Competition

Date01 September 1981
Published date01 September 1981
DOI10.1177/026455058102800409
Subject MatterArticles
139
Prizes
of
gift tokens
for
£10
and
£5
were
offered for
the
funniest
bubble
quote
or
the
wittiest
caption in
the
conference
competition.
Photographs from
the
1980
conference taken
by
NAPO’s
very
own
John
H.
B.
Dixon
of
provided
the
visual
material
to
which
members
&dquo; were
invited
to
add
the
wit
of
their
pens,
of
Owen
WeUs, Ron
Bill
Beaumont
and
Mike
Worth-
ington,
and
the
Home
Secretary
on
the
all
in
various
typical and/or
r
undignified
poses,
offered
varied
and
interesting stimulus.
... Some
members
of
Conference
were
seen
to
spend
most
of
the
weekend
fillinlg
in
a
succession
of
competition.
’I
see
no
unemployed
POs,’
(ist
prize,
D.
C.
l’vlartin,)
’I
wonder
~°~~~ ~
~~~~=~~~~i~~’
is?
They
I
didj1’(teach
us
about
~~~°~~~~~~r~
when
I
was
in
school,
Is
it
like a
short,
sharp
shock?°
~~c~~~e~~~~c~: ~~°c~~
Roberty,
Wembtley.)
forms,
while
many
others
took
the
opportunity
of
pemimg
either
pure
filth
or
pure
libel.
The
problems
of
printing
either
of
the
last
two
eliminated
con-
siderable
numbers
of
the
entries―even
if, in
aU
honesty,
some
of
them
were
~.i
very
funny.
After
much
aganisinc
and
the
9traich-&dquo;
ing of
aching
conference heads,
we
are
happy to
the
entry
below.
The
second
prize
and
other
honourable
men-
tions
follow.
A
£10
gift
token
is
on
its
way
to
D.
~‘.
Martin
of
Corby,
North-
ants,
for
a
pertinent
and
rather
serious
The.
second
prize
goes
to
P.
M.
Lioyd
of
Wythenshawe.
Special mention
should
be
made
of
Arieh
Yaoohi
of
Fred
Pick-
stone
of
and
Rob
Brotherstone
of
I
Preston
for
the
sheer
number
of
their
entries.
’This
book
changed
my
life-it
can
change your
name!’
prize,
P.
Ai.
Lloyd.)

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