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No Caption Compo This Week
Since nobody in the western hemisphere appears to stay in their home-country during Easter-week we’ll take a vow of non-captionata until next week.
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Til then -BE READY!
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[Theory] To Ply or Not To Ply
…That is the question!
Have you noticed how 2-ply toilet paper these days seems to be pretending it is 3-ply?
I’ve tried a few (but not a lot), and each brand seems to do the same. It is virtually impossible to begin unravelling just two plies (is that the correct plural?).
Instead, one ply is slightly longer and stuck to the end of the double-ply at the ‘beginning point’.
Therefore, one always begins by unravelling three plies instead of two.
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RESULTS FOR THE WEEK!
We have a winner for this week. In fact, we have more than one!
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[Captions] Vote for your favourite HERE
LET THE VOTING BEGIN!
Below is this week’s photo.
Below that are this week’s captions. Pick your favourite, then send a comment with the ‘winning number’.
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[Caption Compo] 1. Start At the Bottom
** TIME-UP COMPO LOCKED **
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Hello all, I am KAPTIONGOD!
THIS IS A TRIAL CAPTION-RUN to see if we can handle a weekly caption competition from here.
THING -STANLEY KUBRICK IN MY CURTAINS!
Picture the scene: Sunday morning -enjoying a dozy rest in the comfort of my own bed, while the children play and fight noisily with each other downstairs, I casually look up to the light straining through the window.
Who do I see there, peering through his camera lens?
Why, it’s only the greatest film director of all time (in my opinion), Mr. Stanley Kubrick himself!
THING -Gas Queries
A couple of years ago I went for a gastroscopy. Or was that a gastrectomy? …The one where they place a camera up yer bum, looking for the scenic route to Uranus. That one. I won’t go in to details, but I’ll just say that thankfully I got the all-clear afterwards. Anyway, I thought I’d share a little non-medical moment from that day…
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THEORY -Why the movie Brazil is called Brazil
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Terry Gilliam’s BRAZIL might divide the opinion of viewers, but just why is it called BRAZIL?
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THING -I hung my monitor
I was in PCWorld today and found a bracket that would allow me hang a monitor on my wall. 30euros. I would’ve been happy to pay 20, but I somehow managed to grit a smile as I handed over the full whack.
Anyway, to make a short story only slightly shorter, I came home and eagerly dug out my trusty toolbox, drill and meter-level.
Because the full bracket was in two parts and would be entirely behind the monitor, I had to take some measurements on the height of the bracket in relation to the height of the monitor itself.
Carefully I measured from the top of the monitor to the top of where the bracket was going. Then I measured the same distance on the wall and made two small markings (I used a felt-tip as I couldn’t find my pencil) and proceeded to drill. …Yes I used the level-meter to keep it straight!
Monitor placed! A perfect job well done! Not a bother!
…Except it was too high. Just by an inch or so.
I removed the screws & rawl plugs, placed the bracket lower, re-set the monitor and sat down to examine.
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