By silicon.com, 9 May 2008 11:00
This competition is now closed. The winning caption, from reader John Ray was "H.G.Wells arrives in sillycone valley."
Photo credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News.com
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1. Robert Lindsay
Tripod is too long a word for it. Tripe will suffice, I think.
2. Audrey Margaret
But how am I going to climb up there to put my camera on it?
3. Mike Parmley
Amy Winehouse's missing hairpiece found in car park.
4. Rob Falconer
But how am I going to squeeze my orange on that?
5. Valérie Ganne
Those parking illegally will be annihilated?
6. Nick Fowler
I think it’s some sort of homage to Rolf Harris
7. Andy Wilson
Prey & Display
8. Robert Lindsay
That must be what spun the world wide web
9. P Dragon
Well, I certainly won’t bother entering the parents’ three-legged race this year
10. Karen Challinor
BBC announces plans to re run cult childrens TV program "Tripods", no one comes to the launch
11. Christian
I knew I "spider" traffic warden...
12. Richard.Gianella
The pilot replacing wheel clamps with cones just wasn't very successful.
13. Richard.Gianella
The Stephen Fry sized XXXXL headscratcher required a lot of cupboard space.
14. Adam Finch
Five lost legs later and spider battles on against traffic cone kingdom...
15. anonymous
In War of the Worlds II, the cone people of planet Tarmac are trampled by the Martians
16. Ian Sargent
Just like the M1 - loads of cones and no visible sign of anyone doing any work!
17. Steve Pauline
Now where did I park my ...........
18. Richard Peters
'Star Wars' alien suffers attack of the cones.
19. Richard Peters
The Met reveal their latest high-tec mobile camera surveillance machine - The Triplod.
20. Tinkle
'European regulation 56b: Heat ray must not exceed coned-zone'
21. Mary Hullah
The “Guard your car for a fiver” scheme seemed quite professional
22. Nick Fowler
Well, it’s the first time the Angel of the North’s been subjected to a heat wave
23. Corlis Byrne
I used the M25 to get here, and these guys just followed me...
24. John Ray
H.G.Wells arrives in sillycone valley.
25. Dave Devine
Sea creature employed by local council to distribute cones.
26. kenneth wilkinson
"George, I told you not to have a drink until you`d finished the Peter Crouch sculpture."
27. Lee Finlay
... slowly and surely, the CCTV camera's drew their plans against us.
28. Tim Ware
It all started as a bad hair day on Mars officer......
29. Malcolm George
The chances of anything coming from Mars and not falling foul of parking restrictions.............
30. Malcolm George
You put your front leg out and look what happens
31. Malcolm George
Stacking on the M20 delays global annihilation for a few days
32. Lee Hirons
This is obviously the female of the species : All legs, no brains and rubbish as parking!
33. Matthew Horwell
The 'War of the Worlds' Invasion comes to an abrupt end as Traffic Wardens clamp the First Wave.
34. Ian Savell
Vlhaarg, lord of traffic cones, on a rare visit to planet earth, accompanied by some of his staff.
35. Richard
'elf & safety really matters: Without those cones, who'd notice this huge sculpture?
36. Chris Sanderson
right that's the frame up, let's get the cover on and get the bbq going
37. Dave Devine
The giant spider was no threat, it was just letting it's nicely varnished nails dry.