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Caption Competition: Going for a dip?

Come on in, the water's great...

By silicon.com staff on 14 December 2007 11:40

This competition is now closed. The winning entry, from reader Richard, was "Early prototype Toblerone's break for freedom."

Photo credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

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  1. 1. Mary Hullah

    How? I was rather wondering why!

    • 14 December 2007 12:14
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  2. 2. P Dragon

    So, computer engineers can create a robot that can regenerate limbs, but still can’t stop my computer crashing

    • 14 December 2007 12:17
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  3. 3. P Dragon

    Perhaps we should have made it waterproof too, Professor

    • 14 December 2007 12:18
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  4. 4. Chris Sanderson

    I'm sure this is the spot my tail was chopped off

    • 14 December 2007 13:38
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  5. 5. K Beer

    Swiss cheese found to be the primordial soup's missing ingredient.

    • 14 December 2007 13:40
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  6. 6. Richard Scurrah

    Governments announce "The latest terror threat comes from long forgotten Rubik Snakes evolve legs & escaping to the sea"

    • 14 December 2007 13:57
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  7. 7. Richard Harris

    Is this some sort of joke that only real Salamanders get?
    cos your having a laugh if you think I'm getting in there!

    • 14 December 2007 13:57
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  8. 8. Richard

    Wriggling robot recycles redundant PC towers.

    • 14 December 2007 13:59
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  9. 9. Malcolm George

    Global warming and genetic engineering have a dramatic affect on plastic waste

    • 14 December 2007 14:01
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  10. 10. anonymous

    ...the minister said the 9 boxes of National ID database CDs had been tracked at every stage until they reached the company's Thames-side secure office, but there is no record of the packages leaving....

    • 14 December 2007 14:05
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  11. 11. Richard

    Early prototype Toblerone's break for freedom.

    • 14 December 2007 14:08
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  12. 12. John Waller

    more "squeeks in the water" than "Smoke on the Water"

    • 14 December 2007 14:18
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  13. 13. Audrey

    Oh no, it looks like another one of those worm viruses

    • 14 December 2007 15:01
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  14. 14. Audrey

    I like a sexy wiggle on the beach as much as the next man, but that’s not quite what I had in mind

    • 14 December 2007 15:09
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  15. 15. Mary Hullah

    Salamandra robotica was clearly created by Academia Idiotica

    • 14 December 2007 15:37
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  16. 16. Rob Pendragon

    It was a splendid bit of engineering, but, at a cost of 2 billion dollars each, it was respectfully pointed out that a worm would have made cheaper fishermen’s bait

    • 14 December 2007 15:46
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  17. 17. kenneth wilkinson

    "The soap had arrived for Nessies yearly bath."

    • 15 December 2007 12:55
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  18. 18. anonymous

    Zut Alors! ..... The rubber Band has Broken!

    • 15 December 2007 13:58
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  19. 19. Paul

    This new baggage handling system certainly is working a treat.

    • 16 December 2007 07:46
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  20. 20. kenneth wilkinson

    "Even drinking water left the centipede legless."

    • 16 December 2007 19:07
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  21. 21. David Bowen

    One look at human life sends artificial intelligence project scuttling back to the water.

    • 16 December 2007 21:55
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  22. 22. David Bowen

    Institute for Integrated Transport launches new boat-train concept.

    • 16 December 2007 21:59
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  23. 23. Ken Munn

    Experiments into the possibility of amphibious trains continue apace.

    • 17 December 2007 09:55
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  24. 24. Robert Pepler

    By building the Salamander from blocks of lard, they hoped to eliminate any temperature performance issues...

    • 17 December 2007 09:59
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  25. 25. Simon Coley

    30 Secs later..."Whats Swiss for oops it doesn't float"

    • 17 December 2007 12:17
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  26. 26. Ian Harvey

    GPS-enabled Lego delivers itself in time for Christmas

    • 17 December 2007 12:22
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  27. 27. Eric

    Last time i went for a dip i got stuck in a condom!

    • 17 December 2007 14:08
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  28. 28. Marc

    Spielberg may have been heavily criticised for casting Bumblebee as a 1976 Chevrolet Camaro instead of a VW Beetle in this summer's blockbuster, Transformers but imagine the outcry if he had stuck to his first choice ....

    • 17 December 2007 14:30
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  29. 29. Simon Allen

    Daddy, when my batteries run out - will you come and fetch me?

    • 17 December 2007 15:27
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  30. 30. P Dragon

    The robot had been designed to prove one of Isaac Newt’s theories

    • 17 December 2007 16:26
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  31. 31. Pete Waller

    "Bugger this - I'm off to Panama."

    • 18 December 2007 12:53
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  32. 32. David Devine

    The water was so cold that old Bob lost his teeth

    • 19 December 2007 19:23
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  33. 33. Richard

    Swiss Navy's new secret weapon.

    • 20 December 2007 11:56
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