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Caption Competition - Friday August 29 2008



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Published Date: 29 August 2008
What is Marilyne MacLaren saying?
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Enter the Evening News caption competition and let us know. All you have to do is log on to edinburghnews.com and post your caption. You'll need to register if you've not posted a comment on the website before but don't worry, it only takes a matter of seconds.

We'll be featuring a selection of our favourite suggestions for today's picture in tomorrow's paper. At the end of the week, we'll also choose our favourite of the daily winners to receive a case of 24 bottles of Corona lager. So what are you waiting for, think of something funny. . .

Yesterday's winner
Proof the Lib Dems can't even clap in time
Rob Pendragon

And the runners-up are..
"Are you SURE that's Chris Hoy, Nicol?"
Skip McClendon

"I've never heard of me either."
DaveMack

If I've won this contest, how come I'm on the bottom part of the podium?
Euan Gregor

"Lib Dem supporters - go back to your constituencies and prepare for oblivion!"
Old Cartha Boy

"Aye, Nicol, he's making you look good already!"
Mike Bull


• This competition is open to readers aged 18 years and over. The weekly winner will be chosen by our judging panel. The editor's decision is final. Usual Evening News rules apply.




The full article contains 218 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.
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1

JulesF,

29/08/2008 08:32:32
If I try and look moody then maybe the evening news will use this picture in future !
2

JulesF,

29/08/2008 08:33:18
I've been waiting an hour for a ruddy tram !
3

JulesF,

29/08/2008 08:35:44
Right, you've made your point, now give me the key to this padlock !
4

Rob Pendragon,

29/08/2008 09:57:54
Why I don't just buy a torch I do not know
5

Rob Pendragon,

29/08/2008 09:58:26
Marilyne was just waiting for the tarring and feathering to start
6

Rob Pendragon,

29/08/2008 09:59:23
The photographer had had to lift Marilyne up and prop her against a lamp-post
7

Rob Pendragon,

29/08/2008 10:18:04
The Council erected cardboard cut-outs at all lamp-posts in an effort to cut down on kerb-crawling
8

alex paterson,

edinburgh 29/08/2008 10:36:38
I hope the Polis dont move me on by mistake.
9

alex paterson,

edinburgh 29/08/2008 10:37:24
Well, i need the money for my holidays.
10

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29/08/2008 10:38:26
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11

Rob Pendragon,

29/08/2008 10:49:48
To demonstrate her socialist tendencies, Marilyne was singing "I'm Lenin on a lamp-post"
12

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 10:56:42
MacLaren at bottom of the pole.
13

ken wilkinson,

Hull 29/08/2008 10:59:11
"After residents complained of smell Marilyne has chimney fitted to disperse her flatulence."
14

The Charlatan,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 11:08:24
There are far too many poles in Edinburgh.
15

Rob Pendragon,

29/08/2008 11:48:19
Takings had dropped drastically since Marilyne took over the pitch
16

alec splode,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 12:19:50
Local councillor caught red-handed graffiting lamp-post stubbornly refuses to let photographers see her handiwork.
17

Annon9999,

edinburgh 29/08/2008 12:22:58
I'm not winning this game....thats it im no playing!!!
18

livislosin,

29/08/2008 12:26:19
If only I had my ukelele.
19

"Hoots" Fandango,

29/08/2008 12:37:42
Marilyne agrees to be first councillor in space.
20

Douglas,

Bathgate 29/08/2008 12:37:49
So I said to him "why not stick an enormous broom to my back and I'll sweep the floor too".
21

Douglas,

Bathgate 29/08/2008 12:39:04
Scotland's least convincing George Formby tribute act has first gig.
22

Local Whiner,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 12:52:14
The lamp post was so colorful during the last election. It's time for another one.
23

Rob Pendragon,

29/08/2008 12:56:15
Marilyne MacLaren and Kate Moss pose for a photograph
24

Rob Pendragon,

29/08/2008 12:57:12
After the accident with her car, Marilyne was propping up the lamp-post until the photographer left
25

Rob Pendragon,

29/08/2008 12:57:52
The reporter misunderstood Marilyne's instructions on how to spell her name and printed it as Marilyn Withaney
26

Rob Pendragon,

29/08/2008 12:58:53
Marilyne was only prepared to do her Joan of Arc impression until the man with the matches turned up
27

Rob Pendragon,

29/08/2008 12:59:54
Marilyne had learnt never to put on your jacket when you're leaning against a lamp-post - she had been stuck there for two hours once
28

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29/08/2008 13:12:58
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29

A Friend of Fernando Poo,

29/08/2008 13:13:27
They can take my lamppost when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.
30

