CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #52

[Billfred]

Does it scare anyone else that it's been a year since this thing got started?

In any case, here are the scores...

MissInformation 158
T. Hoffman 150
Gary Dillard 146
Dlavery 126
Dorienne 007 96
Jay H 237 91
Rich Wong 86
Greencactus3 74
Andy Baker 69
DCA Fan 68
Koko Ed 57
Amanda Morrison 57
Bcahn836 57
JVN 54
JosephM 52
Tkwetzel 48
Elgin Clock 46
GateRunner 46
Michelle 236 45
Greg Needel 45
Eugenia Gabrielov 45
DanielBCR 40
"Big Mike" 40
EddieMcD 39
Richardp 37
Arefin Bari 37
Shyra1353 32
EricS-Team180 31
Brandon Martus 30
Matt Attallah 30
VGMasterShadow 30
Kyle45 30
Jeff Waegelin 27
Jessica Boucher 27
Rich Kressly 26
Nehalita 26
Jacqui 20
Alex Cormier 20
Squirrelrock 19
Lil' Lavery 18
Mike Ciance 18
Wayne Doenges 18
Icurtis 17
1Derboy 16
Astronouth7303 15
Robo hottie71 14
Wetzel 13
Marc P. 12
Tom Schindler 12
Steve W 11
Alex Pelan 11
Killerofkiller 11
Denman 11
Katie Reynolds 10
Aignam 9
Kyle 9
Ashley 8
KathieK 8
Katy 8
JamizzleHavok13 8
Vivelation 8
Jack Jones 7
RogerR 7
Meli W. 7
George1083 6
Andrew Rudolph 6
ZACH P. 6
Cyberguy34000 6
TierraDelDiablo 6
Al Skierkiewicz 5
Barry Bonzack 5
George56 5
Stephen Kowski 5
EricH 5
Ken Patton 4
Tytus Gerrish 4
Corey Balint 4
CourtneyB 4
IMDWalrus 4
Jay Trzaskos 4
Joe_P. 4
Yan Wang 4
David Kelly 3
Ben Lauer 3
DJ Fluck 3
Karinka13 3
Kayla13 3
Lisa Perez 3
Ogre 3
Sakura141 3
Cdr1122334455 3
Tiffany34990 3
Bryan D 2
Cory 2
DaBruteForceGuy 2
Dillon Compton 2
Ecarlson 2
EnderofDragon 2
Jake177 2
Jdiwnab 2
Jeff_Rice 2
Joe Ross 2
Joshua May 2
Miketwalker 2
Nobrakes8 2
Santosh 2
Tom Bottiglieri 2
Matt Krass 2
Pat McCarthy 2
Aaron Lussier 1
Bill Gold 1
Coco The Monkey 1
Collin Fultz 1
ElfMaster 1
Eria4044 1
JakeGallagher 1
MATT_kaplan108 1
NoRemorse 1
Sanddrag 1
StephLee 1


And to wrap up the first year, I had to make things interesting...

http://www.team116.org/2002/CrateStuff.mov (.mov, 610 kb)

Go!!

[sanddrag]

Nerds in a box! Collect all 17! Order yours today!

[Matt Krass]

That's low Dave, locking the entire team in the crate just so you can have all the KKs!

[Jay H 237]

Due to the lack of fundraising initiative, 116 was forced to travel by way of FedEx instead of United Airlines.

[KarenH]

Hey! What happened to the 2,000 boxes of Krispy Kremes I ordered??

[MissInformation]

Building a crate for robot: $500
Building a working robot: $3,000
Locking your students in a crate so that you can get some real work done: Priceless!

[EricH]

At least 1 dozen clowns in a circus VW has nothing on 17 clowning nerds in a crate, particularly if one of them is Heidi and they are all on Dave's team!

[Pat McCarthy]

According to the 2006 game manual, the pit crew must be shipped in a crate at the same time as the crate that contains the usual robot and batteries.

[spears312]

Thats wierd... Why does team 116 have two boxes sitting in their pit area?

[Daniel Brim]

116's crate might work better if they add a back...

