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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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. Mary Hullah
The Patents Office must have laughed themselves silly over this one
2. Mary Hullah
Unfortunately, Maurice pressed the wrong button and sucked his brain out
3. Nick Fowler
Judging by his expression and his hair, Maurice has dipped his nasal hair clipper into something before inhaling
4. Nick Fowler
A manual nose hair clipper? Does anybody have an automatic nose?
5. Nick Fowler
So, the Victorians were into sherbet too?
6. Mary Hullah
Flymo’s first business venture had been a phenomenal success
7. Mary Hullah
As you can see, Maurice carefully implants all the nasal hair he cuts onto his head
8. James Warnette
Nose Flute adaptor for the iPod 'snot a success.
9. kenneth wilkinson
"Maurice, have you any idea where the Haemeroid clippers are."
10. Graeme Teesdale
Its snuff
11. Graeme Teesdale
Aren't we glad aliens too found nano technology.
12. Data
Ah, so that's where the missing USB stick got to...
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. John Ray
Maurice Collins, Olefactory Beard Eraser
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. David Clarke
The bogey man protested 'No Officer, I'm no burglar, these are the tools of my trade'.
17. Dan Handman
So this is how I plug into the social network!
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. anonymous
Discovery of early Vicks inhaler proves Victorians suffered from man flu as well.
20. Christopher Grigg
Maurice had always had a nose for a good gadget.
21. ray
suppository, and you take it how?
22. Tim Ware
DIY nanobot brain surgery demonstrated to astonished audience.
23. Ray Derkacz
Earlier attempts at brain dump devices were a bit crude.
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. Simon Coley
This old technology's not to be sniffed at!
26. anonymous
available NOW:
download your brain contents to a memory stick
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.