Caption Competition 5: Plumbing the depths

Make us laugh, win some bubbly - simple as that...

By silicon.com, 24 November 2006 12:00

This competition is now closed, below you can see the winning entries - and check out this week's Weekly Round-Up for our latest competition.

WINNER: "I don't care if he is only a cartoon character, you're lucky if you can get hold of any plumber these days"
Rob Falconer

2nd: "No, I said 'cheese and tomato sandwich, hold the MAYO'"
Mike Dee

3rd: "PS3 Marketeer gets ready for Guy Fawkes night"
Greg Smith

4th: Mario: "Err, you are aware that this is Wii release day?"
James Hewison-Carter

5th: Police release CCTV footage of violent assault - just seconds before the victim is bashed into a spinning golden coin!
Iain Worlock

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  1. 1. anonymous

    ...It wasn't until he turned round and looked at the screen that he realised quite how silly he looked...

  2. 2. anonymous

    ...and as he raised the trophy, this years winner of the Nintendo World championship is...

  3. 3. Spunky squirrel

    "Let go. Look I'm trying to save the world here. Let go, ...or I'll have to fart...." cried Mario in clear distress.

  4. 4. Gordon Mason

    "Pushy" dad says Son will become Major cartoon Character and bets £5,000 at 100-1 with Ladbrokes.

  5. 5. anonymous

    ...What do you mean, this ISN'T the dwarf-throwing contest?!...

  6. 6. anonymous

    Mario has a Wii on surprised Sony fan

  7. 7. Dan Walker

    "Hey! Lift-a me up higher, I can almost see the front of the queue..."

  8. 8. Steve Browning

    So this is where all the plumbers get to at the weekends.

  9. 9. Ian Harvey

    Saddam escapes sentence by use of prodigious disguise

  10. 10. Paul Shrimpton

    "The annoying little twerp being paraded above the heads of the unsuspecting Times Square crowds" turns out NOT to have been David Blaine after all......

  11. 11. I can't win I don't live in the UK, which isn't fair by the way.

    Man claims to have discovered the identity of the Round-Up

  12. 12. D Syed-Haq

    Joyful Americans celebrate once again as yet another Saddam Hussein clone is unearthed...

  13. 13. anonymous

    Here's our new line of Mario wigs...

  14. 14. Chris O'Prey

    Nintendo fan helps Mario look for Luigi's Wii...

  15. 15. Paul Ledbury

    Shortly after this photo was taken Mario gave the man a pat on the head then he had a wii on his hands.

  16. 16. anonymous

    Mario was extremely embarrased when his request for a Wii was broadcast on national television!

  17. 17. anonymous

    Ooi, give Saddam his toy back!

  18. 18. anonymous

    HE ain't heavy he's my (Super)Brother!!!

  19. 19. Steve Booth

    Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!

  20. 20. Mark Opolo

    Oh sweet Jesus........he'll never survive the big Body Slam!!!!!!!

  21. 21. anonymous

    wii are not amused

  22. 22. Fergus McLardy

    Give me a Wii or the Plumber gets it.

  23. 23. James Hewison-Carter

    Mario: Err, you are aware that this is Wii release day?

  24. 24. James Hewison-Carter

    Weeeeeee!!! Oh, sorry down there...

  25. 25. anonymous

    "I'm a celebrity - get me outta here!"

  26. 26. anonymous

    "He's a celebrity, chuck him out of here!"

  27. 27. Anthony Harrison

    No, it's no good - I still can't see what's on the next level.

  28. 28. anonymous

    Super Mario gatecrashes "Second Life" party and gets 'bounced'

  29. 29. Paul Kentish

    Swap you a super Mario for a PS3. Anyone?

  30. 30. George Hall

    Demonstration against new listening CCTV - "Can you hear this?" shouts Mario...

  31. 31. Max Kelly

    It's a boy!

  32. 32. Greg Smith

    PS3 Marketeer gets ready for Guy Fawkes night

  33. 33. Mike Dee

    No, I said "cheese and tomato sandwich, hold the MAYO".........

  34. 34. anonymous

    Aya Baldy! Getta you thumbs outta my arse!

  35. 35. anonymous

    After taking the day off work to wait in for the Plumber, he wasn't going to take any chances this time

  36. 36. anonymous

    even with his jumping prowess, Mario still needed help to win the Rugby lineout.

  37. 37. anonymous

    Dwarf man wishes he'd not gone to the party dressed as Mario.

  38. 38. Gavin Prins

    Behold Super Mario, the only thing greater than your self

  39. 39. Craig Mitchell

    Hey can you see Luigi yet or shall I lift you a bit higher

  40. 40. anonymous

    Nintendo's combined algorithmic/open outcry trading tool 'Mariio' had a great front end but the plumbing was awful...

  41. 41. Adam Davies

    This is what I looked like 15 years ago

  42. 42. Radical Meldrew

    The election winner was held aloft and proudly stated: "This will not be a mere puppet government, it will be a supermarionation"

  43. 43. Rob Falconer

    I don't care if he is only a cartoon character, you're lucky if you can get hold of any plumber these days

  44. 44. Rob Falconer

    Hey, look what was blocking the drains

  45. 45. Rob Falconer

    So we opened up the PS3 to see why it wasn't working properly, and found this stuck inside

  46. 46. Ian Paterson

    Bob Hoskins instantly regretted being talked into an in character guest appearance.

  47. 47. anonymous

    And the winner of the US Presidential Elections is...Mario! Now back to Bob in the studio: 'what do you think this means for our nation?'

  48. 48. anonymous

    Will someone tell this idiot I can jump without his help !!

  49. 49. Richard

    Avatar escapes into real life!

  50. 50. Adrian Batte

    Two sets of twins are re-united after years of not knowing of hospital blunder.....

  51. 51. anonymous

    Wohoo, only had to queue for 20 years to get this, I guess I'd better start queing for my Nintendo Wii!! :-)

  52. 52. Damian

    Can anyone tell me how i get my moustache to curl upwards like this!?

  53. 53. Tim Thompson

    Well done. You found Bin Laden, now take some gold coins & get me the turtle of mass distraction.

  54. 54. Richard A

    Woz's return to the limelight surprised everybody, not least the makers of silicon valley celebrity dolls.

  55. 55. Simon Coley

    This new Tom Sellick cuddly toy isnt selling as well as expected.

  56. 56. Simon Coley

    Anyone need a Plumber?

  57. 57. anonymous

    "He needs to go for a Wii..."

  58. 58. Andy

    "Hey! Robert Winston's cloned a 'Mini-Me'! Now that's one for the Bioethics Committee!"

  59. 59. anonymous

    What he did not know was the last man to do this ended up with wii all down his neck...

  60. 60. anonymous

    Police release CCTV footage of violent assault - just seconds before the victim is bashed into a spinning golden coin!

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