CAPTION CONTEST 14

THE WINNERS


Thanks to all that entered!


1."Sergeant, tell privates Jones and Smith to stop doing that!
They are not loudspeakers and they are not fooling the enemy!"

2."Tring to figure out how to use the flushing mechanism for the toilets
on the captured German ship proved quite challenging for these Tommies."

3."Captain Heinz was ready to unleash 57 varieties of hell"

4."Captain W. Heath Robinson had just found the inspiration he needed,
the rest, as they say, is history."

5."don't turn that valve up too high...I don't want my guys sucked up the pipe"...

6."Glad you blokes enjoyed the baked beans.
This new fume collector should do the trick. Just wait till Fritz sees the gas attack we have planned for them."

7."Gentlemen..ehm..we stand..ehm..and ..ehm..fight!"

8."If only those damn Yanks would just sell us some Helium we wouldn't have to go through all this."

9."Try as they might, it was just a pipe dream to think that this was a war to end all wars..."

10."Let’s give them hell, ready fires in the hole."

11."Britain's first attempt at producing poison gas."



THE ENTRIES

"On my signal unleash Hell"

Early in the war attempts to produce organic WMD's proved unsuccessful.

Engines 2 and 3 have full power. Engine 1 needs to clean himself up a bit.

try as they might,
it was just a pipe dream to think that this was a war to end all wars...

Where eagles daren't

"broadsword calling Danny Boy,
the pipes, the pipes are calling".....
this caption competition has gone for a Burton general

"Let’s give them hell, ready fires in the hole".

"Glad you blokes enjoyed the baked beans.
This new fume collector should do the trick.
Just wait till Fritz sees the gas attack we have planned for them."

"Britain's first attempt at producing poison gas."

"hold on you guys...I don't think this is where you submit a stool specimen"...

"how much longer before the regular latrine is fixed...my guys are primed and ready?"...

"these bidets are awesome"...

"make sure you have the pressure right before they take a seat"...

"don't turn that valve up too high...I don't want my guys sucked up the pipe"...

"Stop it, the pipes are overheated, the data collected say we're gone too fart!"

"Thar she blows"….

"Wait for it, wait for it……All together, NOW…..CHUFF!"

"The new British secret weapon…..Methane gas."

"Steady lads, steady. Now, after three….ONE…TWO…THREE"….

"Dear Mother, when I signed up for special duties I didn't expect this….
Dear Sister, please don't send me any matches….
Dear, Oh Dear, OH DEAR"…..

"Oi you there...put that cigarette out…do you want to kill us all!?"

"As there was a shortage of poison gas on the Western Front, other sources were sought."

"Left a bit, down a bit, up a bit, right a bit….FIRE…..
A little known fact...
the Golden Shot game show was based on an experiment during the Great War."

"Captain W. Heath Robinson had just found the inspiration he needed," the rest, as they say, is history."

"Number one company of The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band
were deployed to the Western Front in June 1916.

"Clench, clench, clench….and release"…..

"After a shaky start, and lots of practice,
Beethoven's 5th was soon 'wafting' over the Western Front."

"OK lads, assume the 'position'."

"Promotion to Trumpet Major wasn't as glamorous as it was made out to be."

"It wasn't exactly 'The Floral Dance', but it did smell of roses."

"Practice was going well, but F Major was proving difficult to master."

"I said one Ping only!!!!"

"If only those damn Yanks would just sell us some Helium we wouldn't have to go through all this."

"I'm sorry sir what was it you were saying again about NOT touching the Red Valve" "Turning the wheels of history / am Rad der Geschichte drehen"

"I thought I heard the Colonel crying 'March brave boys there's no denying'
Cannons roaring - drums abeating 'March brave boys there's no RETREAT'"

"Gentlemen..ehm..we stand..ehm..and ..ehm..fight!"

"Trying to figure out how to use the flushing mechanism for the toilets on the captured German ship proved quite challenging for these Tommies."

"Basic training for these guys included a war time version of musical chairs."

"The 2 volunteers didn't realize that they were going to be the test dummies
for the new human launch device weapon."

"Sir, I don't think this ship runs on Methane gas like you said."

"Is this the World War 1 version of the "Game of Thrones"?"

" Colonel Mustard thought this wheeze would be a real Gas!!"

"Captain Heinz was ready to unleash 57 varieties of hell"

" Sergeant, tell privates Jones and Smith to stop doing that!
They are not loudspeakers and they are not fooling the enemy! "