What do you think Patrick Delaney, Managing Director at Ovation Global DMC, was saying when this picture was taken? My favourite entry so far came in via Twitter from James Kent (@jkinjp) of the Kyoto Convention Bureau:
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"so I eventually rang the doorbell and discovered it wasn't even my house" or
"pull my finger"
Ian Hemmingway, Ovation Global DMC
"If I managed to find a wife, so can You!"
Stefan De Smet, MCI Brussels
"That's right our next bear will be this tall, anyone got a problem with that!"
ITCM, @itcmmagazine
“You’re fired” (in the voice of Alan Sugar from ‘The Apprentice’) or
Alan Sugar - I'm " Alan Sugar of DMC's don't forget that"
Mark Berry, MCI Dublin
"You too can take over the world through destination management!"
Exxodus Group, @exxodusgroup
"Not only do we turn inside out to make it happen, we also stand on tables!"
Padraic Gilligan, Ovation Global DMC
"Who moved the ATM? It was here before!"
Samme Allen, Barbican Centre
"EEK! A mouse!"
Hugh Torpey, MCI Dublin
"Don't you dare go to any destination, without hiring a DMC!!! If it's Ovation, even better!"
Constantinos Doucas, Doucas Travel Collection | Destination Services
"Alas, poor Padraic! I knew him, ..! (inspired by Hamlet if you are talking about the fish)"
Hugo Slimbrouck, Ovation / MCI Brussels, Belgium
"I'm going to climb up here so you people in the back can see me & like any fine Irish man, I'm going to tell you what I think and then head to the bar!"
Larry Head, Boston USA
"I will not, I will not be moved, I will not, I will not be moved!"
Rob Allidine, MCI Dublin
"Do not ever call me Scottish again or do you see me wearing a kilt!"
Berit Koehler, MCI Copenhagen
"You might not believe this ... But when I started in this company I had black hair and was this tall"
Neil Redmond, MCI Dublin
"and YOU think YOU are HARD? Bring it on Sunshine" or
"This is the MCI/Ovation canteen, isn't it?" or
"**Stop Press** Patrick Delaney sings at The Westin. His song choice? Queen - "I'm going slightly mad" or
"The last time I was in a kayak in Africa they showed me how to feel slightly elevated if I was feeling a little shy" or
"I have never, ever, ever felt superior to my colleagues or students"
Conor Kenny, Dublin @Conor_Kenny
"seriously, I really can't get down from here...can somebody help me?"
Aoife Delaney, Ovation Global DMC
"he is trying to find his ole bucket of gold!"
Kevin Edmunds, @kvedmunds
"No-one, and I mean NO-ONE, can be taller than me"
Eimear Dunne, MCI Dublin
"The rhinoceros was doing its best to throw me off but …"
James Kent, @jkinjp
"Forget Michael Flatley, Now this is how Riverdance is done!"
Michael Dalton, Ovation Ireland
"Night fever, night fever. We know how to do it..."
Jeremy Butcher, MCI Dublin