A Friend of Fernando Poo,

29/08/2008 13:17:18
A near miss as Marilyne tells them where they can put their new modern lampposts.
31

hibbywul,

29/08/2008 13:17:43
50 quid luv?
32

Hmmm!!!!,

29/08/2008 13:18:08
Marilyn misunderstood the photographers instruction of smile!
33

Hmmm!!!!,

29/08/2008 13:18:38
It's not all bad or perhaps for faceache MacLaren it is!
34

Hmmm!!!!,

29/08/2008 13:18:57
50p not even hibbywul!
35

Boy Wonder,

29/08/2008 13:21:01
I don't care what anyone says ... I KNOW I'm pretty!
36

Keith J Bell,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 13:30:47
Business is slow in Marchmont's new tolerance zone
37

Boy Wonder,

29/08/2008 13:39:56
Marilyne declares she has sultry looks that can kill!!!
38

Brian Ferrari,

29/08/2008 14:03:11
Quickly hiding her pen, Marilyn denies responsibility for the "MM for MP" appearing on Marchmont's lamp posts.
39

"Hoots" Fandango,

29/08/2008 14:16:27
A bird has shat on my ear.
40

Brian Ferrari,

29/08/2008 14:18:44
It may be just a lamp post, but it's MY lamp post
41

A Friend of Fernando Poo,

29/08/2008 15:02:43
Prop problems in new run of Florence Nightingale...
42

tomias,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 15:09:56
So there are going to be trams running down here !
43

Euan Gregor,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 15:26:38
MacLaren in pole position for Sunday's Edinburgh Grand Prix!
44

Euan Gregor,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 15:27:53
Organisers promise that the final firework lit on Sunday night should cause quite a bang!
45

Euan Gregor,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 15:30:25
They're not quite the same as the older ones are they? A bit greyer now. As for the lamp-posts...
46

Euan Gregor,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 15:31:47
Out of shot Fido the dog prepares to take aim!
47

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 17:45:37
Fortune teller surprised that tent blew away in high wind.
48

The Nearly Doctor,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 18:06:37
I'm leaning on a lamp-post at the corner of the street...
49

Douglas,

Bathgate 29/08/2008 18:45:49
Ex Sex Pistols manager in gender swap/career change sensation.
50

blackley,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 19:33:06
What d'ye mean it's no' a bus stop? I've been waiting here for two hours!
51

Dave Warren,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 20:54:28



For God's sake hurry up and cement the pole in - my
back's killing me !
52

Dave Warren,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 21:32:53


Very funny. Now who's the clown with the glue ?
53

Dave Warren,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 21:36:25


Very funny. I want you to meet a Pole
he says... very funny.
54

Dave Warren,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 21:37:23


There's a Pole in Marchmont Road I want you
to meet. Very funny indeed !
55

stevo.b,

edinburgh 29/08/2008 21:48:06
I told you those diet pills work,look, before and after.
56

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 29/08/2008 22:47:28
We can't afford to finish the rest of the fire station.
57

L Skywalker,

Edinburgh 30/08/2008 00:47:33
I'm here to collect your unpaid pole tax.
58

dig1mate,

Hull 30/08/2008 08:51:16
"I know this lamp post is behind me and will offer its full support"
59

Alan W Robertson,

Edinburgh 30/08/2008 12:01:10
Surely not another unflattering photograph again!
60

Dave Warren,

Edinburgh 30/08/2008 14:33:19


Well, Hullloooo therrr sailor.
61

Len Tillsupe ,

Edinburgh 30/08/2008 15:58:50

And you reckon this is how all modelling careers start?
62

Scotish Exile,

30/08/2008 20:58:21
.....after some business big boy...??
63

DaveMack,

Edinburgh 30/08/2008 23:30:00
Next for the Lib Dem chop? Come and get me if you think you're hard enough.
64

Len Tillsupe ,

--- Edinburgh 31/08/2008 17:19:57

See? I've shrunk an inch since last year.
65

Len Tillsupe ,

--- Edinburgh 31/08/2008 17:24:16

Yet another dizzy. That's the last time I start dating at my age.
66

Len Tillsupe ,

--- Edinburgh 31/08/2008 17:26:58

Look officer, do I really look like someone who would go around defacing lamp posts?
67

Len Tillsupe ,

--- Edinburgh 31/08/2008 18:14:33

It's the only way I can become world famous.... if I stand here long enough I'll be seen on the Google Earth maps!
68

Len Tillsupe ,

--- Edinburgh 31/08/2008 18:15:46

It's my way of achieving world fame officer... If I stand here long enough I'll be visible on Google Earth !
69

Len Tillsupe ,

--- Edinburgh 31/08/2008 19:11:47


I'm going to demand a refund from that internet dating service; I've been here since 2 o'clock !
70

Len Tillsupe ,

--- Edinburgh 31/08/2008 19:14:22

I'll go in the huff if I want to - it wasn't me who lost £100 on Hearts winning the league.

 

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