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Team 116 demonstrates a new idea on keeping students involved. It might have worked but for one problem. Although the test failed it did spawn team rule #101, use of personal hygene products is encouraged for all team building events.

[Rich Wong]

February 14, 2005 (one week before shipping deadline):

Team 116 Captain “Dave, Dave,…. What, what are we going to do?!
It is hopeless….
More than half the team is out sick…..
The transmission is not completed, autonomous mode is unfinished and the arm is only half done.
We are never going to make the ship date.”

Dave: “Hmmm…..
I hate to do this but I have no choice.
We have to breakout the BACKUP-Team 116.
Let's uncrate them now……”

(Entry inspired by a scene from the “Match of the Wooden Soldiers" with Laurel & Hardy)

[Travis Hoffman]

Dave on one of his better days (his morning medication only lets him simultaneously express four of his multiple personalities - Snoop Dogg wannabe, slack-jawed yokel, high school freshman AIM addict, and NASA engineer):

"Y'all (http://http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=369308&postcount=3) better dig out the wax from ur ears, yo - i didn't know my 'Think outside the bizzox' speech wood be so hard for u geniouses to comprehendizzle! Fo sheezy, get out o' there and get back to work, ppl!!!!! Wait......on second thought, get back in da crate, homies! Congradulations, i'm sending y'uns on a permanent vacation to Tempel 1 (http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html) cuz peep dis - i wanna bust out wit my secret clone army of Herndon students, who will pwn j00 all. OMG, like, my ultimate dream will soon be realized, as their all programmed to listen only to me. Y'all never listen to ur parents anyway, so I reckon they won't even know the difference!!! Holla! LOLOLOLOLOLOL............. ROTFLMAO............. Throw me a frickin' clone here! I'm outy, dangnubbit - I gotta change the tire on my house....TTYL!"

[Koko Ed]

Man these budget cuts are starting to cut really deep!

[Alex Cormier]

team 116 asks FIRST Q&A:
"Is it really that bad/illegal to ship teammates with the robot to get it finished?"

[Arefin Bari]

Dave: Oh yeah... I designed something very cool and it is SOOOO simple.

::Audience waiting::

Dave: Finally I present to you our "the locked up" students. Yup, 17 of them can fit in there at once, very easy to ship it anywhere in the world. I gotta check back on chiefdelphi, there was some team who needed more team members.

:: puts a sign on the forehead::

"I donate Nerds" :p

[Dorienne]

Dave: OKAY! You can't fool me! WHERE'S THE HIDDEN DOOR?!

[Dave Scheck]

After a lack of design ideas (and air), Team 116 decides to think outside of the box.

[EddieMcD]

Dave: "I thought Boxing Day was before kickoff..."

<not an entry>
Yet another congrats goes to Billfred, this time for hitting the one-year mark.
::salutes::
</not an entry>

[Gary Dillard]

The Herndon High School upper level math class demonstration to support their argument that 34 feet is a unit of volume rather than length didn't work; although the teacher gave them an "A" for effort, they still got an "F" for technical ability and had to repeat the class.

[EricS-Team180]

...Gary finishes his post and begins thinking...
"gotta outdo Lavery...gotta outdo Lavery...gotta outdo Lavery"

he eyes the "lunch line" cans of SPAM spanning his desk...hmmm

"Would Gilligan fit? ... naahhh way too big....how about Tiff? ...hmmm....smaller but still too big...maybe some of Bruces's Lego Leaguers! ...may need a shoe horn...may need a jumbo size can ...hmmm
may need some photoshopping advice from Heidi ..."

[Katie Reynolds]

Dave: *thinks* My pit-crew in a box idea is genius, I tell you - pure genius!

Dave (to crew): "Alright guys - remember to pack some food and water in that crate with you, 'cause you're going to have to wait until Thursday morning to be let out."

Disgruntled Student: "What?!"

Dave: "Hey, the only thing we can uncrate Wednesday is the robot."

Student: "Aww, this sucks!"

Dave: "Hey, I didn't write the rul- well ... on second thought, I might've had a *little* something to do with it ..."

