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September 8, 2014 1:00pm by David Farrar

Caption Contest

Photo (c) Audrey Young, NZ Herald

Captions in the comments please. As always funny not nasty.

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Humour
NZ Politics
caption contest
David Cunliffe

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dropdeadfred

DC: “This is one of those houses in a Buster Keaton movie right?”
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September 8, 2014 1:36pm
Vinick

Rangitata candidate Steven Gibson claimed his attempts to enter Labour’s election night party were met by a disproportionate level of force.
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September 8, 2014 1:38pm
stu-tron

Hands up all those who’ll still have a job after Sep 20th?
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September 8, 2014 1:39pm
ciaron

Clantons and Mclaurys, about to head down to the O.K. Corral.
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September 8, 2014 1:40pm
stephen2d

Suddenly, the decrepit facade started looking much better and fresher.
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September 8, 2014 1:40pm
Fletch

‘Bout time we slapped some paint on the old place. It’s aged about as well as our Socialist policies.
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September 8, 2014 1:42pm
Other_Andy

Diversity galore…

7 white old union guys.
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September 8, 2014 1:42pm
wrightingright

“Divided we fall”

Looks like the photo has already done the captioning for us!
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September 8, 2014 1:49pm
trout

C’mon fellas – if we puff our chests out and stand together we may even hide the crumbling edifice that is the Labour Party.
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September 8, 2014 1:50pm
waikatosinger

… whereas on the left 1 in 3 are left handed.
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September 8, 2014 1:51pm
Ashley Schaeffer

Not all in Labour have mastered the ‘power stance’ as ably displayed by Wishbone Cunliffe.
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September 8, 2014 1:53pm
adaman

“Vote Labour for a s̶h̶i̶t̶t̶i̶e̶r̶ positive future, like this building”

Cunliffe to Matt McC – “Hey Matt- I don’t think this slogan will work”

M McC to Cun – “Na we got this……honest”
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September 8, 2014 1:53pm
kowtow

In a town out west ,where real men once lived and worked ,strode in a posse of poseurs, the malignant six ride again…….

……their chinless leader asked the photographer,”If I stand with my legs wide apart, chest puffed up and arms folded, narrow set, untrustworthy eyes squinting like a gunslinger facing his final fight ……..will people vote for me ,will they ?”
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September 8, 2014 1:53pm
Keeping Stock

Nothing that a good coat (of paint) won’t cover up…
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September 8, 2014 1:54pm
Kimble

A young George RR Martin poses with those who inspired A Song of Ice and Fire.
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September 8, 2014 1:55pm
Ashley Schaeffer

Labour MPs 2017.
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September 8, 2014 1:56pm
Adolf Fiinkensein

“Divided We Fall”

Says it All
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September 8, 2014 1:56pm
Kimble

…
set en a pol an a hena macarena
Hey Macarena!
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September 8, 2014 1:56pm
edenman

We should be linking our arms together because the sign says divided we fall. Too late now I tink they have fallen
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September 8, 2014 1:59pm
oldpark

Heartbreak Hotel. Roll on the time,when John Key retires.Under our policy he will be here until he is sixty seven.
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September 8, 2014 2:09pm
johnfromkyle

“I’ve got a chill between my shoulder blades”, said David. “That’ll be MJ Savage at the window”replied Andrew, “I don’t think he’s very happy with you”.
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September 8, 2014 2:10pm
Short Shriveled and Slightly to the Left

Labour 2014 – we don’t aim high so why should our painters?
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September 8, 2014 2:20pm
Liberty

Marxism went out of vogue in Easton Europe in the 1980s.
Going by the paintwork it has also had its day in Grey mouth.
There is still a couple of old dreamers hankering for a failed past.
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September 8, 2014 2:21pm
ross411

“Labour sends it’s brain trust to check out where it invested the embezzled Unite union funds.”

I can just see the photographer. Why do you want to stand in the center of the building? Move to the right. A bit more… A bit more.. Perfect… I think we got it spot on.
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September 8, 2014 2:24pm
Slipster

Labour bouncers.
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September 8, 2014 2:26pm
Bond

Is that the ghost of Kim Dotcom looking out over them from the top floor window? (Check it out).
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September 8, 2014 2:29pm
RightNow

The Rununga Desperate and Dateless ball for 2014 had it’s numbers swelled by out of towners. No women showed up, although the men staged the bold mating ritual of standing on the street in their best strides with legs akimbo for several hours, before leaving in search of ewes.
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September 8, 2014 2:30pm
Inthisdress

“this is great way to create the illusion that the meeting held more than six people.”
“You mean they’ll think there was a photographer here too?”
“yeah, cool, eh?”
“And, it’s just like a selfie…”
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September 8, 2014 2:31pm
Bond

@ Bond 2:29 pm
Is that the ghost of Kim Dotcom looking out over them from the top floor window?

No, it’s the grim reaper.
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September 8, 2014 2:38pm
georgebolwing

Labour leader provides evidence that the polls are wrong: “See, there are more than two male Labour voters left on the west coast”.
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September 8, 2014 2:41pm
johnwellingtonwells

The paintwork has stood the test of time – while the historic places records show it with a new coat of paint, it has reverted to iits original paint peeling look. Little has changed in over 60 years in spending holidays at Runanga. Also used as a picture theatre complete with large fleas. Suppose that the working mens club is no longer open 24/7
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September 8, 2014 2:46pm
thomarse

David realised too late that he would soon be on the receiving end of many ‘caption that’ competitions nationwide.
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September 8, 2014 2:47pm
Komata

‘We were socialists once, and…’Men.’

