Bonus cash prize offered for captions on an upcoming photo

Cash Prizes
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I’ve recently heard from a member of the site who’s willing to offer a cash prize for captions on his photo:

Anything goes, risqué is fine, as are references/allusions to illegal motoring in whatever way. I could offer £10 to one ‘entrant’ picked randomly from all of those who make a submission, which may be an incentive for more input. plus £15 for best entry, if that sounds good.

I’m happy to either send cash direct to winners.

If you’d like to see this happen, please upvote the following photo in the Pending Photos list

caption competition

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Thanks for doing this Chris (I'm the member who requested it), and thanks to everyone who upvotes the pic - I'm looking to make a poster with a good slogan/caption/witty words and am certain that someone on here will come up with something awesome.

I'm looking forward to seeing enough upvotes to get the ball rolling and hopefully we will have a result we can market to the public.

Cheers!

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I saw the message and thought it may be some sort of scam but with Chris’ blessing done. It looks as if it’s now coming up soon….Mmmm…what am I going to put that tenner towards???

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11th hour suggestion Mark, but perhaps you should award the £15 to the best caption and £10 to the caption of your choice. Reason being it’s a possibilty that the best caption as selected by the Captioneers could have greater relevance within this community (be an in-joke of sorts) and not be the best option for your project. If this were to happen, the tenner could go to the caption that best suits your purpose. Just a thought.

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Hi James.

That sounds better. Happy to go along with that. What if the best caption is also my choice though? Would that be £25 to one member?

But yes, sounds perfect and if Chris approves we can go that way.

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Yep, quite possibly it could be 25 quid to one member, but if their caption meets both criteria then I have no problem with that. Barring some immediate divine inspiration I think I’ll fail on both counts, but thanks for the opportunity Mark.

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This is very funny but I can't work out what 'A*** D***** posters' means.

"Oh look darling, it's one of those 'A*** D***** posters', I can remember coming up with the slogan for that. Who would have thought it would have become as big as the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' range, making Mark Daly a millionaire. Oh well, at least I got my tenner"

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I’m liking the captions so far submitted. More stoner related ones welcome.

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The prize strategy is totally up to you Mark. Thanks very much for contributing to the appeal of our site. 

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Hi Mark. A*** d***** doesn’t actually mean anything. The idea is one of us inadvertently helps you to become a millionaire (without revealing the ‘genius slogan’!). It’s lame I know but I try to think outside the box (sometimes a little too far)! Anyway, I have half a bottle of gin and 1 hour until i’m summoned to bed so i’ll try and think of something good for you (although other captioneers are probably best placed to do so)! As Chris said, thanks very much for contributing to the site, I’m sure one of our talents will deliver for you! 

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Thank you, The Wolf, and to the members and admin. I'm glad I found you all as you are now my best hope for fame and fortune! Willing and able talent wasn't as readily available as I'd hoped - but now it appears I have found quite a bit of it going by the submissions so far made.

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Something in the style of Glen Baxter might work.

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I am very pleased with the quality and amount of submissions so far. I now have at least 50% of an idea, which is 100% more than I had before.

If I cannot complete the idea myself I will need more help, so anyone who wishes to subscribe to this thread may find another tenner on offer at some point.

My judgement in believing that I can create a successful poster product may be unsound, but my asking for help on here was a great decision which has already yielded substantial results.

I can't add more to the brief, as that would be unfair to those who have entered already, but this thread does contain clues as to what I'm looking for.

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The voting seems to have ended so time to announce the winner.

I say winner because the unlikely happened and one member, Stone face, garnered the most votes for their caption and also provided the best idea for me to work with.

The winning caption, which receives a £15 prize, was this:

" God damn Smithers, hurry it up. I must get to Lady Blithesworth soon.
And if I do get to her in this old, worn out, what's you call it, I'm going to.."

"Banger, sir."

"Steady on Smithers, it's our first date."

My choice was this:

"Oh I say, I do like being driven around by Watkins.
He's such a spliffing driver."

which receives a £10 prize, so if the deserving winner would like to pass me their PayPal email I'll send your £25 ASAP.

This has been a fruitful experience, and I've also had a bit of fun and got a few votes for my captions, which was nice. Thanks again to Chris for allowing me on here, and to all who participated. But this is not the end...

As I said earlier in the thread, I may need more help. Stone face's coining of the word "spliffing" is a perfect combo of old and modern and could even work as a one word caption with an exclamation mark perhaps. But I think we can do better. Given that we already have a skeleton idea - who can put some meat on it for me? If anyone would care to come up with something superb I will happily send a tenner to the first person whose caption I can use more or less as is, but obviously including the word "spliffing" or thereabouts.

Or, as a poster, please remember, would it work with just that word underneath? I may alter the image to be more illustrative of a spliff, so would this then be any good, does anyone think? I don't know - it seems kind of dramatic and amusing enough but maybe not quite that appealing for people to really want to buy. How about making it look like a real old advert - something like "Chillington's Cannabis Cigarettes - Spliffing!"?, but replacing the first three words with something good? Any suggestions welcome please. I could do a nice colour font or two to liven it up. But I think something like "Blankety Blank - Spliffing!" would work well - with the Blankety Blank bit being short and sweet.

I'm determined to get this done the in best way I can and it's getting closer, I feel. One more push and I think it will be cracked.

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Well that’s a nice suprise on a hungover sunday morn…Thanks very much Mark and you’ll be pleased to know am giving the money to Charity…After all, she’s a lovely girl and caters to all my need. She really does deserve a bonus…Cheers

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Congrats Stone Face! And thanks again to Mark Daly for supporting the site by offering bonus cash prizes

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I need to pay more attention to the forums! Well in Stone Face.

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Congrats Stone Face 

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Winner has their cash now - thanks again for everything, everyone.

I knew this would be a productive exercise and I am very pleased with the results.

Cheers!

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I think you made the right choice, Mark. Both good captions. Well done (again) stone face  :slight_smile: