Caption Competition: What the plucking hell's going on here?

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By silicon.com, 22 August 2008 10:00

This competition is now closed. The winning caption, from reader Christopher Grigg was "Maurice had always had a nose for a good gadget."

Photo credit: Tim Ferguson

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  1. 1. Mary Hullah

    The Patents Office must have laughed themselves silly over this one

  2. 2. Mary Hullah

    Unfortunately, Maurice pressed the wrong button and sucked his brain out

  3. 3. Nick Fowler

    Judging by his expression and his hair, Maurice has dipped his nasal hair clipper into something before inhaling

  4. 4. Nick Fowler

    A manual nose hair clipper? Does anybody have an automatic nose?

  5. 5. Nick Fowler

    So, the Victorians were into sherbet too?

  6. 6. Mary Hullah

    Flymo’s first business venture had been a phenomenal success

  7. 7. Mary Hullah

    As you can see, Maurice carefully implants all the nasal hair he cuts onto his head

  8. 8. James Warnette

    Nose Flute adaptor for the iPod 'snot a success.

  9. 9. kenneth wilkinson

    "Maurice, have you any idea where the Haemeroid clippers are."

  10. 10. Graeme Teesdale

    Its snuff

  11. 11. Graeme Teesdale

    Aren't we glad aliens too found nano technology.

  12. 12. Data

    Ah, so that's where the missing USB stick got to...

  13. 13. Radical Meldrew

    Bought grandad a memory stick for his birthday and never thought about it. After seeing this photo I realised that an explanation on its use was long overdue.

  14. 14. John Ray

    Maurice Collins, Olefactory Beard Eraser

  15. 15. David Caddick

    You just insert the probe into the nostril and the electricity generated by the nose hair will charge the phone. It's called the N-charger.

  16. 16. David Clarke

    The bogey man protested 'No Officer, I'm no burglar, these are the tools of my trade'.

  17. 17. Dan Handman

    So this is how I plug into the social network!

  18. 18. David Clarke

    The Bogey Man went to great lengths to ensure everyone understood how his invention worked and, just as he promised, he produced one of the largest I have ever seen.

  19. 19. anonymous

    Discovery of early Vicks inhaler proves Victorians suffered from man flu as well.

  20. 20. Christopher Grigg

    Maurice had always had a nose for a good gadget.

  21. 21. ray

    suppository, and you take it how?

  22. 22. Tim Ware

    DIY nanobot brain surgery demonstrated to astonished audience.

  23. 23. Ray Derkacz

    Earlier attempts at brain dump devices were a bit crude.

  24. 24. Josef Roux

    The latest in VADD devices. Haven't heard about them? - Virutal Aroma Dispencing Device. Place close to nostril and inhale sharply. Don't place too close as the device is prone to clogging up.

  25. 25. Simon Coley

    This old technology's not to be sniffed at!

  26. 26. anonymous

    available NOW:
    download your brain contents to a memory stick

  27. 27. Haydn Rees

    A user attaches the cutting edge peripheral device with an Enematic smile.

    Unfortunately, the new Human-Computer Interface device, labeled "The Suppository of all Human Knowledge" was seriously let down by it's User Documentation.

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