This is late in coming. . .

. . . but the final Caption Contest winner was Grace! Congrats! :-)

Caption contest, and An Announcement.

Only a few caption entries this week. I think I picked a photo that didn't lend itself well to this kind of thing. . . too many faces, too much stuff going on, I guess. 

And I am going to give this contest a break for a while. . . Janette, you were 100% right. ;-) This series is getting tired. It was fun for a little while, but the novelty has now worn off. . . And besides, it makes me feel guilty when there's only "caption contest" stuff, and no substantial posts. Even if I don't get the time to publish "epic", high quality posts regularly, that doesn't mean that I'm going to clutter up this space with relatively inconsequential offerings. All or nothing. Quality, not quantity, and all that.

And I am working on the next post in my literary adaptations series. . . it'll be up later this week, I promise. :-) In fact, it's all written out, I just need to type it up and get some photos together. . . tomorrow afternoon.

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1. Miss Browning: "Now, I think we should form a 'Red Hat Society' here in Hollingford."

2. Miss Browning (whispered to Hyacinth): "You really must get Molly some more fashionable clothing. She's the only one without a cloak or an elaborately ribboned hat - I'm afraid she rather sticks out like a sore thumb."

3. Molly (to herself): "Humph. Maybe I should invite Hyacinth's brother-in-law Onslow over for tea with the Miss Brownings. That would take my 'dear mama' down a peg or two!"

4. Miss Browning: "Did I mention that I am purchasing a cow from a local farmer, I always thought it was a very elegant sort of animal." Molly Gibson (low voice) "Very elegant." Miss Phoebe: "You didn't tell me that you were purchasing a cow."

Friday Caption Contest (a day late - sorry!)

Elvira Evans: "Will you please inform Miss Shirley, Mr. Harris, that I am not speaking to her?"

Congratulations to Elisabeth for winning this week's contest!

Now, the new picture - an over-abundance of bonnets:

Molly Gibson, Cynthia Fitzpatrick, Hyacinth Gibson,  Miss Browning, and Miss Phoebe - Wives and Daughters

Caption Contest: voting now open

L-r: Elvira Evans,  Morgan Harris and Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel

There were some very funny entries this week. :-D  

1. Anne Shirley: "Well if you will not dance with us we will most certainly turn up our noses at you..."

2. Morgan Harris: "Ladies, must you drag me into this?"

3. Elvira Evans: "Will you please inform Miss Shirley, Mr. Harris, that I am not speaking to her?"

4. Elvira: "Harris, don't tell me that girl over there is THE Miss Shirley who wrote that outrageous piece of fiction with romance and baking soda in it!?!?"

5. Morgan: "I know, I'm still trying to decide which I want to dance with."

6. Morgan: "Hm. The temperature of the room between these two cold ladies is positively arctic!"

7. Morgan: "Where's Katherine Brooke when you need her?!"

8. Anne: "And, Mr. Harris, if you would so kindly tell Miss Evans that my name is spelled with an *e*, I would be most indebted to you!" 

9. Morgan: "Please tell me I am not in the middle of these two!"

10. Morgan: "The best thing to do is to ignore them, So I stay out of trouble!!"

11. Morgan: "Come now ladies, we can't ALL be like Mr. Darcy and take a bath in the nearest lake!"

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Friday Caption Contest

Congrats to my sister Naomi, for winning this week's caption contest!

Albert: "Well if you want my advice on marriage, marry someone very handsome, possibly a man with a slight moustache, someone who dresses very well, oh - blue coats definitely, someone who wears blue, and someone who's very smart indeed. Come to think of it that sounds just like me. Just a suggestion."

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The new picture. . . 

Unknown Woman (can't remember her character's name! Help!?!) Morgan Harris (Frank Converse) and Anne Shirley (Megan Follows), Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel

Caption contest: voting now open

This week's entries:

1. "I just don't understand why you allow the dog to court you, and not me?" 

2. "Would you like me to take the ball so you can hold my hand? ...Well, it was just a suggestion." 

3. "If you don't want holes in your flower bed, maybe you should put your dog on a leash."

4. Albert: "Well I was thinking, if we brought in coffee everyone would think it more modern." Victoria: "Nope, tea or nothing."

5. "My dog likes top hats just as much as balls..." 

6. Victoria: *sighing* "What is it it Albert?"
Albert: "Well we could make this play..." *mumbles* "Called the play of Prince Albert and co." 
Victoria: *gasps* "And who am I!?"