(With apologies to H.G. Moore and J.L Galloway’s book with a far more noble title…..)
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September 8, 2014 3:10pm
tom hunter

Okay guys, it’s time to stop pretending: Get the matches and petrol.
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September 8, 2014 3:12pm
Inthisdress

“You did tell the bus -driver to pick us up at 3.00, didn’t you?”
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September 8, 2014 3:13pm
tom hunter

“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”
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September 8, 2014 3:17pm
mandk

Joking aside, how did anyone in their right mind think that composing the photo like that was a good idea?
NZ Labour – Positively brainless.
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September 8, 2014 3:39pm
Inthisdress

mandk – I suspect it was a Cunliffe initiative designed to make him look ‘ballsy’ and in control.

So I guess the answer is “No, no one in their right mind was involved in the posing of the photo”.
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September 8, 2014 3:44pm
Matthew Percival

New Mythbusters team pose after busting the myth that political polls in New Zealand are bias towards the right
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September 8, 2014 3:54pm
lurcher1948

this miners hall represents liarbor and the NZ workers,but i had a problem with national, the mantra over the door could say in chinese which say if john key is elected and the suckers sell NZ to COMMUNIST CHINA THE PAINT OVER THE DOOR WILL SAY ” JUDITH IS OUR BITCH”
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September 8, 2014 4:02pm
gravedodger

Don’t look now but there are the ghosts of nearly a century trying to saysomefing.

If only they could talk?
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September 8, 2014 4:13pm
gravedodger

The two man record for shoveling 500kgs of coal is around 15 seconds, that bunch would struggle to move that much in a day.
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September 8, 2014 4:18pm
Peter

Decrepit, dismal façade. And then there’s the building….
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September 8, 2014 4:21pm
PhilP

All that’s needed now is some cowboy hats and six guns strapped around their waists.
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September 8, 2014 4:38pm
Tillwin

The Ghosts of Labours Past.
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September 8, 2014 4:39pm
Gravelroad

“This ole house is gettin shaky
this ole house is gettin old….”
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September 8, 2014 4:40pm
Griff

Last stand at the ok corral
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September 8, 2014 4:59pm
Komata

Griff

Shouldn’t it be ‘Last stand at the JK corral’?

(A caption which would be FAR more appropriate, IMHO).
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September 8, 2014 5:02pm
G152

The wrecking crew
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September 8, 2014 5:02pm
ross411

lurcher1948 (140 comments) says:
September 8th, 2014 at 4:02 pm
this miners hall represents liarbor and the NZ workers,but i had a problem with national, the mantra over the door could say in chinese which say if john key is elected and the suckers sell NZ to COMMUNIST CHINA THE PAINT OVER THE DOOR WILL SAY ” JUDITH IS OUR BITCH”

What do you mean?
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September 8, 2014 6:16pm
Steve (North Shore)

Wanna have a go at this Rufus Paynter?
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September 8, 2014 6:18pm
Pdubyah

Introcuing the cast of a proposed film, The Full Munty
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September 8, 2014 6:36pm
Sublime

Divided we stand, in front of this wall,

Poor poll results; they really appall,

Our only shot now? Next week at the town hall!
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September 8, 2014 10:01pm
duggie

So you want to vote National?
Feeling lucky punk?
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September 8, 2014 10:30pm
Nostalgia-NZ

Straightjacket fits.
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September 8, 2014 10:37pm
Shunda barunda

“Labour faithful try to figure out what went wrong, all were surprised at how far back the rot goes”
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September 8, 2014 11:31pm
NX

Labour shows off one of their $350k state homes…
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September 9, 2014 12:19am
Richard

Labour announces its plan for a new fun park on the west coast: It will be known as “Myths and legends from 20th century New Zealand also known as Labour party policy 2014).

“It will feature the downhill water slide of an expanded welfare state -ending in a mud pit- fun for the kids!, the violent roller coaster ride of central government control of interest rates and shifting rate of compulsory saving -be prepared to lose your lunch and your shirt!
The haunted house of Capital Gains Tax with a frightening surprise when you least expect it! The dark tunnels of state electricity industry regulation and nationalisation -be careful what you touch in there! Also features the famous borrow and spend- All-you-can-eat dinner deal where you pay nothing and then your kids pay twice! Yummy!
Finally just like the good old mid-20th century NZ there will be absolutely no Maori elements in the Park. None. Nothing. Zip. We wouldn’t want the Maori Party breaking up the…. Party! Our special guest Frank Sinatra impersonator wouldn’t like that- yes its Winston Peters everybody!
So come on down, it’ll be just as fun as Helen Clark land was..but better!”
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September 9, 2014 9:49am
Shunda barunda

“Labour icon facing demolition, building not in good shape either”
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September 9, 2014 1:05pm
callmewyatt

You’d be doing me a favour if you called me Wyatt or Earp, but not both.
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September 9, 2014 10:03pm

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