[Conor Ryan]

Dave's New Shirt:
"My Other Team is in the Crate"

[richardp]

116 Student: " Ok so the fact still remains that we cant fit all 20 pit/flight students in the crate"
Dave: "Ok are you happy now where are my the KK's? Pay up!"
116 Student: "What if we send one of us out and have four people close the crate and now all we need to do is get Dave in here and by the time we get to Annapolis I am sure we can win back our bet!"

<NOT ENTRY> I wonder why Dave hasn't posted yet? </NOT ENTRY>

[dlavery]

Clown College Curriculum:

Clowns In a Car 101: Practical lessons on how to execute the classic “too many clowns in too small a car” gag. Lectures will cover topics such as "What NOT To Eat The Night Before," "The Atkins Diet Has Nothing On Us!," "Pack ‘Em In ‘Till They Scream Like 4-Year-Old Girls," "Stuffing Bozo Into A Tear in the Time-Space Continuum," "Teaching Chuckles To Breathe IN." Lab sessions will feature practice sessions fitting the entire class into successively smaller spaces, starting with large bathrooms, working through packing crates, phone booths, to Cooper Minis. The practical final exam will be an attempt to fit the entire class into a shoe box.

[KathieK]

Student: "Wow, when Dave said something about a Human Transporter experiment, I thought he was talking about a Segway, not the 'Beam Me Up, Scotty' kind..."

[Ashley Christine]

[ashley is sad because her computer is icky and doesnt support most media files nowa days]

but, reading everyone else's I will make a creative entry...


Sign on the outside of box: Please do not pet the animals.

[Ian Curtis]

[Although its obivious I'll put it here anyways... NOT AN ENTRY]
Ashley if you want to change your entry it is 17 people (one of which is Heidi Foster) crammed in a robot crate. [/not entry]

When it became apparent that Billfred was going to A. assign Heidi -infinity points, or allow Travis to win the final caption contest just to get on Heidi's nerves, MissInformation decided to do something about it. She gathered 16 other members of 116 and they all climbed into the former robot crate which was then boarded up and shipped to Billfreezyfosheezzywithaglassoflemoneezy Industries. Heidi thought that they would arrive inconspiciously, and Billfred would carry the box into his house, at which point they would sneak out and change the caption contest scores and irreversibly alter Billfred's mind. They're still in the box waiting outside his house becuase they forgot to take into account the fact that Billfred is in Maine.

[WOOT! 500 posts!]

[xzvrw2]

"I wonder if we're over weight"

[Bcahn836]

So when does the FedEx truck come again?

[JackN]

116 took 341's "Team in a Box" to a whole new level.

[Billfred]

Goodness gracious, what is this? Make Billfred Work Day?

In what may be the hardest caption contest to judge yet, first place goes to...

Dave: *thinks* My pit-crew in a box idea is genius, I tell you - pure genius!

Dave (to crew): "Alright guys - remember to pack some food and water in that crate with you, 'cause you're going to have to wait until Thursday morning to be let out."

Disgruntled Student: "What?!"

Dave: "Hey, the only thing we can uncrate Wednesday is the robot."

Student: "Aww, this sucks!"

Dave: "Hey, I didn't write the rul- well ... on second thought, I might've had a *little* something to do with it ..."

Second place goes to...

When it became apparent that Billfred was going to A. assign Heidi -infinity points, or allow Travis to win the final caption contest just to get on Heidi's nerves, MissInformation decided to do something about it. She gathered 16 other members of 116 and they all climbed into the former robot crate which was then boarded up and shipped to Billfreezyfosheezzywithaglassoflemoneezy Industries. Heidi thought that they would arrive inconspiciously, and Billfred would carry the box into his house, at which point they would sneak out and change the caption contest scores and irreversibly alter Billfred's mind. They're still in the box waiting outside his house becuase they forgot to take into account the fact that Billfred is in Maine.

Honorable mentions go to...

1) Alex Cormier
2) 1derboy
3) Koko Ed
4) spears312
5) KathieK
6) Dave Scheck
7) Gary Dillard
8) EddieMcD
9) Jay H 237
10) Al Skierkiewicz
11) EricS-Team180
12) sanddrag
13) dlavery

And the burn award...

Building a crate for robot: $500
Building a working robot: $3,000
Locking your students in a crate so that you can get some real work done: Priceless!

Meaning the final scores for year one are:

Name Total Team Wins Seconds H.M. Burn Single Avg. Score

MissInformation 160 116 5 6 31 5 3 3.2
T. Hoffman 151 48 7 2 26 5 4 3.43
Gary Dillard 148 180 4 8 27 4 2 3.29
Dlavery 128 116 4 4 26 4 4 3.05
Dorienne 007 97 7 2 4 16 4 13 2.49
Jay H 237 93 237 2 0 29 1 12 2.11
Rich Wong 87 0 2 3 21 0 10 2.42
Greencactus3 74 1481 3 1 14 0 11 2.55
Andy Baker 69 45 1 3 16 1 9 2.3
DCA Fan 68 294 1 0 17 0 24 1.62
Koko Ed 59 191 2 0 14 1 8 2.36
Bcahn836 58 836 0 0 15 1 25 1.41
Amanda Morrison 57 71 0 4 16 0 5 2.28
JVN 54 229 3 0 6 2 6 3.18
JosephM 52 384 1 0 16 0 10 1.93
Tkwetzel 48 116 0 0 12 3 15 1.6
Elgin Clock 46 237 1 2 10 0 6 2.42
GateRunner 46 180 1 0 14 0 8 2
Michelle 236 45 236 1 3 8 1 1 3.21
Greg Needel 45 73 1 1 13 0 4 2.37
Eugenia Gabrielov 45 461 1 0 10 0 15 1.73
DanielBCR 41 294 1 0 9 0 13 1.78
EddieMcD 41 0 0 1 10 1 13 1.64
"Big Mike" 40 25 0 1 9 2 11 1.74
Richardp 38 116 1 0 11 0 6 2.11
Arefin Bari 38 108 0 0 11 1 13 1.52
EricS-Team180 33 180 1 1 6 0 6 2.36
Shyra1353 32 771 0 1 8 1 8 1.78
Brandon Martus 30 47 2 0 4 0 2 3.75
Matt Attallah 30 5 0 0 5 4 8 1.76
VGMasterShadow 30 1073 0 1 7 0 11 1.58
Kyle45 30 45 0 0 6 0 18 1.25
Jeff Waegelin 27 201 1 1 5 0 2 3
Jessica Boucher 27 0 0 0 11 1 2 1.93
Rich Kressly 26 0 1 0 7 0 2 2.6
Nehalita 26 1345 0 1 6 0 9 1.63
Icurtis 22 1276 0 1 5 0 7 1.69
Alex Cormier 22 1126 0 0 5 0 12 1.29
Katie Reynolds 20 857 1 1 2 0 1 4
Jacqui 20 84 0 0 8 1 1 2
Squirrelrock 19 617 0 0 5 0 9 1.36
Lil' Lavery 18 116 1 1 1 0 1 4.5
Mike Ciance 18 25 1 0 4 0 0 3.6
1Derboy 18 494 1 0 2 0 4 2.57
Wayne Doenges 18 1501 0 0 5 2 2 2
Astronouth7303 15 1227 0 0 3 0 9 1.25
Robo hottie71 14 1675 0 0 5 1 1 2
Wetzel 13 0 0 0 5 0 3 1.63
Marc P. 12 38 0 1 3 0 1 2.4
Tom Schindler 12 0 0 0 4 0 4 1.5
Steve W 11 188 0 0 5 0 1 1.83
Alex Pelan 11 177 0 0 4 0 3 1.57
Killerofkiller 11 180 0 0 4 0 3 1.57
Denman 11 759 0 0 3 0 5 1.38
KathieK 10 173 0 0 5 0 0 2
Ashley 9 1559 0 0 4 0 1 1.8
Aignam 9 1257 0 0 3 0 3 1.5
Kyle 9 365 0 0 3 0 3 1.5
Katy 8 360 0 0 3 0 2 1.6
JamizzleHavok13 8 7 0 0 2 0 4 1.33
Vivelation 8 192 0 0 2 0 4 1.33
Al Skierkiewicz 7 111 0 0 3 0 1 1.75
Jack Jones 7 1213 0 0 2 0 3 1.4
RogerR 7 1369 0 0 2 0 3 1.4
Meli W. 7 86 0 0 1 0 5 1.17
George1083 6 1083 0 0 3 0 0 2
Andrew Rudolph 6 1083 0 0 2 0 2 1.5
ZACH P. 6 321 0 0 2 0 2 1.5
Cyberguy34000 6 662 0 0 1 0 4 1.2
EricH 6 330 0 0 1 0 4 1.2
TierraDelDiablo 6 639 0 0 0 0 6 1
Barry Bonzack 5 1604 0 0 2 0 1 1.67
George56 5 116 0 0 2 0 1 1.67
