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Punorama updated

16:20 UK time, Wednesday, 20 September 2006

man.203.jpgThe rules are simple. We choose a story and you write a punning headline for it.

This week was German art student Pablo Wendel, who briefly fooled police by posing as one of China's 2,200-year-old terracotta warriors after jumping into the pit containing them at the heritage site in the ancient capital, Xian.

Judge's verdict

Lots to play with again this week, as well as some strong front runners.

Feat of clay was suggested by Candace, Helene Parry and Nick Jones, while Statue of Imitations was sent in by Darren, Jon Bright and the interestingly named Pix6.

Another firm favourite was Terragotcha. It, along with some slight variations on the theme , was suggested by Neil, Susan, One Eyed Owl and Eddie H - to name just a few.

Terracotta Barmy also kept popping up and those who suggested it include Chris W, Steve Ferguson, Mark Wrighton and Lee Pike.

Some real sparks of genius came from Bryn Roberts with Glazed and Confused and Stone the Pose from Simon Rooke. But there was one clear winner in Magzine Monitor's mind - Amateur Ceramics from Gareth Jones. Bravo.

Losers click here.

Comments

  1. At 03:22 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Rob Falconer wrote:

    Pablo had always wanted to join the TA's

  2. At 03:22 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Stoned out of his mind

  3. At 03:23 PM on 19 Sep 2006, George wrote:

    Terracotta in the act

  4. At 03:25 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Pix6, Vienna wrote:

    Potty!

  5. At 03:28 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Bricking it

  6. At 03:30 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Pix6, Vienna wrote:

    Pablo tableau

  7. At 03:39 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Candace wrote:

    Clay station too

  8. At 03:41 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Kip wrote:

    He is the very model of a modeled major-general.

  9. At 03:49 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Valérie Falconer wrote:

    Gaseous Clay

  10. At 03:49 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Neil Reading wrote:

    "Terra"ist Alert!

  11. At 03:49 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Pablo, me old china!

  12. At 03:50 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Kip wrote:

    A model prisoner.

  13. At 03:51 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Neil Reading wrote:

    Security's Gone to Pot.

  14. At 03:56 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Lee Pike wrote:

    Career Soldier

  15. At 03:58 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Lee Pike wrote:

    Potty Trained

  16. At 03:59 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Eddie H wrote:

    Terranotta Warrior

  17. At 03:59 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Pix6, Vienna wrote:

    Chinese fake away

  18. At 04:00 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Potters zeal

  19. At 04:01 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Kip wrote:

    The Mongol fraud.

  20. At 04:03 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Kip wrote:

    Pot head

  21. At 04:04 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Neil Reading wrote:

    Wendel they make me a tourist attraction??

  22. At 04:04 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Kip wrote:

    Stoned on pot

  23. At 04:05 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Stella Alvarez wrote:

    Confuse-us

  24. At 04:06 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Richard Downey wrote:

    Potty Pablo

  25. At 04:09 PM on 19 Sep 2006, PJ, West Yorks, thelbiq.co.uk wrote:

    Tomb Raider

  26. At 04:10 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Helene Parry wrote:

    Kiln joke

  27. At 04:12 PM on 19 Sep 2006, John Lewis wrote:

    Crime Team - Big Rig

  28. At 04:12 PM on 19 Sep 2006, PJ, West Yorks, thelbiq.co.uk wrote:

    Flat cap and ferret

  29. At 04:14 PM on 19 Sep 2006, PJ, West Yorks, thelbiq.co.uk wrote:

    The cat crept into the crypt...

  30. At 04:18 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Candace wrote:

    Jars gratia artist

  31. At 04:18 PM on 19 Sep 2006, PJ, West Yorks, thelbiq.co.uk wrote:

    The Kraut crept into the crypt...

    (No offence intended!)

  32. At 04:18 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    The Pit and the Xian bedlam

  33. At 04:20 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Tom Feilding wrote:

    Wendel Soldier

  34. At 04:21 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Candace wrote:

    Coy soldier

  35. At 04:22 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Peter Schofield wrote:

    The forgotten Eighth Dwarf is discovered in China, living in exile.

  36. At 04:22 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Mike Grimes wrote:

    Con kraut in clay.

