Caption Competition!

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Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2011-08-02 00:58
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I came across this image and thought it ideal for starting a Caption Competition with!

At least one looks slightly perturbed at having candles in her hair: what thinketh they?  Answers on a postcard, please, to....

Submitted by Suefan on Tue, 2011-08-02 09:13
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Hey Flick, this thing's starting to get on my wick!

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2011-08-02 22:53
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Good one SF! You wonder what the Health and Safey guys would say now. I haven't seen that routine yet - was it real candles, or bulbs?

Submitted by mojo2007 on Wed, 2011-08-03 09:33
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I can tell you that are not candles from my school play days. Not only would they be dangerous but the slightest movement puts them out. They may have been battery powered but likely to be too heavy. I suggest they are on long mains leads, as used in 1930's musicals when dancing with lite up violins and other stunning dances

Submitted by panfan on Wed, 2011-08-03 10:28
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Yes, real candles would have been a no no!  They all look like electric ones!

Submitted by Suefan on Wed, 2011-08-03 10:21
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I think the routine is still on OFTD although I haven't checked recently.  It is a very sedate dance but with the dry ice used to create the impression of a frosty cold garden it is difficult to tell how the electric lights are being powered.  Perhaps Sue might remember.  Poor girl - she is going to be busy racking her brains with all these questions.

Submitted by Lee and Mary Fan on Wed, 2011-08-03 20:11
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I just love Marys expression, I think the girls are thinking - How could Flick do this to us!!.

Wonderful picture.

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2011-11-01 23:01
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Any more entries?!

Submitted by mojo2007 on Wed, 2011-11-02 07:26
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Another bright idea from the costume department !

Submitted by cornershop15 on Wed, 2011-11-02 08:33
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I've just watched that routine again - for I Only Have Eyes For You - and discovered this was the second version (Christmas 1975).  I had thought it was Lee and Mary's debut. The original must be yet another lost performance. We can only hope there's a copy of it somewhere.

Anyway, the routine and caption remind me of a photograph that's been in my collection for years. Was Flick influenced by this tradition?:  

Lucia Queen, 1931

The blonde girl who acted as this year's Lucia Queen and rode through the streets of Stockholm wearing a crown of candles. The Swedish Christmas tradition dates back to Roman times and derives from the legend of Santa Lucia.

(Photo by Aimberg Preinitz, Fox Photos, Getty Images)

Submitted by panfan on Wed, 2011-11-02 09:15
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That was interesting Cornershop. Maybe she was influenced by that or similar traditions. Certainly the presence of the wreath marches.

In your old photo (or further back in time) I imagine it _was_ real candles that were used...!

Lucia Queen - is the name Lucia derived from Lux (light), so it means Light Queen / Queen of Light?

Submitted by Rusty Carno on Sun, 2011-11-13 19:45
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Mary  "Are they really going to suspend Flick from that gantry with the long Butane lighter?"

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Rusty

Submitted by Andy on Sun, 2011-11-13 19:54
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"I Said I was going to wear this"

Submitted by panfan on Wed, 2011-12-07 20:41
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I suppose Christmas would be as appropriate a time as any to close this particular competition!

Submitted by Gary on Fri, 2011-12-09 15:31
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Caption:

Ruth: "I heard the BBC was making cutbacks but not paying the electricy bill is ridiculous!"

Submitted by panfan on Sat, 2011-12-24 21:45
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Any last minute entries???

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2011-12-27 12:23
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I think the winner has to be SueFan with Hey Flick, this thing's starting to get on my wick!"

Well done Sue Fan, wish I had a prize for you!

Here's number two:

Why is Sue so shocked, pray tell?

Submitted by Suefan on Tue, 2011-12-27 14:53
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Thanks Panfan and that pic of Sue is a generous prize.  For a caption I offer:

Sue:  "Flipping heck, Flick.  I know your keen on a mixed troup but I do believe Lulu has a boy in her room!"

Submitted by andrzejgk on Thu, 2011-12-29 12:12
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We'll do the dancing, leave the singeing to others (like Sparks)!

 

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2011-12-27 14:59
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Great entry SueFan! That's stiff competition for everyone else!

Submitted by Rusty Carno on Thu, 2011-12-29 13:16
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"Floyd what on Earth did those London pigeons do to your hair today?"

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Rusty

Submitted by gibb1962 on Fri, 2011-12-30 19:07
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Did you hear that?!There's NO way i'm letting him in!

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Glenn

Submitted by digdog512 on Sun, 2012-01-01 18:41
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"Oh No!   not another of Tony Blackburn's jokes!"

Submitted by partner164 on Wed, 2012-01-04 17:18
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"I've never been so!........................................"

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2807

Submitted by Paperboyplod on Wed, 2012-02-29 19:06
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Not Jehovah's witnesses again!

I see that the screenshot is the Ruby Flipper version of "Let 'Em In", at about 2:40!

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Justin

Submitted by panfan on Sat, 2012-03-03 16:55
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Any more entries before we wrap this one up? If anyone has got a good image for the next, please let me know!

Submitted by panfan on Wed, 2012-03-07 23:08
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Who better to judge this caption comp but Sue:

They are ALL very amusing, and after much deliberation (!) 1st place goes to Suefan, with a very close 2nd to Gibb1962, which was also very funny ! Well done guys !

So well done Suefan - you've done it again!

 

Submitted by panfan on Wed, 2012-03-07 23:19
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Come on guys, don't let SueFan run away with winning these - give him some good competition!

Here's number 3:

 

(Thanks to Glenn for providing the screen cap.)

Submitted by Paperboyplod on Thu, 2012-03-08 08:35
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Why do I have to be a wallflower?

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Justin

Submitted by Suefan on Thu, 2012-03-08 16:36
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Yes indeed I'm well chuffed.  What a lovely honey bee that Sue Menhenick is.  I've always said so :)

Number 3:

Sue:  Come on Lulu.  This isn't going to hurt.  Well ok, it might just sting a bit.....

Submitted by gibb1962 on Sat, 2012-03-31 00:25
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Lulu:'Don't tell me to smile!I don't have to smile!I won't!!

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Glenn

Submitted by Rusty Carno on Sat, 2012-03-31 02:11
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Lulu, with a recent A-level in Biology,contemplates the imminent process of nectar ingestion and pollination by the largest but most graceful insect she has ever seen.

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Rusty

Submitted by partner164 on Tue, 2012-04-17 15:08
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I look so stupid I wish the ground would open up and swallow me!

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2807

Submitted by Suefan on Wed, 2012-04-18 17:01
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If I am permitted another go:

Lulu:  "I know I've just past my test Sue but your not getting under my bonnet and that's final!"