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Caption competition 12: Whose phone is it anyway?

Submit the funniest caption to win a bottle of bubbly...

By silicon.com staff on 19 January 2007 10:20

This competition is now closed - check out the winning entry below.

Winner: "OK, Sir, now empty your other pocket.."
Rob Falconer

2nd:"'ere Del, that phone you sold me is a bit Mickey Mouse!"
Richard Gianella

3rd:The gastroenterologist department of the local hospital display some of their 'souvenirs'.
Richard George

Picture credit: Transport for London

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  1. 1. anonymous

    Cisco unveil their 'iPhone killers'

    • 19 January 2007 11:55
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  2. 2. Valérie Ganne

    Why is it the people with the most phones seem to have the least friends?

    • 19 January 2007 12:04
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  3. 3. Valérie Ganne

    Oh God, which one is ringing?

    • 19 January 2007 12:15
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  4. 4. anonymous

    iPhone? Why when I can get the same functionality from this handy table sized array. Complete with 2 man operating crew.

    • 19 January 2007 12:27
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  5. 5. Nathan Hewitt

    Well one of them is ringing!

    • 19 January 2007 12:44
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  6. 6. Amy

    Ofcom helpline, hello...

    • 19 January 2007 13:40
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  7. 7. Tom Cheesewright

    Channel 4 expands call centre to handle thousands of Big Brother complaints.

    • 19 January 2007 13:43
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  8. 8. anonymous

    The Celebrity Big Brother executives were busy as the calls kept on coming in and the £s racked up

    • 19 January 2007 13:49
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  9. 9. anonymous

    One of these smells like...oh my god!

    • 19 January 2007 13:50
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  10. 10. anonymous

    Mickey gives his approval to the latest bid on the Geek Brothers phone in competition to win an iPod. Shame it was on the radio and listeners couldn't see the actual prizes.

    • 19 January 2007 13:51
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  11. 11. Rob S

    Look, this isn't just some Mickey Mouse call-center operation you know...

    • 19 January 2007 13:52
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  12. 12. anonymous

    The gastroenterologist department of the local hospital display some of their 'souvenirs'.

    • 19 January 2007 13:53
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  13. 13. anonymous

    We are going to have to find a way of increasing the range of these things if they're ever going to take off.

    • 19 January 2007 14:01
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  14. 14. Chris

    Benny and Kev found a genius technique to stop Caller-ID interfering with their prank calls...

    • 19 January 2007 14:01
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  15. 15. Rob Falconer

    How do we feel about zero roaming charges? No much, as we never leave the house.

    • 19 January 2007 14:08
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  16. 16. Nick Davison

    In a rare display of honesty, BT reveal their latest offering amusingly called the "Mickey Mouse Service".

    • 19 January 2007 14:15
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  17. 17. Michael Dye

    Who's taking the mickey then?

    • 19 January 2007 14:16
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  18. 18. Greg Smith

    I-phone R&D try to decide how to make the Revolutionary.

    "Wow this one hasn't got any wires!"

    • 19 January 2007 14:22
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  19. 19. anonymous

    Hospital staff display a number of the items that have mysteriously been found in patients' bottoms.

    • 19 January 2007 14:23
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  20. 20. Greg Smith

    Dr Mark explains why its important to use a 'compact format phone' if you are in the habit of falling down stairs naked.

    • 19 January 2007 14:24
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  21. 21. anonymous

    "There's a fault with this one as well Bob, I can hear you in BOTH my ears".

    • 19 January 2007 14:25
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  22. 22. anonymous

    The i-phone joins a long list of mickey mouse predecessors as shown here.

    • 19 January 2007 14:36
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  23. 23. Richard Gianella

    "ere Del, that phone you sold me is a bit Mickey Mouse!"

    • 19 January 2007 14:43
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  24. 24. anonymous

    Why would I want to update my phone when I can hear you now, this one works & I can get bigger pockets fitted!!

    • 19 January 2007 14:44
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  25. 25. Jon Scriven

    With hindsight the boys regretted showing Grandad how to pick up a 'bargain' on EBay.....

    • 19 January 2007 14:48
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  26. 26. Bill Worthington

    .....which one sat on Minnie?

    • 19 January 2007 14:48
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  27. 27. Huw Owens

    Lots of "Mickey Mouse" opperations went bust when the dot com bubble burst...

    • 19 January 2007 14:56
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  28. 28. Nick Mazur

    Mickey and friends launch their campaign to get Jade Goody out of the house

    • 19 January 2007 15:10
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  29. 29. anonymous

    Camel train walks un-noticed through mans head, meanwhile Disney launch latest European handsets in USA.

    • 19 January 2007 15:16
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  30. 30. John Dixon

    Okay, the range isn't great, but the you wouldn't believe the call clarity.

    • 19 January 2007 15:22
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  31. 31. anonymous

    Do I look stupid with this thing, no wonder it got 'lost'

    • 19 January 2007 15:35
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  32. 32. Darrall

    "Forget RFID and location based tracking"....startup shows off legacy asset tagging system

    • 19 January 2007 15:42
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  33. 33. Malcolm George

    Carphonewarehouse pull out all the stops in the Big Brother vote

    • 19 January 2007 15:43
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  34. 34. Rob Falconer

    Call Centre staff discover they have been pressurising each other for the last two hours

    • 19 January 2007 15:57
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  35. 35. Tim Nelson

    Why it's impossible to get through to the Carphone Warehouse broadband helpdesk . . .

    • 19 January 2007 16:17
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  36. 36. Alastair Warren

    "I'm on the train"

    • 19 January 2007 16:22
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  37. 37. anonymous

    Tony, I thought we had 15 phones....ah...anyone got a radiographer handy?

