Caption Competition: I can't ear you

Harmony in the office

By silicon.com, 9 January 2009 12:05

This competition is now closed. The winning caption, from reader Paul Crerand was "Sorry, but I misheard you when you said you were a banker..."

Photo credit: LewisImagebank

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  1. 1. Karen Challinor

    Look I'm telling you there is no skills shortgage, just hire some older people...

  2. 2. kenneth wilkinson

    "Karaoke Days just didn`t go down well with all the office staff."

  3. 3. anonymous

    John misunderstood Helen again when she said he had gadgets coming out of his ears after Christmas

  4. 4. anonymous

    But you're a woman - what do you mean you want a job in IT?

  5. 5. Paul Crerand

    Sorry, but I misheard you when you said you were a banker...

  6. 6. Malcolm George

    and another thing, you cant sit like that till Windows 7 comes out so there

  7. 7. anonymous

    Recession? Credit Crunch? Try our new, low cost help desk training course. In a matter of moments we'll have your staff giving 100% satisfaction to every call they take (well the ones they can hear anyway)

  8. 8. Malcolm George

    Try as he might Kevin just couldn't remember where he hid lucy's leaving present

  9. 9. tim Ware

    Sharon found the helpdesk in escalate mode.

  10. 10. Paul

    La, La, La, you can't make me redundant, I can't hear you!!!

  11. 11. Jon D

    "So the beauty of our new product, Acme Superglue Remover, is that it works on skin too.. Paul here has kindly volunteered to demonstrate..."

  12. 12. Malcolm George

    I makes no difference, your P45 is in the post whether your listening or not

  13. 13. Ian Sargent

    "...and another thing; that bra you got me for Christmas was two sizes too small."

  14. 14. Steve Kirk

    La,la,la...still won't upgrade to Vista...la,la,la....XP is fine, who cares about support...la,la,la

  15. 15. Richard Harris

    and that was last time John and Kerry ever argued about the strength of superglue.

  16. 16. David Clarke

    He could hear no evil, nor see no evil but somehow he sensed she was not going to give up that easily.

  17. 17. Gordon Wilkinson

    As I was trying to tell you before you went childish on me -- Our syndicate has won the jackpot !

  18. 18. Jon

    Steve a devout Apple fan and well practiced at filtering out any discussion on the feeble announcements at the Macworld show.

  19. 19. Karen Rickard

    "It's only a P45 - get over it!!"

  20. 20. Sean Baggaley

    When she realised the location of the "Delete" button, Susan resolved never, ever to buy a Microsoft Windows-powered android ever again.

  21. 21. anonymous

    I only left my laptop on the bar for a moment..........

  22. 22. Steve Pauline

    It doesn't matter how hard you squeeze, your hair won't grow any faster ..........

  23. 23. Graeme Teesdale

    You said the photocopier was turned off!

  24. 24. Christopher Grigg

    Pretending you haven't heard won't help. You're still redundant!!

  25. 25. Richard

    HR staff demonstrate those "better communications skills" they demand.

  26. 26. Rob Falconer

    Karen was getting fed up with Derek’s new novelty iPod earphones

  27. 27. Valerie Ganne

    Look, Derek, can’t you just relax and listen to the Queen’s Speech with the rest of us?

  28. 28. P Dragon

    Look, Kevin, I know you love your work, but you don’t have to leave the minute five o’clock strikes

  29. 29. Robert Lindsay

    Oh no – if he sneezes, he’ll blow his brains out

  30. 30. Nick Fowler

    Hey, these new pink cotton buds are so cool!

  31. 31. Audrey

    That joke cream ?air bomb was going to go off in Karen’s handbag any minute

  32. 32. Gwilym Rhys-Jones

    You can go LA LA LA with your fingers in your ears, but you're still fired.

  33. 33. anonymous

    But its your turn to clean out the office fridge!!

  34. 34. Paul Rattray

    Behold the new keyboard of the future! Well a work-in-progress just now but ...

  35. 35. Bagpus

    Dawn could see the benefits to the business of an iPhone but Dave was not going to be caught purchasing anything but Microsoft based products.

  36. 36. Richard Marshall

    "Now imagine I'm an IT expert voicing my concerns... Yes that's good!"

    [HM Government's Department of Selective Hearing holds another training day in the Home Office.]

  37. 37. Radical Meldrew

    Staff training at the Treasury always was regarded as tough....and now it's gettting tougher. The candidate (seated) demonstrates one of their latest training courses - 'How to cope with your job during a financial depression'.

  38. 38. Mike Parmley

    Hello - tech support. I think my PC must be faulty because I keep hearing a constant whining noise while I'm trying to work.

  39. 39. kenneth wilkinson

    "Oh,dear,nobody told him the christmas party Hide and Seek game had finished."

  40. 40. anonymous

    If I don't hear you you can't fire me!

  41. 41. anonymous

    Helen wanted to know how IT Ian planned to keep his brains in during the office trumping competition

  42. 42. Richard

    CRASH!! "What glass ceiling?"

  43. 43. Joe McMorrow

    Brian! Whats this ticking 'router' thing you left in my office?

  44. 44. Karen Challinor

    Brian realised Jenny was about to sing Agadoo

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