Stephen Kowski 5 1369 0 0 2 0 1 1.67
Ken Patton 4 65 0 0 2 0 0 2
Tytus Gerrish 4 179 0 0 2 0 0 2
Corey Balint 4 25 0 0 1 0 2 1.33
CourtneyB 4 111 0 0 1 0 2 1.33
IMDWalrus 4 818 0 0 1 0 2 1.33
Jay Trzaskos 4 229 0 0 1 0 2 1.33
Joe_P. 4 1167 0 0 1 0 2 1.33
Yan Wang 4 639 0 0 1 0 2 1.33
Cdr1122334455 4 1403 0 0 0 0 4 1
David Kelly 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Ben Lauer 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.5
DJ Fluck 3 1646 0 0 1 0 1 1.5
Karinka13 3 433 0 0 1 0 1 1.5
Kayla13 3 771 0 0 1 0 1 1.5
Lisa Perez 3 573 0 0 1 0 1 1.5
Ogre 3 173 0 0 1 0 1 1.5
Sakura141 3 141 0 0 1 0 1 1.5
Sanddrag 3 696 0 0 1 0 1 1.5
Matt Krass 3 263 0 0 0 0 3 1
Pat McCarthy 3 67 0 0 0 0 3 1
Tiffany34990 3 180 0 0 0 0 3 1
Bryan D 2 1305 0 0 1 0 0 2
Cory 2 100 0 0 1 0 0 2
DaBruteForceGuy 2 810 0 0 1 0 0 2
Dave Scheck 2 111 0 0 1 0 0 2
Dillon Compton 2 1394 0 0 1 0 0 2
Ecarlson 2 116 0 0 1 0 0 2
EnderofDragon 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jake177 2 190 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jdiwnab 2 617 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jeff_Rice 2 1359 0 0 1 0 0 2
Joe Ross 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Joshua May 2 1110 0 0 1 0 0 2
Miketwalker 2 21 0 0 1 0 0 2
Nobrakes8 2 1071 0 0 1 0 0 2
Santosh 2 1002 0 0 1 0 0 2
Spears312 2 312 0 0 1 0 0 2
Tom Bottiglieri 2 195 0 0 1 0 0 2
Aaron Lussier 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bill Gold 1 254 0 0 0 0 1 1
Coco The Monkey 1 365 0 0 0 0 1 1
Collin Fultz 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
ElfMaster 1 1212 0 0 0 0 1 1
Eria4044 1 935 0 0 0 0 1 1
JakeGallagher 1 134 0 0 0 0 1 1
KarenH 1 330 0 0 0 0 1 1
MATT_kaplan108 1 108 0 0 0 0 1 1
NoRemorse 1 1023 0 0 0 0 1 1
StephLee 1 1629 0 0 0 0 1 1
Xzvrw2 1 65 0 0 0 0 1 1


Some of the numbers may have shifted over--sorry!

I should probably tip my hat to a few folks at this point. All awards should be construed as the level of paper plate awards, paper plate not included. Void where prohibited and all that.

Year 1 Champion: Heidi Foster
Year 1 Runner-Up: Travis Hoffman
Most Wins: Travis Hoffman (7)
Most Seconds: Gary Dillard (8)
Most Burn Awards: Heidi Foster and Travis Hoffman (5 each)
Fewest Singles in the Top 10: Gary Dillard (2 out of 45 entries)
Funniest Team: NASA Headquarters/SAIC & Herndon High School, better known as 116. (Of the 2,662 points awarded this year, they scored 399, 15% of the total.)

Onward....to year two!