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June 20, 2008

Caption this!

Posted: 11:44 AM ET

Adidas UEFA EURO 2008™ display

*UPDATE* We have chosen a winner for this Caption This contest and plan to announce his or her name and his or her winning caption on the July 12th and 13th show. So comments are closed for this one... BUT keep your eyes peeled for your next chance to be witty... it's coming soon!

First things first... congratulations to Jessica who came up with the winning caption for our last "Caption This" contest. A "News To Me" t-shirt will be on its way to her soon!

Now, there was a lot of discussion 'round the vast "News To Me" headquarters last week as to whether our new "Caption This" picture (above) is a Photoshop fake... it ain't. It was taken by iReporter Mon Enriquez earlier this month in the Zurich Central Train station. These bigger than life footballers were built to promote the UEFA EURO 2008™ Football (soccer) Tournament which is taking place through June 29th in Austria and Switzerland.

So how would you caption this photo? Here's a really lame one to get you started:
"Sheesh... I knew Soccer was big in Europe, but I had no idea HOW BIG!"

Click the "Add a comment" button below give us your best caption and it may be featured on an upcoming edition of "News To Me!"

Here's some more info on the display :

According to Adidas, the company that sponsored the exhibition, "The circle measures 33 meters [over 108 feet] in diameter. Just the heads of the footballers displayed in great detail are three meters [over 9 feet] high. The self-supporting work of art weighs over seven tons and doesn't require any suspension from the ceiling. Paintbrushing experts crafted every body part with meticulous attention to detail. Over 50 people worked on the huddle figures day in and day out for more than a year."

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Cheyenne   June 21st, 2008 7:54 pm ET

Proof that steriod use has reached professional soccer.

Ron Griffin   June 21st, 2008 7:55 pm ET

THIS PROVES THAT SOCCER IS BIGGER IN EUROPE THEN THEUSA

jp hunter   June 21st, 2008 7:59 pm ET

" I saw the guy with the blue socks before congress last week talking about steriods "

cousin   June 21st, 2008 8:03 pm ET

Hey, does anyone else see all those little people, or is it just me?

bob holden   June 21st, 2008 8:10 pm ET

look at all the little people

Nick   June 21st, 2008 9:54 pm ET

I think that they redefined the term " HGH overdose".

Patricia Leyenaar   June 21st, 2008 10:00 pm ET

Honey, I blew up the soccer players.

Jairo --- "J"   June 21st, 2008 10:05 pm ET

"Ok... NO ONE IS ALLOW TO DO THE SAME MOVE AS Zizou, we all agreed that there should not be head bumping Italians, we are in neutral ground"

Sara   June 21st, 2008 10:09 pm ET

I Winder If They Can See Up My Shorts With Us Being So Tall...

Jairo --- "J"   June 21st, 2008 10:09 pm ET

Ok guys we all agreed no head bumping Italians here, learn from Zizou, we are in neutral ground

Caryn   June 21st, 2008 10:10 pm ET

Guys, Which Soccer Ball Down There Is Ours...?

Peter Raymond Maheu   June 22nd, 2008 12:52 am ET

WOW, N!CE $HOE$ ....... we @RE GO!NG TO W!N

marie marano   June 22nd, 2008 12:54 am ET

we want to thank all the little people that got us here

marie

Jean   June 22nd, 2008 12:57 am ET

I see London... I see France....

eduardo   June 22nd, 2008 12:58 am ET

...... How about those gas prices....?

Dan   June 22nd, 2008 1:00 am ET

"It seems that steroid use just isn't a problem in baseball anymore."

josh simmons   June 22nd, 2008 1:20 am ET

alright everybody, on the count of three start stomping

Darwin   June 22nd, 2008 2:09 am ET

OK guys, on the count of three we'll squash them like bugs...1, 2....

averykrouse   June 22nd, 2008 5:55 am ET

Okay guys, huddle up. They've got the Jolly Green Giant on defense, and I heard from some kid named Jack that they've got a new striker...

TJ   June 22nd, 2008 6:53 am ET

its the big game...with the big players...in the big leagues...in a big field...

Brianna Azzara   June 22nd, 2008 9:43 am ET

Hey, guys... Do these shorts make my butt look big?

gerda   June 22nd, 2008 7:57 pm ET

Ok who's the wise guy that slipped the growth hormone in our
Wheaties ??

Will Holloway   June 22nd, 2008 7:58 pm ET

Dude... Can someone please buy these guys some underwear ?

