru. We could launch a website for tourists: "Compare the Lemurs.com".
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Comment number 55.
At 24th Nov 2011, Woundedpride wrote:"Look out, it's that Heston Blumenthal. Now remember, you are NOT an ingredient, whatever he says and whatever he does with that foot pump...."
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Comment number 56.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:What they heck? I'm sure I saw some guy on TV eating witchetty grubs - and we get this heap of sludge!
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Comment number 57.
At 24th Nov 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:There was a sign outside the restaurant that said "Le Mur" - how was I supposed to know it was a Chinese restaurant run by a Frenchman?
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Comment number 58.
At 24th Nov 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:Of course I want to eat - just as soon as I can get these black gloves off
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Comment number 59.
At 24th Nov 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:And don't open your mouth, otherwise Johnny Morris will make us look like idiots as usual
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Comment number 60.
At 24th Nov 2011, Ben wrote:Does this mean that they're going to kill us and take our land?
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Comment number 61.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:And I'm telling ya dat ain't Bollinger you numbnutz.
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Comment number 62.
At 24th Nov 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:All together Now..... 'I like to move it, move it, move it,..... I like to move it, move it
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Comment number 63.
At 24th Nov 2011, bradmer wrote:Apparently its an Olive Martini!?
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Comment number 64.
At 24th Nov 2011, Sixfootup wrote:You might be King Julien, but I'm not getting the olives out of your wine...
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Comment number 65.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:When they said we were getting Apples for lunch I thought I'd be on Angry Birds by now.
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Comment number 66.
At 24th Nov 2011, Sixfootup wrote:I like to move it, move it......
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Comment number 67.
At 24th Nov 2011, Raven Clare wrote:I suppose this means PG Tips are launching a Madagascan blend
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Comment number 68.
At 24th Nov 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:Why does this placemat say Former Fame Academy Finalist after my name?
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Comment number 69.
At 24th Nov 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:I would have thought the San Francisco Zoo would have been the last place you could accuse of anthropomorphism
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Comment number 70.
At 24th Nov 2011, Basil wrote:Ok, you were lucky with the first five grapes. Double or quits on six in the glass.
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Comment number 71.
At 24th Nov 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:'The green beans are not The only thing on this table that's Julienne', the King quipped.
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Comment number 72.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:"Hey Bonzo, who's getting da bill for this?"
"I already did, Leckie, and I ate it"
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Comment number 73.
At 24th Nov 2011, Jeff Higgs wrote:Hugh Fearnle-Whittingstall hits a problem as his fresh meat dish won't stay on the plate.
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Comment number 74.
At 24th Nov 2011, Raven Clare wrote:In the next scene, Walt Disney wants us to eat a green bean from opposite ends
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Comment number 75.
At 24th Nov 2011, BeckySnow wrote:"I see they've pulled out all the stops with the vegetarian option as usual.."
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Comment number 76.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:"Hey Leckie, you left some lentils on your chair. I ate em, they were great"
"Hey Bonzo, they ain't lentils"
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Comment number 77.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:"Hey Bonzo, did you remember to turn off the gas?"
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Comment number 78.
At 24th Nov 2011, Woundedpride wrote:"Hold on. I left my credit card in my other fur..."
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Comment number 79.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:"Hey Bonzo, ain't it great to be eating al fresco at this time of year"
"Yeah, I always loved Al, he was my favourite keeper"
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Comment number 80.
At 24th Nov 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Oh no! I suppose that photograph will be all over the News of the World next week now.
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Comment number 81.
At 24th Nov 2011, Jeff Higgs wrote:Hey look son they have even put our species on the name plates....under the title " Menu"
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Comment number 82.
At 24th Nov 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Why shouldn't we be eating like this? If a pig like ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖr Simpson can eat in the Gilded Truffle ...
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Comment number 83.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:Life on Walton mountain carried on just the same way as it had done before the radioactive leak.
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Comment number 84.
At 24th Nov 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:The photo's for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ? OK, at least they won't make fun of us.
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Comment number 85.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:If you pay peanuts....
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Comment number 86.
At 24th Nov 2011, Raven Clare wrote:I don't mind the furniture, but it looks as if they get the meals from IKEA too ...
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Comment number 87.
At 24th Nov 2011, Jeff Higgs wrote:The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Frozen Planet actors wait patiently to see if they have won an award
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Comment number 88.
At 24th Nov 2011, Woundedpride wrote:"It was a joke I tell you. All I said to that drunk keeper was 'Bet you can't say 'Silver Salver Lemur twice'!"
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Comment number 89.
At 24th Nov 2011, Raven Clare wrote:San Francisco Zoo has a great reputation for conservation? Well, it hasn't done much for the turkeys, has it?
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Comment number 90.
At 24th Nov 2011, Woundedpride wrote:"Henry, if what is pickling in that glass is what I think it is, we'd better rename you Henrietta"
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Comment number 91.
At 24th Nov 2011, BeckySnow wrote:Lemur Come Dine With Me
"The beans were boiled to buggery and the sweetcorn was out of a tin but the name cards and rosemary sprigs were a nice touch. I'm going to Babs....... a five."
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Comment number 92.
At 24th Nov 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Thank God turkeys are off the endangered list
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Comment number 93.
At 24th Nov 2011, BeckySnow wrote:Lemur Come Dine With Me
"The beans were boiled to buggery and the sweetcorn was out of a tin but the name cards and rosemary sprigs were a nice touch. I'm going to give Babs....... a five."
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Comment number 94.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:CERN's neutrino team celebrate discrediting Einstein and Darwin in one swoop.
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Comment number 95.
At 24th Nov 2011, Frankonline wrote:I hate these bushtucker trials, don't you Dec ?
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Comment number 96.
At 24th Nov 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:The cocktail? It's a Harvey le Mur-banger.
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Comment number 97.
At 24th Nov 2011, Woundedpride wrote:"Hector, I'm appalled. The Chateau d'Isigny 1992 should never be served at more than -2 degrees..."
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Comment number 98.
At 24th Nov 2011, BeckySnow wrote:"Where did you get these plates?"
"They're hubcaps - a present from the macaques"
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Comment number 99.
At 24th Nov 2011, PPD wrote:Sales figures for the lastest "Dine in for Two for £10" hit new heights
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Comment number 100.
At 24th Nov 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Oh no! Harry's tail's up. I'm off.
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