Got the tingles? Full of excitement? Yes, you have that Friday feeling, otherwise known as "anticipation of a forthcoming Sitting Tennant".
First of all, I'll start you off with this bonus "ultimate" Sitting Tennant, which I've had sitting around for ages and that no one else has submitted yet but I thought you'd all enjoy – no need to caption.
Thought you'd like it. But moving on, time for the contributions from the regular Sitting Tennanters. Ms Jaradel's fallen over and is too far away from her keyboard to send us something this week, but Ms Rullsenberg and Sister Chastity have served you all with a couple of treats:
Must. Avoid. Making. Obvious. Jokes. Too. Much. Effort.
So I'll leave that up to you (you can make less obvious jokes as well, if you'd like).
Last week's suggestion of a scavenger hunt won approval from Sister Chastity, but unfortunately no one else so that wasn't a goer. But then I came up with, IMHO, an even better idea: inspiration points. Whichever picture gets the most captions (or even the best captions) that week, will get two bonus points for having inspired others. How does that sound? To me it sounds like an incentive to come up with really provocative Sitting Tennants, that's what.
Anyway, the picture leaderboard now stands as follows:
- Rullsenberg: 20.5
- Jaradel: 16.5
- Sister Chastity: 15.5
- Rosby: 2.5
- Persephone: 1
Witty captions looked in a dire state for most of the week, with only two dedicated captioners feeling their creative juices flowing. But a flurry of activity at the last minute, from the holidaying Marie among others, saw life once more breathed into an otherwise prone Sitting Tennant.
The first stab at a bonus points option saw three people trying their luck, with Marie eventually proving she had what it took to combine David Tennant and swine flu. Meanwhile, witty points went to Rullsenberg for picture one; Electric Dragon for picture two and picture three, which if not the best use of Carol Ann Duffy in a caption was at least the most random and amusing.
Ten bonus points will be awarded this week to the best caption involving expenses claims, Marks & Spencers bras and/or the world's smallest pigs.
- Toby: 109.5
- Marie: 102
- Rullsenberg: 61.5
- Jane Henry: 60.5
- Persephone: 45.5
- Jaradel: 38.5
- Electric Dragon: 25
- Rev/Views 16
- Scott: 3
- Aaron: 2
- almostwitty.com: 1
As always, captions and new submissions for the gallery, please. Remember, you can submit as many (witty) captions as you like for each and every picture, with topical captions (and pictures of David Tennant in current productions) getting extra marks. The wittiest caption for each picture will get double points. And there's a bonus point for using Gary Numan lyrics appropriately.
Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below and if it's judged suitable, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery. You can also enter the witting and amusing captions league table by commenting on existing photos in the gallery.
Related entries
- May 15, 2009: Today's Sitting Tennants: People Like Us, teasing Graham Norton, and at the BAFTAs
Today's Sitting Tennants are from People Like Us and the BAFTAs
May 8, 2009 | Reply
Gah, cute young Tennant. My word, he really has promise doesn't he?!
Anyway, many thanks for the caption mention - especially since I was laid low end of last week and had a very late attendance and ability to comment on the post. Yee-ha! (Btw I would also have supported the scavenger idea but didn't get chance to mention -- but the inspiration points idea works for me... it will also perhaps lead us away from feeling inclined to equally distribute comments/captions on all the offered pics).
I'm afraid that my intermittant net usage is making it increasingly impossible for me to beat the sainted sister C on contemporary submissions, but yeah. that BAFTA behind the scenes shot is goofy-lovely!
ANYWAY!
Picture 1 captions
a) the demonstration of the hand jive wasn't going as well as he anticipated
b) that James McCrimmon's changed his face again - at least he isn't cardboard this time
c) show me again how you shuffle the cards?
d) ironing out that Tommy Cooper impression would take some time
e) ...and she was levitating right at this height...
picture 2
a) David regretting having all his teeth removed just before the BAFTAs.
b) ah, yes, well, I can explain about the glasses and all the bottles being empty. But she's out of camera shot...
May 8, 2009 | Reply
BTW random question but WHO was on the other side of the DT page in GQ? The faint visibility is driving me mad!
May 8, 2009 | Reply
PS
Picture 2
I can put all this on expenses? Sweet - makes me feel like an MP! ooooh, are you from the Telegraph? (smiles awkwardly...)
May 8, 2009 | Reply
2. I have the world smallest pig hidden somewhere about my person. But I am not going to tell you where.
May 8, 2009 | Reply
1. What do you think of the brooch? Too much?
May 8, 2009 | Reply
1. "Perhaps if I pretend I can't see the ghostly man he'll leave me alone."
2. Not many people realised this, but the bagpipes can also be played like a piano.
3. David smiled, inside the envelope was the next 'volunteer' to join his collection of headless people wearing black.
May 8, 2009 | Reply
Yeah, there was a lot going on family-wise this week, which left me no time to search for some appropriate pics of Mr Tennant in repose. Rest assured I'll be back on the job next week!
May 8, 2009 | Reply
1 David Tennant aged 27 and a half. One day I'm going to be so famous, and then they'll be sorry...
2 It's all in the technique I find. You need to suck, not blow...
3 David reprises his unsuccessful audition for Planet of the Apes
May 8, 2009 | Reply
Okay - can I just clarify that I haven't been counting the lovely top image as a caption drawing one (though it has created drooling issues) - just in case anyone wondered about the Scottish refs to picture 1...
With that in mind and taking GQ's droolable image as picture A...
'If I keep my eyes on the spider in the corner of the room and I stay off the ground to avoid the mouse on the floor maybe I can stop worrying about the man looking in through the window at me. Now HE'S creepy...'
May 8, 2009 | Reply
"Okay - can I just clarify that I haven't been counting the lovely top image as a caption drawing one (though it has created drooling issues)"
That's hopefully because I said it wasn't a captionable one. No points will be awarded for GQ captions. You can still have a go if you want, though.
May 8, 2009 | Reply
Yup, I also counted the first captionable image as 1 and second as 2, and just to complicate matters captioned 2 first and then 1, but you can handle that I'm sure...
May 8, 2009 | Reply
Picture One:
"All I want you to do is to keep Toby from getting anywhere near my pipes with his filthy innuendoes!"
Picture Two:
"Yep - urp! I drank 'em all. And I even swallowed the little pickled pigs. Went down easier than the worm in the tequila!"
No GQ photos were captioned in the making of this comment....