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Evening News Caption Competition Monday 29 June, 2009

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Published Date: 29 June 2009
What have John Swinney and Jim Murphy got to say to each other?



Enter our caption competition at edinburghnews.com and tell us what you think. You'll need to register if you've not posted a comment on the website before but it only takes a few 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.

Friday's winner
"You . . . COMPLETE me . . ."
Skip McClendon

Runners-up..
"... and when I snap my fingers you'll wake up and back me as Prime Minister."
Sarcasm

"Don't tell him Jack, but I've tied Alistair Darling's shoelaces together."
Grover D Pomegranate

Weekly winner
EmzJ wins for: "Oh no, Your Highness, I can assure you everybody loves it when you do that Full Monty dance."

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. Weekly winners must be free to collect their prize from the Evening News office. There is no cash/voucher equivalent prize.





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1

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:44:40
John Swinney and Jim Murphy's faces? All I can see is a vase.
2

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:44:59
And this is how the Eskimos kiss, Jim
3

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:46:04
John and Jim enjoyed recreating the spaghetti scene from "The Lady and the Tramp"
4

Douglas,

Bathgate 29/06/2009 09:46:34
And what do you do?
5

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:46:46
And then, at that crucial moment, the photographer ran out of film
6

nom nom nom,

29/06/2009 09:47:04
"and then Zidane headbutts Materazzi, just like this"...
7

Douglas,

Bathgate 29/06/2009 09:47:28
I'm telling you John you look more like a Rory Bremner version of yourself every day.
8

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:48:16
The Edinburgh Hair Clinic was very proud of its before-and-after photographs
9

Douglas,

Bathgate 29/06/2009 09:49:03
It's great eh? Not a journalist to be seen since Jackson died.
10

Douglas,

Bathgate 29/06/2009 09:50:24
Not a lot to work with here.
11

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:50:42
Jim Murphy was a brilliant Sinatra impersonator ... apart from the voice
12

blackley,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:51:21
"I say I say I say." "What do you say?" "I say we've both got the same tie on." "I don't wish to know that. Kindly leave the stage."
13

Douglas,

Bathgate 29/06/2009 09:51:46
I've been watching you across the chamber you know. Fancy slipping off for a drink and a bite?
14

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:52:01
Hang on, how come all the outfitters in Edinburgh only sell Tory shirts?
15

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:52:58
Not only that, but we're even funnier than Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones ... unintentionally, of course
16

Douglas,

Bathgate 29/06/2009 09:52:59
I see that old nutter Connery's at it again.
17

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:53:33
And remember - it's Swinney, not Swine-y
18

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:54:06
The very next day, Jim Murphy went down with a bad case of Swinney Flu
19

blackley,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:54:16
Thank goodness we both had the garlic Kievs!
20

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:55:02
The two of them joked, Jim unaware that John had set fire to the bottom of his jacket
21

Douglas,

Bathgate 29/06/2009 09:55:49
The spirit of revival is in the air as C & A are relaunched.
22

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:56:05
Jim insisted on the photographs being taken indoors after being blinded by the sun glinting off the top of John's head
23

blackley,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:57:06
Right, Murphy, last one with his snout in the trough's a cissy!
24

blackley,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:58:32
Oy! You pair! Get them buses out!
25

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 09:58:42
Stewart Stevenson was to have been here too, Jim, but his bike fell apart again
26

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 10:01:19
The person who chooses the pictures for the Caption Competition chooses something safe, after his wife becomes suspicious of the number of photographs of Nicola Sturgeon he's published

Like #24
27

A Clamper,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 10:23:48
A wee word of advice Jim. Always wash your whites separately.
28

Francis Murphy,

balerno 29/06/2009 10:40:15
If you ever lose your job Murphy you could always rent that nose out as a ski slope!
29

Francis Murphy,

balerno 29/06/2009 10:42:53
If we stand back to back Swinney we'd make the perfect pick axe.
30

Francis Murphy,

balerno 29/06/2009 10:48:38
Swinney =====Have you got a cold?
Murphy =====No, my nose runs in the family!
31

Francis Murphy,

balerno 29/06/2009 10:54:38
Murphy ----They want me for a film.
Swinney ---What films that,Captain hook?
32

Francis Murphy,

balerno 29/06/2009 10:59:09
Murphy ---I'm off.
Swinney----I wondered what the smell was.
33

Francis Murphy,

Balerno 29/06/2009 11:14:46
Look what happened to Stewart Stevenson when he asked for a new position in transport!
34

Sarcasm,

29/06/2009 11:34:57
OK, I'll stop calling you Gonzo if you quit the Scooter reference.
35

Fredster.,

29/06/2009 11:51:59
Ooh Behave!!!
36

Fredster.,

29/06/2009 11:55:29
So what is that intoxicating smell? Oh its my new aftershave come close and smell it!
37

reincarnated,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 13:15:10
Swinney "I got a new calculator for my birthday. Can't wait to learn how to use it".
38

Niddire View ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 14:28:11
"Have you heard,we're gonna be the new Cagney and Lacey"
39

Niddire View ,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 14:29:04
"I can hold my stomach in more than you can,want a bet?"
40

Francis Murphy,

balerno 29/06/2009 14:35:19
In the battle for reelection Murphy beat Swinney by a nose!
41

LustForLeith,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 15:06:08
Who said conjoined twins didn't have a laugh?
42

Cookybaby,

edinburgh 29/06/2009 15:58:13
AYE ! That IS a threat.
43

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 19:23:18
"Never wash your shirt with your tie"
44

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 19:24:06
"Fancy a quick foxtrot"
45

UserNameTaken,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 22:12:38
Honestly John, SlimFast instead of main meals.

You should try it sometime!
46

EDIN LAD,

EDINBURGH8 29/06/2009 22:39:06
i told you jim to pay your expenses bill
47

jack jarvis,

oxgangs 30/06/2009 00:47:34
"Here Jim, I just let rip when we went out the door and that guy behind's gonna smell it!"

*both giggle like 8 year olds*

 

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