  37. At 04:23 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Tom Feilding wrote:

    Potty

  38. At 04:25 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Steve K wrote:

    Pun - cotta lotta bottle

  39. At 04:31 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Pix6, Vienna wrote:

    Glazed Expressionist

  40. At 04:38 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Andy, Leeds, UK wrote:

    Warrior dressued up like that for?

  41. At 04:40 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Jason Morley wrote:

    There's gnome business like show-business.

  42. At 04:43 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Akilah wrote:


    He's just pott(er)y about the Terracotta Warriors

  43. At 04:49 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Sarah, Dartmouth, Canada wrote:

    Punorama:

    Imitation is the sincerest form of pottery.

  44. At 05:04 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Kip wrote:

    Potty artist thrown in the jug.

  45. At 05:17 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Vic Pugh wrote:

    precast warrior

  46. At 05:23 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Kieran Boyle wrote:

    Clay Artist Fails to Give Police the Slip.

  47. At 05:27 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Ian Hall wrote:

    You're nicked, me old china

  48. At 05:29 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Ian Hall wrote:

    Coppas spotta rotta among lotta terracotta

  49. At 06:07 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Derek Behan wrote:

    's t'at you Pablo?

  50. At 06:22 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Chipped and pinned

  51. At 06:27 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Brian Ritchie wrote:

    Terra-caught-a

  52. At 06:35 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Helene Parry wrote:

    Statue of Levity

  53. At 06:37 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Clive Burdall wrote:

    Cotta Red Handed

  54. At 06:38 PM on 19 Sep 2006, David Dee wrote:

    The Banksy of the Yangtze.

  55. At 06:40 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Art attack

  56. At 06:43 PM on 19 Sep 2006, David Dee wrote:

    "Got the one and only walkin', talkin', livin' troll".

  57. At 07:15 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Candace wrote:

    Not a pot to pit in

  58. At 07:34 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Brian Gunn wrote:

    Terra Caught Ya!

  59. At 07:37 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Kip wrote:

    Me old China

  60. At 07:41 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Mark wrote:

    You terror, caught ya! Warrior think you're doing?

  61. At 08:20 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Pat wrote:

    Why? Because it's terra!

  62. At 08:26 PM on 19 Sep 2006, T Newman wrote:

    The hit of the Madrid fashion week was Terra Cotta in his clay coloured warrior tunic, who thumped his way along the catwalk in leaps and bounds.

  63. At 08:44 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Brian Gunn wrote:

    Chinese fake away

  64. At 09:34 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Phil, Cardiff wrote:

    Hide and sake
    Terracotta Barmy
    Wendel and Pot Berk (De-seen-ed)
    Solid State (Metal Gear Solid reference)
    Performance art attracts serious criticism
    Terracotta worrier

  65. At 09:55 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Mark Esdale wrote:

    No Chink Found in Armour

    (hmm, probably not very PC, just attribute it to the Duke of Edinburgh)

    Herr Dares Wear Rare Khmer Affair

    (OK, so it's Chinese not Cambodian)

  66. At 10:14 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Phil, Cardiff wrote:

    Knight hider

  67. At 10:37 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Phil, Cardiff wrote:

    That Kaolin's not Shaolin!

    Kaolin = china clay, Shaolin = Chinese martial art

  68. At 11:13 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Statue ex

  69. At 11:45 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Raleigh wrote:

    Last in First Out

  70. At 11:50 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Norm Brown wrote:

    " My call-up papers came late."

  71. At 11:56 PM on 19 Sep 2006, Raleigh wrote:

    Banksy's Doppelganger is a staind-up kinda guy.

  72. At 12:35 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Boris wrote:

    Glad to be clay

  73. At 12:40 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Boris wrote:

    Faction man

  74. At 01:41 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Georgie wrote:

    China Droll

  75. At 02:07 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Will wrote:

    Herra Caughta

  76. At 03:05 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Cecil Remmler wrote:

    Student cought china fool the police

  77. At 04:13 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Rachel wrote:

    Terracotta potty!

  78. At 04:56 AM on 20 Sep 2006, sarahtriesteitaly wrote:

    Hoisted off his own pedestal.

  79. At 05:03 AM on 20 Sep 2006, sarahtriesteitaly wrote:

    Half baked

  80. At 05:05 AM on 20 Sep 2006, sarahtriesteitaly wrote:

    Fire work

  81. At 05:06 AM on 20 Sep 2006, sarahtriesteitaly wrote:

    fired work

  82. At 05:08 AM on 20 Sep 2006, sarahtriesteitaly wrote:

    Chinese fire work.