    • 19 January 2007 16:59
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  38. 38. Andy Connor

    OFCOM gets extra line capacity from Carphone Warehouse to handle BB complaints. They are accused of taking the Mickey.

    • 19 January 2007 17:13
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  39. 39. anonymous

    Carphone Warehouse answering just some of those Big Brother complaints

    • 19 January 2007 17:17
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  40. 40. Simon Taylor

    In a futile attempt to beat the latest "Sony-Ericsson" mobile phone model, "Disney-Motorola" revealed their latest additions to the range, including the all-new "Mouse-phone" (pictured centre) a cross between a "Mobile" phone and a "House" phone.

    • 19 January 2007 17:17
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  41. 41. Richard

    Beaming, before Big Brother.

    • 19 January 2007 22:12
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  42. 42. Steve Kirk

    The first 'embarrassing phone' amnesty hailed a great success by West Midlands style police

    • 20 January 2007 09:57
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  43. 43. Rob Falconer

    In an effort to combat phone-related illnesses, the Governemnt is to tag excessive users

    • 20 January 2007 10:59
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  44. 44. Valérie Ganne

    BT deny they are relocating to Florida confirm three call centre staff

    • 20 January 2007 11:02
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  45. 45. Ralph Pruitt

    Welcome to Russia's latest mobile phone store.

    • 20 January 2007 12:48
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  46. 46. Richard Marshall

    Two out of three scientists agree mobile phones use has no long term ill effects...

    A minority describe the study as "Mickey Mouse" science.

    • 20 January 2007 13:12
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  47. 47. kenneth wilkinson

    "Stop taking the mickey lads-you`ve got those phones upside down."

    • 20 January 2007 19:46
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  48. 48. david hudsun

    1970's mobile thieves are really taking the mickey

    • 20 January 2007 21:14
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  49. 49. Chris Johnson

    " .... and the 'hold' music has never changed in all that time"

    • 21 January 2007 09:50
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  50. 50. anonymous

    No! No! - For this new research on mobile phone safety they are looking for old phone users not old phones!

    • 21 January 2007 21:41
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  51. 51. Bronwyne Edwards

    Barry and Kevin set out to prove that mobiles were once used for phone calls...

    • 22 January 2007 00:32
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  52. 52. anonymous

    I still think these RFID tags are too big and flimsy

    • 22 January 2007 09:38
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  53. 53. phil hatswell

    When I said I wanted a Mickey Mouse outfit, I didn't mean TFL

    • 22 January 2007 09:54
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  54. 54. Giles Turner

    It's for you.

    • 22 January 2007 10:30
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  55. 55. Colin Milner

    Don't be silly Mickey! Of course they'll never get small enough for you to have your own phone!

    • 22 January 2007 12:23
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  56. 56. anonymous

    eeny meeny miney mo,
    Micky says "just grab my toe"

    • 22 January 2007 12:47
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  57. 57. Ken Brown

    Another busy day at the nuisance calls bureau. Between them, these guys make over 20,000 nuisance calls every month.

    • 22 January 2007 12:54
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  58. 58. anonymous

    Well, headmaster, the old safe WAS jammed shut for 30 years. If we call "mum" on these phones that were confiscated from pupils we might be able to trace the owners...

    • 22 January 2007 13:34
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  59. 59. David Richmond

    Nokia executives went to great lengths to show that prolonged early mobile phone use did not impact the brain or ears

    • 22 January 2007 14:14
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  60. 60. anonymous

    Careful, one had to be surgically removed according to the RoundUp!

    • 22 January 2007 18:53
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  61. 61. Rob Falconer

    OK, Sir, now empty your other pocket.

    • 22 January 2007 19:21
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  62. 62. Nick Humble

    "Has yours got Bluetooth?"
    "Yeah, right, and these price tags use RFID!"

    • 23 January 2007 09:29
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  63. 63. anonymous

    Can you hear me now?

    • 23 January 2007 10:13
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  64. 64. anonymous

    We must be able to get a signal from at least one of these.....

    • 23 January 2007 10:14
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  65. 65. anonymous

    "We must do something about the longevity of our products....or find a way to encourage pensioners to upgrade!"

    • 23 January 2007 10:16
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  66. 66. anonymous

    Micky was thinking - his 2 assistants just aren't cutting it

    • 23 January 2007 10:27
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  67. 67. Nick Cole

    "Government research scientists discover adverse effects of long-term mobile phone use on laboratory mice"

    • 23 January 2007 13:35
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  68. 68. Kiernan Wagstaff

    HELLO!!!!! I can't talk now - I'm in a Moble phone shop

    • 23 January 2007 13:37
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  69. 69. RupertG

    Can you here me yet?

    • 23 January 2007 15:13
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  70. 70. Simon Coley

    It all goes Mickey Mouse, as Buggles tribute band, try desparately to phone for an audition on the next X-Factor.

    • 23 January 2007 16:48
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  71. 71. Valérie Ganne

    Well, we missed the BMWs, but we did manage to get all these lovely phones off the MSC Napoli

    • 23 January 2007 18:43
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  72. 72. Valérie Ganne

    Trust Eric and Andy to get it wrong. Everybody else was wearing retro clothing and using state-of-the-art phones.

    • 23 January 2007 18:45
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  73. 73. Valérie Ganne

    Hello, This is Old Phones Anonymous ...

    • 23 January 2007 18:46
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  74. 74. Valérie Ganne

    Mickey introduces the call centre staff you usually seem to speak to - his friends Goofy and, without Snow White, Dopey

    • 23 January 2007 18:49
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  75. 75. anonymous

    Disney call centre outsourced to Nokia

    • 23 January 2007 20:56
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  76. 76. Janette Viney

    Bill kept smiling even though the superglue had taken effect..

    • 1 February 2007 14:08
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