7. Albert: "You might not know that I'm the tallest in my family..."

8. Victoria says knowingly/semi quiet: "I wouldn't hold my hand out like that if I were you."
Albert still rambling on: "I also am good at...What? Why?"
Victoria: "Me precious pup is staring at it and is ready to pounce."

9. Albert: "I have to keep my head perfectly tilted or my hat will fall off!"

10. Albert: "Throw that ball, so your darling dog would go away. I mean that in a respectable way of course. I'm sure she must be longing to chase after it!"

11. Albert: "I say, old girl, perhaps you could throw that ball for the dear dog and then you could concentrate on what I'm trying to explain..."
Victoria: *to herself* "I'm the old girl and the dog is the dear . . . . I should have known."

12. Victoria: *to herself* "If I throw this ball on his hat, maybe he'll stop talking . . . ."

13. Albert: "You know, the problem with carrying a ball around is that you might drop it into a pond. And then you might meet a frog...who asks you to kiss him...who's actually a handsome prince..."
Victoria: "And what's wrong with that?"

14. Albert: "If you do decide to throw that ball, you might want to take care not to throw towards the petunias. They are, somewhat, delicate little things."

15. Victoria whispers: "I'd like to shove this ball right down his throat!"

16. Albert: "Well if you want my advice on marriage, marry someone very handsome, possibly a man with a slight moustache, someone who dresses very well, oh - blue coats definitely, someone who wears blue, and someone who's very smart indeed. Come to think of it that sounds just like me. Just a suggestion."

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Thanks to everyone who entered!

Now, vote, vote, vote! Poll is on the sidebar. >>>

Friday Caption Contest

"I don't know about you, but I'm finding this place very spooky. I don't suppose you could hold my hand?"

Congratulations to my darling little sister, Grace, for winning last week's contest! (Sorry if I embarrassed you there, Grace. . . I love you! :-) 

This week's picture, thanks to Ana's suggestion (thanks, Ana!). BTW, if at anytime any of you have an idea for a picture that you think would work well for this weekly contest, please let me know. I'm open to suggestions!

Prince Albert (Rupert Friend) and Princess (Queen-to-be) Victoria (Emily Blunt), The Young Victoria

Caption Contest: voting now open

1. Mr. Collins: "I don't know about you, but I'm finding this place very spooky. I don't suppose you could hold my hand?"

2. "No, you don't think. . . Impossible. . . I never would have guessed."

3. Mr. Collins: "Stare at the camera, not me! You're freaking me out with that stare of yours."

4. Mr. Collins: "Please don't tell me you're staring at a spider that's crawling up my shoulder!"

5. Lizzy: "Uh. . . Mr. Collins, your eyebrow is crooked."

6. Lizzy: "What are you saying?!?!?"
Mr. Collins: "You should have warned me about this!"

7. Lizzy: "Hold still. I see something very tiny on your head there."
Frozen Mr. Collins: "If it's not much trouble, perhaps you could remove it?"

8. Mr. Collins: "I know, I know, I know, I know. . . "
Lizzy: "What are you staring at?"

9. Lizzy: "WHAT did you just say?!?"

10. Lizzy: "What did. . . "
Mr. Collins: "Look straight ahead, dear cousin! This is a top secret mission for Lady Catherine! No one is supposed to know that we even know each other!"

11. Lizzy: "Mr. Collins, the rum is gone."

12. "Do not look now, Miss Elizabeth, but Lady Catherine de Bourgh is looking in this direction."

13. "No, look, seriously, I swear they're looking right at us!"

14. "Don't look now my dear cousin, but I believe someone is taking a picture of us."

15. Mr. Collins: "Who is that old lady over there?!"
Lizzy: "That's my mother!"

16. Lizzy: "Don't be nervous, Mr. Collins. It's only a ball."

Mr. Collins: "A ball. A wicked wasteful use of time. . . May I have the next dance?"

17. Lizzy: "Do you dance, Mr. Collins?"

Mr. Collins: "Not if I can help it."

18. Mr. Collins: "I want to warn you in advance, dear cousin. If people start staring and laughing at us while we dance, bear in mind that they are not laughing at you - I haven't danced for some time and I might be a bit out of practice."

19. Mr. Collins: "My dear cousin Elizabeth, you don't suppose you could move more to your left? That lady over there is staring at me with a very disturbing expression. It's quite unsettling!"

20. Mr. Collins: "Lizzy! Sit up straight, don't stare, and for goodness' sake don't trip! It's Lady Catherine!"

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Friday Caption Contest

And the winner is. . . Elisabeth! Congratulations!

"Strictly in confidence of course, my dear!"

