don't copy
Don't copy someone else's caption, even if it is a slight rewording of the caption. There is nothing worse than to see the winning caption being your caption with an extra exclamation mark.
Feel free to relate back to other captions, such as the Swan Dive Lake/Nutcracker, but don't just plagiarise someone else's idea.
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written by Ryan M.
19/01/09 5:07pm
19/01/09 5:07pm
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I fully agree: if someone notices that your caption is just a paraphrasing of one of theirs then they are likely to assume that not only do you steal their ideas, but other captioneers' ones too. A resultant lack of respect from doing this can only be expected and it will affect the way that people vote towards you in the future.
If it's not original then don't use it.
10:59pm