Great caption. Could reword slightly to make it "snappier":"After a nursery school bus crashed into Piranha-infested water, identifying remains was tricky."or"Identifying remains was tricky after a nursery school... --Chris Beach
Here, have a Vivvy Super Vote, you've earned it. I've just bobbed into Tesco for a few provisions and absolutely lost it at the sight of the rotisserie. Cracked up, well done! I can't shop there again for a few weeks tho. --Vivvy En
I think it is time to out myself as being responsible for this caption and ask for no further votes on it. I would like to apologise to all those whom I have upset or offended and assure you that it is not something I take lightly. I am sensitive to the issues and have spent much of my career working with vulnerable adults and have encountered the impact many times. What I have also found interesting that it was a good respectful debate on an emotive issue which split opinion. A year ago that conversation may have taken a more personal and negative path and it is a credit to the community on the site and the work put in by Chris that it did not. I would be much more upset with myself had it been condemned by all but it would appear that it splits opinion. The fact that it upset anyone, however, makes it ill advised so once again - apologies to anyone upset
John, thanks for being so open about it. It's almost impossible to know how a caption will be received sometimes, and this is one of those cases. If it crossed the line, it was barely over- I've seen much worse on this site, but they're usually not as witty as this one and don't get any votes. This one did, and that's why this is such a difficult caption- it's a great play on words that falls flat because of the subject, which then clashes with the image. There's no way that you could have known how this would be received without actually posting it, and it has to be said that it didn't offend everybody- it provoked a really interesting and lively debate, and split opinion down the middle. Please don't censor yourself in the future because of this :)
John, don't give yourself a hard time, it could happen to any of us. The fact that it can be discussed without Teddy Tossing is a credit to the site, and captioneer/s.
Such a thought-provoking dialogue...I hope that I never make a joke about rape... but I cannot claim that I am pure as the driven snow. I have shared jokes about Gary Glitter for example and perhaps that is trivialising child-abuse. I see a lot of captions on this site which I find offensive and for that matter I am not necessarilly comfortable with some of my own! I did support this caption when it was written and I believe the debate which it has engendered may just awaken idiots like me to how hurtful this sort of caption can be...and if it does that then surely it deserves the votes it got.
(Just deleted my comment before I saw that it had a reply) I know that 'Tap dancing' is the joke, but I thought that the absurdity of Frankie Dettori being so small that he has to have a bath in the sink was funnier- who used to do the 'tiny jockeys' sketch in the pub, was it Harry Hill?
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I think it is time to out myself as being responsible for this caption and ask for no further votes on it.
I would like to apologise to all those whom I have upset or offended and assure you that it is not something I take lightly. I am sensitive to the issues and have spent much of my career working with vulnerable adults and have encountered the impact many times.
What I have also found interesting that it was a good respectful debate on an emotive issue which split opinion. A year ago that conversation may have taken a more personal and negative path and it is a credit to the community on the site and the work put in by Chris that it did not. I would be much more upset with myself had it been condemned by all but it would appear that it splits opinion. The fact that it upset anyone, however, makes it ill advised so once again - apologies to anyone upset
6:28pm
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The Raped Crusader [John Llamas]
John, thanks for being so open about it. It's almost impossible to know how a caption will be received sometimes, and this is one of those cases. If it crossed the line, it was barely over- I've seen much worse on this site, but they're usually not as witty as this one and don't get any votes. This one did, and that's why this is such a difficult caption- it's a great play on words that falls flat because of the subject, which then clashes with the image. There's no way that you could have known how this would be received without actually posting it, and it has to be said that it didn't offend everybody- it provoked a really interesting and lively debate, and split opinion down the middle. Please don't censor yourself in the future because of this :)
10:36pm
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The Raped Crusader [John Llamas]
John, don't give yourself a hard time, it could happen to any of us. The fact that it can be discussed without Teddy Tossing is a credit to the site, and captioneer/s.
4:06pm
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The Raped Crusader [John Llamas]
I found the caption upsetting, but I've made my point, so I've asked Chris to remove the down vote.
6:17pm
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The Raped Crusader [John Llamas]
Such a thought-provoking dialogue...I hope that I never make a joke about rape... but I cannot claim that I am pure as the driven snow. I have shared jokes about Gary Glitter for example and perhaps that is trivialising child-abuse. I see a lot of captions on this site which I find offensive and for that matter I am not necessarilly comfortable with some of my own! I did support this caption when it was written and I believe the debate which it has engendered may just awaken idiots like me to how hurtful this sort of caption can be...and if it does that then surely it deserves the votes it got.
9:40am
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The Raped Crusader [John Llamas]
I disagree, TAP dancing seems more apt in my opinion!
7:19am
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Frankie Dettori to switch life in the saddle for tap dancing [John Llamas]
(Just deleted my comment before I saw that it had a reply) I know that 'Tap dancing' is the joke, but I thought that the absurdity of Frankie Dettori being so small that he has to have a bath in the sink was funnier- who used to do the 'tiny jockeys' sketch in the pub, was it Harry Hill?
7:22am
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Frankie Dettori to switch life in the saddle for tap dancing [John Llamas]
Oh, I don't remember that one.
7:24am
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Frankie Dettori to switch life in the saddle for tap dancing [John Llamas]
Thanks for the thoughts Michael. I am reluctant to make changes once it has received votes
9:12am
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Frankie Dettori to switch life in the saddle for tap dancing [John Llamas]
I thought this would have got more votes.
11:36am
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Hanging out my Dinky little smalls..........that'll be the Daewoo [John Llamas]