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This week, the US Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its way through the streets of Los Angeles towards its retirement home at the California Science Center.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. Martin Walter: A quick lick of red paint and Boris was all ready to unveil his brand new double decker for London.
5. Camilla Bit My Finger: The captain smiled to himself. None of the crowd waiting at the traffic lights was tall enough to wash THIS windscreen.
4. And another thing:
Commuters were less than happy with the replacement shuttle service.
3. Rob Falconer:
Of course we're going slowly - there's a ruddy caravan up ahead.
2. SivAngel:
Suddenly, EVERYONE wants to drive round the Holgate Windmill roundabout.
1. Bellhouse Hartwell:
So, we're here in LA, and all our luggage is on Saturn?
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At 18th Oct 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:I told you "Left hand down a bit" after re-entry
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At 18th Oct 2012, Martin Walter wrote:Endeavour working life
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At 18th Oct 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Imagine looking in your rear-view mirror and seeing THAT!
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At 18th Oct 2012, rogueslr wrote:I see Beyonce is the latest star on 'Pimp My Ride'.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:Top Gear film their "Star in a Reasonably-priced Space Shuittle" segment
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At 18th Oct 2012, Candace9839 wrote:"But, Officer, I was only going the speed of sound."
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At 18th Oct 2012, BaldoBingham wrote:I'd love to see a traffic warden write a ticket for that and then try and clamp it.
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At 18th Oct 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Mitt Romney shows off his newest ride.
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At 18th Oct 2012, LaurenceLane wrote:It was all going so well until a Mustang tried to out drag it away from the lights.
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At 18th Oct 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:What flies here, stays here.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:I told you not to go for a cheap sat nav
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At 18th Oct 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:5 m.p.h? She'll no' take it, Captain!
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At 18th Oct 2012, Mike wrote:For Sale! Use Vehicle, One Owner!
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At 18th Oct 2012, VirtuousFang wrote:Filming for the updated Specsavers advert was well underway
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At 18th Oct 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:Top Gear film their "Star in a Reasonably-priced Space Shuttle" segment
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Comment number 16.
At 18th Oct 2012, abz wrote:Houston, we have a problem - we should have went to Specsavers.
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At 18th Oct 2012, MorningGlories wrote:"Any chance of stopping for a burger?"
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At 18th Oct 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Taking (on) the Mickey.
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At 18th Oct 2012, TheSamePeopleAlwaysGetPicked wrote:When LAPD ordered their new B&W patrol vehicle from central government, they got more than they bargained for.
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Comment number 20.
At 18th Oct 2012, 00111010 00101001 wrote:Space shuttle protesters consider attacking the US Endeavour. Fortune seems to go their way as local security appears to be 'armless.
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At 18th Oct 2012, DavidDeeMoz wrote:See son? The day they let a woman pilot one of those things this was bound to happen.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Simon wrote:You're not in traffic, you are tra... what the hey!!??
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At 18th Oct 2012, Mike wrote:Hate this TRAFFIC! - should have taken the bus!
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At 18th Oct 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:To boldly go into retirement
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At 18th Oct 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Up and out of Beverly Hills
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At 18th Oct 2012, nerdsunited wrote:Ryanair announce their latest "city centre" airport and are surprised nobody took them seriously.
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At 18th Oct 2012, TheSamePeopleAlwaysGetPicked wrote:Everything was going smoothly, everyone was happy, until Arnold Schwarzenegger opened the hatch to wave to the crowd...
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At 18th Oct 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Nobody puts Baby in orbit
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At 18th Oct 2012, JimmyG wrote:After his latest adventure, there was only ever going to be one means of transport for Felix Baumgartner.
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Comment number 30.
At 18th Oct 2012, DavidDeeMoz wrote:"You've got your gas station charge card, right?"
"No I thought you brought yours ..."
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Comment number 31.
At 18th Oct 2012, grazvalentine wrote:I’m having trouble parking – there just isn’t enough space...