Ann McCreery   June 22nd, 2008 8:01 pm ET

"Hey, Dudes, I told you these uniforms would fool them into thinking we're not Zentraedi" (this is an otaku joke, ask one)

JR   June 22nd, 2008 8:07 pm ET

We thought you were kidding Gulliver. These ants do look like people. Hurry!!!!! Someone get the magnifine glass!!!

Ann McCreery   June 22nd, 2008 8:08 pm ET

Um... I thought when this happens we were supposed to turn green...

Garrett   June 22nd, 2008 8:10 pm ET

Coach, we shrunk the fans!

Will Holloway   June 22nd, 2008 8:12 pm ET

Ok... Who farted?

Rob Recher   June 22nd, 2008 8:12 pm ET

"Okay one of you big guys should probably be goalie."

Ann McCreery   June 22nd, 2008 8:17 pm ET

Shoot! Good science, but they didn't make any women!

Ann McCreery   June 22nd, 2008 8:22 pm ET

Would it be copying... if we called our team the Giants?

Ann McCreery   June 22nd, 2008 8:29 pm ET

This is getting dangerous for the public, maybe we should play Quidditch instead...

Stephen Smith   June 22nd, 2008 9:56 pm ET

Huddle up. O-K on 3. Wish we were this BIG in America!

daryl adams   June 22nd, 2008 10:05 pm ET

looks like bush is at it again, honey get the kids. We're leaving.

Melody Schafer   June 22nd, 2008 10:05 pm ET

Okay! Don't nobody move!

Chris Schafer   June 22nd, 2008 10:06 pm ET

Somebody is going to get really upset if I don't get to the bathroom soon!

Dale   June 22nd, 2008 10:13 pm ET

Ok, So we get one with cheese,one with olives and one with onion.

Meera   June 22nd, 2008 10:28 pm ET

On the outside looking in.
16 teams. 1 winner.
Who will be the 2008 UEFA champion?
Anything can happen.

DanaMarie   June 23rd, 2008 12:54 am ET

I CAN SEE UP YOUR SHORTS!

Ellen Anderson   June 23rd, 2008 12:58 am ET

Does this look infected to you?

Danny   June 23rd, 2008 1:04 am ET

The announcers are gonna need their hot air back before the game!

Mike   June 23rd, 2008 1:10 am ET

"On the count of three... one, two, three- Everybody spit down onto the people below!"

Richard Weaver   June 23rd, 2008 6:33 am ET

Caption: Breaking news! "Lilliputians trade for Gulliver and friends to represent national team".

Jose Castillo   June 23rd, 2008 6:38 am ET

We need to find Zoltar!

Trell   June 23rd, 2008 10:14 am ET

They thought David Beckham was the biggest thing out of England, WAIT UNTIL THEY SEE US NOW!!!

Trell   June 23rd, 2008 10:17 am ET

Alright on the count of three everybody let out your biggest fart: One, Two, Three........

Alex Cospin   June 23rd, 2008 3:16 pm ET

The people below are just glad there aren't any balls around

Lucia   June 23rd, 2008 4:20 pm ET

Caption:
"Ok Guys, Just Look at 'em Down There We Can Definitely Take 'em!"

Geoffrey   June 23rd, 2008 6:13 pm ET

You said you could get gas where? And for how much?

Jason Broyles   June 24th, 2008 1:06 pm ET

Well Guys........ This Is One Way Too Lower Gas Prices!!!

Geoffrey   June 24th, 2008 8:35 pm ET

Okay, 1, 2, 3 Kumbaya, my lord. kumbaya...

Jared Carr   June 26th, 2008 2:16 pm ET

Caption: UEFA EURO 2008, Standing Tall And Knocking their enemies stiff. One By One.

Will Holloway   June 27th, 2008 3:57 am ET

This is a horrible draft who has wool underwear?

S. Webb   June 28th, 2008 12:16 am ET

When they flew us from Mars to play this strange game they said no one would notice. Now what do we do?

Kevin S Lin   June 29th, 2008 2:17 am ET

Kid: "Daddy, look, how big!'
Dad: "If you ask me, I'd say they are compensating for something..."

Richard Weaver   June 29th, 2008 6:06 pm ET

Has anyone asked the coaches how we're going get to the game on these tiny trains?

rosie and charlotte   July 1st, 2008 9:18 pm ET

A colossal moment when rival teams unite to play in the biggest game on the planet.

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