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And now, time for this weeks picture:

Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) and Mr. Collins (Tom Hollander), Pride & Prejudice 2005

Remember, you can enter as many different captions as you like.

Friday Caption Contest: voting now open

1. "Leave one for me!"

2. Mrs Bennet: "Who of all people told you that?? It certainly wasn't my Mr Bennet!"

3. Mrs. Bennet: "And you see Jane gets all her looks from me." "Is that true?" Mrs. Bennet: "Yes," "Gracious the poor girl." Mrs. Bennet: "Why?" "She'll have trouble with nerves before you know it."

4. "I'll tell you what she's doing. She's rejecting Mr. Collins just to vex me. Everyone always takes such pains to vex me. But then I never complain!"

5. "Strictly in confidence, of course, my dear..."

6. "What are you all staring at?!"

7. Mrs. Bennet: "And would you believe what she did then!"

8. "Don't look now, but I have the strangest feeling I'm being watched..."

9. "And then, of course, there's Mr. Darcy. Some people say he's very handsome indeed, but no! He's not nearly as handsome as Mr. Bingley, who's so in love with my dear Jane... Oh, Jane! I knew she could not be so beautiful for nothing!"

10. Mrs. Bennet: "...the little dwarfs and fairies hopping in and out of the flowers in the garden...oh what a sight to be seen!"

11. "At that moment, I thought, 'It would be a miracle if Andres Iniesta could break through the Netherlands' defense . . .'"

12. Mrs. Bennet: "Nobody thinks about how much food they eat nowadays. As you can see I have a VERY modest amount."

13. "And then he had told us that he had met Mr. Bingley that very morning! He does such things just to provoke my nerves, but what a fine joke!"

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Poll is on the sidebar>>>

Remember, you can vote for as many different entries as you like!

Friday Caption Contest

Mrs. Bennet the centre of attention (Pride and Prejudice 1995).

Comment away! Remember, you can enter as many captions as you like.

Friday Caption Contest - except it isn't Friday. . .

*Sigh* - Sorry this is a couple of days late! I accidentally set the poll to finish a while after it was supposed to finish. . .

Congratulations to Marian, for winning this week's caption contest! :-) Feel free to use one of these buttons on your blog, if you want to: here, here, and here.

Mrs Palmer, whispering: "Alas, I'm afraid Mr Palmer is addicted to the World Cup! He's been glued to the TV for weeks..."

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And now I'm going to give the contest a break - but only for a few days - I'll post a new picture on Friday.

It's that time of week again. . .

Poll is on the sidebar! >>> 

Remember, you can vote for as many entries as you like.

1. Mr Palmer: "You have problems. . . [pause] . . .a serious one!"

2. "I could swear the papers are faking...who ever heard of a two-headed Chihuahua?"

3. "You said WHAT?"

4. "Well, Charlotte, I can't tell you what's in the news if you won't stop talking long enough to let me read it!"

5. Mrs Palmer, whispering: "Alas, I'm afraid Mr Palmer is addicted to the World Cup! He's been glued to the TV for weeks..."

6. "Ugghhh!!! When will she ever stop talking?? This is the eighth time I've tried to read this paragraph without getting interrupted!"

7. "Can anything you could conceivably have to say be of more import than what I read in this paper, my dear?"

8. "Excuse me but does the music have to be THAT loud?!? You know I'm trying to read!!"

9. "What is it? Can't you see I'm immersed in affairs of the utmost importance."

10. "My dear wife just because its the latest fashion does not mean that it suits YOU!"

11. 'Excuse me? Charlotte did what? I can read it on the 7th page!?' - Mr Palmer.

12. "I would suggest that you leave me to my reading in peace. What you don't know, is that I know Kung Fu!"

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Once again, wonderful contributions from everyone. :-)

Friday Caption Contest

I am very pleased to announce that this week's winner is. . . Guitargirl, for her hilarious reference to a certain incident involving Kanye West and Taylor Swift. 

Congratulations, Guitargirl! And a big thank you to everyone who entered. Thanks, guys! 

"Yo Harriet. I'm really happy for you and I gonna let you finish, but Emma is one of the best painters of all time."

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I am trying to reduce my usage of LOLs and smilies (they contribute to global warming!!), but now would seem an appropriate time to insert one or two well-deserved LOLs. . . 

LOL!!! LOL LOL LOL :-D 

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Ahem. And now, time for this week's picture.

Hugh Laurie as poor Mr. Palmer, in Sense and Sensibility 1995.

Poll not working?

One or two people have said that the poll has been playing up, and they have had difficulty trying to vote. I don't know what could be wrong - if you have trouble voting, please leave a comment.