  83. At 06:56 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Pablo, you're NOT fired

  84. At 07:03 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Vicki Powell wrote:

    You've 'cotta be kidding me

    Groan...

  85. At 07:08 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Murray Milne wrote:

    Nearly cotta way with it

  86. At 07:21 AM on 20 Sep 2006, sarahtsitaly wrote:

    Pit bull

  87. At 08:18 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:

    You're in the barmy now, son!

  88. At 08:20 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Nigel Macarthu wrote:

    Terra-fied of discovery.

  89. At 08:21 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Jel wrote:

    It was the Hans that gave him away, so he took it on the Chin

  90. At 08:22 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:

    Terra-caught-a

  91. At 08:35 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Phil wrote:

    Terracotta worrier.

  92. At 08:42 AM on 20 Sep 2006, david regan wrote:

    Cracked pot

  93. At 09:07 AM on 20 Sep 2006, david regan wrote:

    War on Terra-cota

  94. At 09:08 AM on 20 Sep 2006, david regan wrote:

    New Model Army

  95. At 09:15 AM on 20 Sep 2006, david regan wrote:

    No chink in his armour

  96. At 09:26 AM on 20 Sep 2006, George wrote:

    Terracotta red-handed

  97. At 09:31 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Chinese hoax quiz scene

  98. At 09:32 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Candace wrote:

    The pit and the Wendel ban

  99. At 09:40 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Candace wrote:

    The pit they banned Wendel from

  100. At 09:46 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Gareth Jones, Anglesey wrote:

    Is it cos I is clay?

  101. At 09:49 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Stella wrote:

    What on Earthenware was he doing?

  102. At 09:53 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    All in all it's just another brick in the hall.

  103. At 09:58 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Stig wrote:

    China tease

  104. At 10:00 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Stig wrote:

    Great Gall of China

  105. At 10:01 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Stig wrote:

    Statue of (taking a) Liberty

  106. At 10:11 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Tony Doyle wrote:

    Mr. Wendel is free

  107. At 10:11 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:

    Terra-caught-a warrior

  108. At 10:12 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:

    May the force arrest you

  109. At 10:12 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Tony Doyle wrote:

    4 and 20 stone men baked in clay

  110. At 10:14 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:

    Playing the old soldier (not a pun, I know!)

  111. At 10:17 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Tony Doyle wrote:

    Pablo's impression

  112. At 10:29 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Peter (Cardiff) wrote:

    Attent-HUN

  113. At 10:33 AM on 20 Sep 2006, John Coulthard wrote:

    Statue of flibbertigibbet.

  114. At 10:35 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Nathan Pretlove wrote:

    Clay Potty

  115. At 10:52 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Kip wrote:

    Pablo leaves before he's fired.

  116. At 11:01 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:

    Take a Xian-ce on it, Pablo

  117. At 11:03 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:

    Pablo Pit-casso

  118. At 11:05 AM on 20 Sep 2006, Kip wrote:

    Kitcher Clayed-a-man

  119. At 11:07 AM on 20 Sep 2006, O.G.Nash, Doha, Qatar wrote:

    Warrior hiding?
    Small Xiance of being spotted.
    Terra gotcha, warrior!

  120. At 12:10 PM on 20 Sep 2006, Johnny Lyttle wrote:

    Police between rock and a hard place as student gets stoned.

  121. At 12:18 PM on 20 Sep 2006, Kip wrote:

    Still life.

  122. At 12:45 PM on 20 Sep 2006, Mark Bohan wrote:

    TerraGothcha.

    Terracotta Worrier.

  123. At 12:45 PM on 20 Sep 2006, Mike S wrote:

    Wish you wor 'ere?

  124. At 12:50 PM on 20 Sep 2006, Algo wrote:

    Was it Bill,
    or was it Ben....

  125. At 01:04 PM on 20 Sep 2006, Charles wrote:

    Yore place or mime?

    Art student's half-baked scheme backfires

  126. At 01:43 PM on 20 Sep 2006, grahame blanchard wrote:

    New model army

  127. At 02:52 PM on 20 Sep 2006, Paddy Cassidy wrote:

    Wendel The Warrior Tightens Togetherness With Terracottas!

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