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At 18th Oct 2012, Martin Walter wrote:Getting a parking space in L.A. is getting more and more difficult every year
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At 18th Oct 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Hmmm, it's quite appropriate for the City of Angels, isn't it?
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At 18th Oct 2012, abz wrote:Press the button, wait for the green man and then cross the road making sure no space shuttles are coming...what the......
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At 18th Oct 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:The route had been chosen carefully, but the Space Shuttle still arrived with four tyres missing
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At 18th Oct 2012, MorningGlories wrote:Houston, forget about the Eagle.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Hey look, it's William Shatner at the wheel ...
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At 18th Oct 2012, andyinguernsey wrote:They have the special traffic light sorted - stop, amber, go, take off, land.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:A traffic light with five lights?!?!? What are they for - stop, caution, go, take-off and re-entry?
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At 18th Oct 2012, Martin Walter wrote:OK, so the new LA CityBus only carries four passengers, but what style!
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At 18th Oct 2012, grazvalentine wrote:The hitchhikers' ride to the galaxy.
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At 18th Oct 2012, penny-farthing wrote:"Space...The Final Frontier!".
"Err,actually....no.That would be Main Avenue as it crosses Broad Street."
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At 18th Oct 2012, cometcycle wrote:"I told you NOT to rely on Apple Maps!"
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At 18th Oct 2012, TheSamePeopleAlwaysGetPicked wrote:"It's life Jim, but not as we know it..."
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At 18th Oct 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Things in mirror may look larger and closer
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At 18th Oct 2012, Scotch Get wrote:Ìý
LAX introduce their new Shuttle Service.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Martin Walter wrote:Mace Windu (top left) had been drafted in to oversee the delivery
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At 18th Oct 2012, TheSamePeopleAlwaysGetPicked wrote:Star Trek Endeavour, The Search For Life ... but no signs of any yet!
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At 18th Oct 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:So, we're here in LA, and all our luggage is on Saturn?
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At 18th Oct 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:Of course we're going slowly - there's a ruddy caravan up ahead
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At 18th Oct 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:But George Lucas was going to speed up the film for an exciting sequence in his next film, "Star Wars 7 - Jar Jar Binks Takes over the Controls"
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At 18th Oct 2012, GDW wrote:We're sending this one to Beijing zoo. It's shuttle diplomacy.
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At 18th Oct 2012, JimmyG wrote:Los Angeles' new elongated traffic light could confuse even the best of drivers.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Whatever Next wrote:Cameron's pledge to make airlines offer their lowest price tickets to all ended with disastrous results!
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At 18th Oct 2012, SivAngel wrote:Suddenly, EVERYONE wants to drive round the Holgate Windmill roundabout.
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At 18th Oct 2012, SkarloeyLine wrote:³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ unveils its next smash hit: The Great British Take-Off.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:How did it ever leave the earth's atmosphere at that speed?
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At 18th Oct 2012, TheSamePeopleAlwaysGetPicked wrote:What's black & white and red all over?
That shuttle if it doesn't stop for pedestrians at the marked crossing!
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At 18th Oct 2012, grazvalentine wrote:Don't cross until you see the little green man... oh here he comes now!
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At 18th Oct 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:You mean this is not the Kennedy Space Center?
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At 18th Oct 2012, Polly S wrote:Deploy chutes!!!! DEPLOY CHUTES!!!!!!!!!!!
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At 18th Oct 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Say, Errol, you aint bin buyin' things on eBay agin, have you?
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At 18th Oct 2012, Jason wrote:The new Ford Galaxy was finally living up to its name
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At 18th Oct 2012, Polly S wrote:Nasa bitterly regretted allowing someone from Hot Gossip "to have a go"
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At 18th Oct 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Yeah, it managed to land itself even after Felix had jumped
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At 18th Oct 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a bit of both, a sort of shuttle-cock.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Mr Snoozy wrote:"What's causing this tail back? God-damned Sunday drivers!"