Voting now open!

*Sighs*. . . I feel guilty. For the last week or so, I have posted precious little that isn't related to this caption contest-thingy. Then again, perhaps I should be grateful that I came up with the idea for this thing in the first place, because if I hadn't, there probably would have been even less new posts here lately. Oh well. . . 

But I really must say thank you to you all - the response to this caption contest has been wonderful, much bigger and more enthusiastic than I expected. :-)

This week's entries:

1. Mr. Elton: "You've made my nose too big!"

2. "It's lovely, really! Really. Er...what is it?"

3. "Um, and it's supposed to be what exactly?"

4. "Yo Harriet. I'm really happy for you and I gonna let you finish, but Emma is one of the best painters of all time."

5. Mr Elton: "Ew,What is THAT!" Harriet: "Oh, I'm just painting what I feel!"

6. Mr. Elton.: "You can never get his nose right!!!"

7. "And I suspect that to the left is ah, let me guess? A tree? Ah I see it now. You may Miss Smith improve by taking Miss Woodhouse's excellent tutorledge. Now let us go see what beauty Miss Woodhouse has captured on her easel!"

8. Mr. Elton: "That bush looks funny, the cows look funny. Why not paint a picture of me? After all I'm so much more paintalistic and I'm good for posing!" Harriet smith whispers: "Yeah right! He's like soooooooo not!"

9. Mr Elton: "You've got that wrong...and that...and that!" Harriet: "Would you like to take the paint brush?" Mutters "know-it-all"

10. "I'm afraid you colored outside the lines there..."

11. "You should have put a bigger nose on him!"

12. Mr Elton: "What is that"? Harriet: "A self portrait of course!" Mr Elton "Oh yes yes...See with that hair, I thought it was a poodle"!

13. "Oh dear! Uh... Are you SURE that's the color you want to use?!"

14. Harriet: "Oh dear, a blank canvas is so daunting!" Mr. E: "Just start - here!"

15. Mr Elton: "A portrait of Miss Woodhouse and...Mr Knightley?!!" Harriet: "I know; isn't he handsome?"

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See the poll on my sidebar to vote. Remember, you can vote for more than one caption!

Friday Caption Contest

And last week's winner is. . .

Elinor Dashwood, of Hooks and Needles! Congratulations!

Feel free to put this button on your blog, if you wish. :-)

And now, time for this week's picture. . . 

Mr. Elton (Blake Ritson) and Harriet Smith (Louise Dylan) from Emma 2009

Once again, please leave a comment to enter your caption!

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And dear readers, I'm sorry I haven't posted much this week. I have a couple of ideas for posts. . . but I know that once I start writing on one of these topics, I'll find it hard to stop, and will end up spending hours punching away on my laptop - and I don't have the time or energy for that right now, LOL! Sometime this week, I promise. . . 

Caption contest: time to vote!

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed!! I said I'd pick the six entries I liked the best, but I've ended up including them all - they were all too good. ;-)

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1. Mad Cow Disease - The Beginning.

2. "Yeah, I dress my human. She seems to need it."

3. Cow: it's not my fault she has no life companions. . .

4. Cow Fashion show, Winner gets to pose for the next "Chik-fil-a" Calendar.

5. "This cow is like a daughter to me!"

6. Mrs. Forrester: "What's the matter, Bessie dearest?" Bessie (to herself): "Those buttercups - they look soo delicious! Oh! If only I could talk human!!"

7. Mrs. Forrester: "At least I don't look like my cow!"

8. Mrs. Forrester: "...And we've been happily married ever since!"

9. "She's a little too big for the baby carriage, so I have to walk her around on a rope."

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Vote ahead! See the right-hand side of screen to vote for your favourites. You may choose more than one entry. Voting closes on 2nd July 4:00 am, AEST (whatever time that may be in whatever part of the world you're in!).

Friday caption contest!

A lot of other bloggers have been having caption contests lately. I thought it would be fun to have one here at Ribbons of Light.

Each week (hopefully every Friday), I'll post a picture. Then it will be your turn to think up the funniest, wittiest caption you can. Entries will be open for all of Friday and Saturday (Australian time, LOL! Probably Thursday evening - early Saturday morning in America). After entries close, I'll pick the six captions that make me laugh the most. :-) Then I'll create a poll for those six, and you can vote for whichever caption you thought was the best. Winner is announced the next Friday, at which point there will also be a new picture to post captions for! Make sense? I hope I wasn't too confusing. . .

Now, lets get started! This week's picture. . .

Mrs. Forrester (Julia McKenzie) and her "Bessie Dearest" :-)