June 29, 2007

Caption Competition: "Phone Home"

This week's caption competition is taken from the press conference announcing the dismantling of the Cable and Wireless satellite dish. (Special alternative title for those who need a racial reference in everything of "White Noise".)

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Photo courtesy of The Bermuda Sun

Posted by Christian S. Dunleavy
Comments
 

C&W Donates old Dish to a local off-shoot of the SETI programme.

The Public Landmark now points towards the House of Assembly, in a desperate attempt to find Intelligence in Bermudian Politics....

"Umm Umm, no bye she all comin' up Negative again, you sure dey in Session???"

Posted by: Combat Banker at June 29, 2007 5:11 PM
 

Government insider ponders new hiding place for $800 million and a couple of cedar beams.

or

Glenn considers drastic measures to recall his yahoo mail...

Posted by: Reality at June 29, 2007 7:08 PM
 

During his most recent interview at Gombey House a reporter complimented Dr. Brown on the recently erected 3D modern art installation gracing his front lawn ... remarking that the curvature of the sail shape invoked a sense of carefree abandonment of ethical whimsy.

... meanwhile ... with the increased attention focused on Island Construction following the leaked BHC file ... Zane DeSilva's contract to disassemble the C&W dish and prepare it for delivery to Cuba has unfortunately forced him to pay all interested parties in hard dish currency.

Posted by: 32n64w at June 30, 2007 9:48 AM
 

Always prepared, the Government has purchased the old C & W dish, that in the event the Privy Council appeal should fail, they stand ready to take their case to the Galactic Federation of Planets.

Posted by: Lewis Padgett at June 30, 2007 9:59 AM
 

EB spin courtesy of an email from GJ...."They are trying new ways to get their meddlesome and subversive messages, designed to destabilize the Brownian revolution, seen and heard in our country," .... yet another onosecond moment?

or

'Minister of Everything, Colonel Klink, err I mean Burch, instructed us to take it down as it's bigger than his.... We can only assume he mean't bigger than his dish.'

Posted by: Icarus at June 30, 2007 10:28 AM
 

Not content to selectively publish posts on its own website, progressiveminds.bm tests out new system to eradicate all dissent from the internet.

Posted by: loki at June 30, 2007 11:13 AM
 

Even with CableVision's "new" receiver dish, Uncle Elvis STILL isn't able to watch "Top Chef" on Bravo without it cutting out and going to a black screen (no, that wasn't a racial term... the screen LITERALLY goes black) every 3 minutes.

Posted by: Uncle Elvis at June 30, 2007 12:30 PM
 

Finally! With this new antennae for my phone, I MIGHT get decent service!
Left a bit, gents... little more... little more, please... I still only have two bars... liiiiiittle more... three bars... almost there... allllmost DAMMIT! No service!

Posted by: Uncle Elvis at June 30, 2007 12:41 PM
 

BREAKING NEWS

Just prior to being arrested, Michael Dunkley(seen here, photo supplied by Workers Voice) comments on the last 'bastion' of white rule in the communications field. Mayem broke out after Larry Dennis and John Barritt were arrested also.
Larry and John could be heard shouting.....

YOU CAN DISH IT OUT BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE IT.

Ewart Brown who was present and won the bid on the purchase of the soon to be 'extinct' white symbol said.."We have received a lot through this mechanism but we have moved on.

Stuart Hayward who's bid was just shy of $800,000,000 was also threatned with arrest after L.V. pulled up in a Humvee with speakers blarring...Ya ah Wanna Bee'.

Posted by: Rummy at June 30, 2007 3:01 PM
 

Catholic Church embraces new technology,
new Saints beatified.

Posted by: Ex Parte at June 30, 2007 3:04 PM
 

EB, please phone home.

Posted by: Sam Adams at June 30, 2007 5:46 PM
 

Goverment introduces new high tech water catchment system.

Posted by: PointFinger at June 30, 2007 8:06 PM
 

... and the dish ran away with the spoon.

Posted by: Candunn at July 1, 2007 1:47 AM
 

Ewart announces that EVERYONE and I MEAN EVERYONE will get PLP TV beamed into their house.

Posted by: Morgan at July 1, 2007 9:16 PM
 

Proving yet again that Bermudians can dish it out ... but can we take it?

or

"Call me Ishmael" ... Bermuda disposes of its last great white whale.

Some notable outbursts heard at the ceremony:

"... from hell's heart I stab at thee: for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee"

"Ignorance is the parent of fear ..."

There are only unconfirmed allegations regarding the identies of the speakers ... although a call for a royal commission into these allegations has been made by a group of concerned pre-schoolers.

Posted by: Darkside at July 2, 2007 12:11 PM
 

After the fastest recorded issuance of a SDO in our nation's history, the "Son of the Soil" Broadcast Centre is hastily dismantled by concerned local contractors.

Posted by: Darkside at July 2, 2007 1:40 PM
 

"Can you hear us now Ewart?"

Posted by: Darkside at July 2, 2007 5:29 PM