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At 18th Oct 2012, Ade wrote:Neil Armstrong requested that his funeral be a low-key affair.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Mike wrote:Thelma was just gonna LOVE what Billie-Ray picked up at the Car-Boot Sale.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Mr Snoozy wrote:I never knew NASA stood for Needs Adequate Solid Asphalt!
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At 18th Oct 2012, Candace9839 wrote:we're going to need a bigger wheel clamp.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Tremorman wrote:Shuttle blocks
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At 18th Oct 2012, abz wrote:Hey, it's LA, just chill and give me some space man.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Chris_A wrote:No Lewis! When I said go and fetch Endeavour, I meant Morse; he's in the pub.
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At 18th Oct 2012, RampagingRabbit wrote:Channel Tunnel bosses blame Civil Servant miscalculations over procurement of Le Shuttle.
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At 18th Oct 2012, BinarySpeaking wrote:LA showcases one of this years X-Factor USA competition phone-in prizes.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Martin Walter wrote:A quick lick of red paint and Boris was all ready to unveil his brand new Double-Decker for London
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At 18th Oct 2012, MagnumCarter wrote:Meanwhile, at Cape Canaveral, NASA begins work on a really, really long ladder.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Darren Hill wrote:NASA pays homage to the BA "Down Your Street" advert
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At 18th Oct 2012, Chris_A wrote:Well Mr. Tracey, Virgil is in the cockpit and Gordon is waiting to deploy Thunderbird 4
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At 18th Oct 2012, RampagingRabbit wrote:At the press launch for Fantasy Island 2020, a TV studio unveils the plane, the plane!
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At 18th Oct 2012, Alvin Olaf wrote:Photographic evidence suggests Chris Huhne HAD been returning from the airport
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At 18th Oct 2012, RampagingRabbit wrote:Gulliver reveals secret of his success at Lilliputian badminton championships
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At 18th Oct 2012, Mark S wrote:LA : the final frontier...
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At 18th Oct 2012, Chris_A wrote:A Drax Industries Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked and James Bond, agent 007, uncovers a plot to make the rest of the roads in L.A. unserviceable.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Alvin Olaf wrote:The Captain smiled to himself. None of the crowd waiting at the traffic lights was tall enough to wash THIS windscreen.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:As William Shatner walked into the cockpit, he said "Now, what did I come in here for?"
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At 18th Oct 2012, MagnumCarter wrote:Multiple reports of spaceship sightings in LA bring medical marijuana laws into question
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At 18th Oct 2012, Vicky S wrote:.. but once Ryanair, swiftly followed by the other carriers, realised they could cut costs still further by avoiding airport landing fees altogether, the need for a third runway at Heathrow disappeared overnight. Of course it didn't do anything for queues on the M25.
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At 18th Oct 2012, penny-farthing wrote:The City of Los Angeles Highway Department unveils its latest sanitation truck.
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At 18th Oct 2012, AKA wrote:'I believe a new runway at Gatwick could be affordable, practical and give passengers a greater choice of routes to key markets,' said airport chief executive Stewart Wingate.
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At 18th Oct 2012, GuitarKate wrote:Fed up with being called an obese version of Concorde, the shuttle tried to sneak into an LA slimming clinic.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Martin Walter wrote:But are you sure Gatwick's second runway needs to be this long?
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At 18th Oct 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:I never knew Craig Charles and his Red Dwarf crew were so popular in America
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At 18th Oct 2012, essexbeancounter wrote:LA home owner regrets leaving the landing light on
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At 18th Oct 2012, essexbeancounter wrote:NASA landing again fails to find signs of intelligent life
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At 18th Oct 2012, johnc wrote:When I tap the dashboard, I want you to deploy the chutes and bring the vehicle quickly and safely to a stop.
Thank you. I won't ask you to do that again.
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At 18th Oct 2012, scriveyn wrote:74 years on, preparations are under way for the re-enactment of Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds.
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At 18th Oct 2012, johnc wrote:On Discovery tonight, Extreme Soap Box Racers.
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At 18th Oct 2012, Martin Walter wrote:After Richard Branson's flagship Virgin Galactic comes arch-rival EasySpace
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