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Monday, 6 January, 2003, 18:42 GMT
Caption Competition 129
Shrewsbury Town mascots Lenny the Lion and Mrs Lenny tuck into a tasty treat at Gay Meadow before their team's game against Everton. Whose witty words won them a shiny prize!?
After wolfing down an Everton mint the prowling pair watched their team tear the Toffees apart in the FA Cup upset of the third round. But what is Lenny saying to his better half? We asked you to made us chuckle with your hilarious captions, and the man who made as laugh loudest was Dougal McKinnon, with this cracker: Shrewsbury unveil tactics to unsettle Mark Bosnich in the next round. Big up yourself Dougal - you've just won a Sport Online goody bag! See below for this week's second and third-placed captions - plus the best of the rest.
Second place: Ed, UK John Inverdale is reported to have given his agent "a serious talking to" after its announced he's to present BBC Sport's latest offering: "The World's Strongest Mascots".
Third place: Bert, England The best of the rest:
Gerry Slawson is now on the run as his invisible humbugs prove faulty.
Lenny and significant other audition for part's on Trigger Happy TV.
The new system for deciding the teams in the next round of the FA Cup becomes unbearable to watch.
The FA decided enough was enough when Shrewsbury announced their groundshare deal with Whipsnade Zoo's tug-o-war team.
The Trigger Happy TV stadium tour got off to a cracking start.
Longleat's sports day drew few competitors.
Trinny and Susannah start the What Not To Wear Christmas Party with a cracker.
Tug the Salami at Gay Meadow - you can't write this stuff!
Urban Lions argue over last zebra sausage
Lenny: this is how to take Alan Shearer apart.
They came to tame the shrew but we buried the toffees.
Everton counts the cost after its supporters go on a coach tour of Longleat Safari Park.
Seconds away round four.
After celebrating Shrewbury's win with an impromptu dance two mascots fight over ownership of the handbag.
Have you ever-ton this before?
In response to predicted Everton win, Lions say 'bah, humbug'!
During the last minutes of the game, enthusiastic Shrewsbury fans make sure that ball is unplayable by Everton.
Where retired football stars end up.
I told you those Toffees weren't as hard as you thought.
During the FA Cup draw, FA officials disagree over which team they have pulled out the bag.
Pssst, fellas, watch this, after three, I let go, she goes over, we leg it! Hilarious...gets 'em every time.
"Is that a wildebeeste over there?" "No, it's just David Moyes giving his post-match team talk".
Mascots? Listen mate, we're sponsored by Disney now - those are the players...
For years now the WWE has been getting worse and worse, but resorting this is taking it too far.
Two cubs try for their Giant Geordie Jellybean Stretching badge.
Pre-match ball check gets taken to the extreme.
BBC's "Footballers' Mascots' Wives" was never going to be a match for the ITV original.
Thinking they're on "Chucklevision", the two bears have a game of "To Me, To You!!"
Trinny and Susannah start the "What Not To Wear" Christmas Party with a cracker.
The "Trigger Happy TV" stadium tour got off to a cracking start.
Even in disguise, the Chuckle Brothers were not good half-time entertainment!
"'Ere, I hope Robbie Fowler doesn't score, I hear when he does, he snorts the lions on the pitch!"
The pilot of the air balloon had to take evasive action when faced two giant lions.
The giant lions grab the 'Sky Sports' airship from the sky and at last rid the world of the useless 'player cam'.
Better let me win Lenny, or it will be 'Where will the lion sleep tonight?"
The Shrewsbury mascots prove that predictions of an easy win for Everton were just a load of humbug.
Lenny and his wife became increasingly frustrated, as neither of them knew how to work the giant Chinese finger trap.
The marriage guidance sessions reached breaking point.
Lenny fled in terror as Mrs Lenny found out about his antics with Tony the Tiger down at Gay Meadow.
Bah! Humbug!
Mascots give mint performance.
Mr Lenny, sternly: "Let go and give it to me - you're on a diet!!"
Referee forgets coin so Everton and Shrewsbury mascots decide who has kick-off.
The Birds Eye campaign for their new "boil-in-the-bag" jungle range was quite eye-catching.
Mascot marital strife spills over onto the pitch.
As Mrs Lenny begins to win the tug-o-war, her husband turns to the cameraman for help.
Trendy vegetarian lions fight over the last marrow.
Everton - the hole with the mint!
Shrewsbury were about to prove to the Everton side that they won't be lion down without a fight.
Human Cannonball "The Great Colino" is launched in to the air unaware that the clowns holding the safety net were having trouble unpacking it.
The usual argument broke out over the last zebra sausage.
Sven and Ulrika had found the perfect way to meet at football grounds without being spotted.
After Big Brother, Vanessa Feltz and Jade Goody found even more ingenious ways to stay in the public eye.
Mrs Lenny watches in awe at Mr Lenny's amazing 'floating courgette' trick....
David Attenborough's new programme "The Life of Mascots" was not up to his usually high standards...
Hey everyone, look: a tug-of-roar.
By the time they'd finished arguing over who should have Shearer's shirt, there was nothing left of it.
Failure to secure a lottery grant didn't stop the pre-match high jump competition.
If we get Wolves in the next round I want danger money for doing this!
Don't ask us to comment on this, tell us who got the mint!
If only the little people's zeppelin escape plan went unnoticed by the giant pantomime lions.
He's a great mascot - just a pity he ate the back four yesterday...
The greedy lions fought over the last piece of Alan Shearer.
Lenny and the wife fight over who gets the lion's share.
Lenny and Mrs Lenny show that tug-of-war is not a game for cheetahs...
Lennie: "If I said I could eat this all myself, I'd be 'lion'..."
Mr Lenny, looking away from Mrs Lenny: "Have I managed to burst the swelling on your thumb yet dear?"
It's a cracker.
Who ate all the Toffees?
1. Stop it you two, you're hurting Peter Beardsley.
2. Novelty Child's goalposts now on sale at Shrewsbury FC.
Startled wildlife are caught on CCTV stealing a giant marrow from the BBC's Beachgrove Garden.
Shrews for the FA Cup - Toffees for the Sweet FA Cup.
We're soooo looking forward to this. I can't remember the last time we shared zebra salami!
The new EEC-approved Rugby ball produced some new, unorthodox moves.
As the financial crisis hits the lowers leagues, Shrewsbury find a cunning solution for cheap goal posts.
The Jungle Games started with a Tug-of-Roar competition.
Having eaten all 22 players and the officials, the hungry lions fight over the last after dinner mint.
"So my agent said..."It'll be great Gazza, you'll be involved in a FA Cup match..."
The FA later condoned Shrewsbury's tactic of distracting Wayne Rooney with a giant piece of chewing gum.
We take a lot of 'pride' in our home team.
If Everton say they're going to win, they're lion!
Everton are a little surprised at Shrewsbury's choice of lions-man.
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