Have a go at our next caption competition (above). Send entries by email only to captioncompetition@churchtimes.co.uk by 9 a.m., Monday 1 December.
We invite readers’ ideas for photos: please provide a credit and confirm that those pictured are happy for the photo to be used.
Here is the winning entry for the previous competition:
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A brace of bishops bracing themselves (Michael Foster)
A SELECTION of this week’s entries:
“I think that the dress code for the reception is ‘smart casual’, but it is too late to change now” (Patrick Irwin); “Do an archbishop with a bishop count as three on a chess game?” (Richard Hough); “The Only Way to the House of Lords is Essex” (John Appleby); “Now try looking at life without the rose-coloured glasses” (Ken Wilkinson); “He’s coming! Which one of us will be taken, and which one will be left?” (Valerie Budd); “Well, Stephen, is it a cardinal sin to wish we were part of the inner circle?” (Paulette Yallop); “And now we see through a glass darkly” (Michael Doe); “Over there is Mark the baker, who sells delicious croissants, and Albert in the corner will fix your car. Just call me if there’s anything else you need to know” (Sue Chick); “Two prelates were caught searching the horizon for their congregations” (Robin Morgan); “When you’re trying to look holy, but the sun is far too bright for this level of devotion!” (Kristyn Harris); “Unlike the Duke of York, the Archbishop’s security detail is still in post” (John Saxbee); “Don Corleone?” “No, mio amico — Don Camillo!” (Julian Ashton).
“So, where’s the violin case then?” (Margaret Wallis); “No, I don’t know what we’re waiting for either” (Chris Coupe); “He’s trying to remember if he locked the rectory door, and she’s spotting the paparazzo” (Andrew Hindley); “Sunnier than Chelmsford! Bet they don’t do the hokey-cokey here though” (Nigel Prior); “You should have gone to Specsavers!” (Alan Culley); “When will the taxi arrive?” (Brian Stevenson); “‘I’m sorry you never got Canterbury, Guli.’ ‘I’m not, it’s an impossible job.’ ‘Yes, but I had a tenner on you at 50/1’” (Mervyn Cox); “The moment you realise your sermon’s being fact-checked by the BBC” (Scott Humm); “They also serve who only stand and wait” (Jacky Tivers); “These cool shades? Not for the sun; dear me, no. They’re to avoid seeing the congregation” (Paul Vincent).
“‘Did you bring the sermon?’ ‘I thought you brought the sermon!’” (Chloë Fraser); “Reimagining scissors-paper-stone for the episcopal market” (Martin Kettle); “You may get away with it, Guli, but I think I’m going to need a heavier disguise” (Trevor Thurston-Smith); “At the recent House of Bishops residential, it was announced that a game of Traitors was to be the ice-breaker” (Christopher Burke); “We’ve missed the last bus to Canterbury” (Janet Stockton); “‘New glasses, Guli?’ ‘Yes, apparently they go dark whenever I see clergy bending the canons. . .’ ‘Well, they seem to be working?’ ‘I’m not sure, to be honest, Stephen. They’ve not gone clear for a fortnight!’” (Che Seabourne).
As ever, the winner receives a prize of Fairtrade chocolate, courtesy of Divine Chocolate.
