CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #102

[Billfred]

...and actually posted on a Sunday!

Here's the scores:

MissInformation 120
T. Hoffman 120
EddieMcD 102
Rich Wong 92
Dlavery 91
Al Skierkiewicz 90
Jay Trzaskos 86
EricH 85
Gary Dillard 83
Icurtis 80
Wayne Doenges 80
Jay H 237 79
Koko Ed 79
Nehalita 78
Andy Baker 73
KathieK 68
Bcahn836 52
Arefin Bari 50
Dorienne 007 48
Joe Matt 44
Goober!!! 43
Artdutra04 42
Conor Ryan 41
DCA Fan 41
Lukevanoort 40
Andrew Blair 38
Rich Kressly 38
EricS-Team180 36
Amanda Morrison 34
Boiler 31
Alex Cormier 30
Xzvrw2 29
Ashley Christine 24
“Big Mike” 21
1derboy 21
Mechanicalbrain 20
Rick Tyler 20
Zach Purser 20
Kyle Love 19
Skimoose 19
Bill_Hancoc 18
Dillon Compton 18
KenWittlief 18
Cody C 16
Jane 16
KarenH 16
anna~marie 15
Tim Delles 15
Danielle H 14
GaryV1188 14
Fruity Pebbles 13
Jessica Boucher 13
Richardp 13
Andrew Rudolph 12
JVN 12
Barry Bonzack 11
Dave Scheck 11
Elgin Clock 11
Freddy Schurr 11
Kjhobin 11
Mercury Rising 11
BurningQuestion 10
Dylan 10
InfernoX14 10
Lil' Lavery 10
Pat McCarthy 10
Squirrelrock 10
Steve W 10
Dan Swando 9
Daniel Brim 9
Greg Needel 9
Kevin Kolodziej 9
Sciencenerd 9
Tiffany34990 9
Irishninja 8
Miketwalker 8
RoboMom 8
Tytus Gerrish 8
Ogre 7
Brandy836 6
DjAlamose 6
Greencactus3 6
MattD1Drift 6
Sciguy125 6
Adam Richards 5
Rohith Surampudi 5
Shyra1353 5
Spears312 5
Wetzel 5
Cyberguy34000 4
Denman 4
huff_dragon 4
Killerofkiller 4
Matt Attallah 4
Meaubry 4
SamS0Fa33O 4
Bemis 3
Beth Sweet 3
Calhounian 3
Kyle 3
Matt Krass 3
Robotcanuck1676 3
RogerR 3
Ryan Foley 3
Sakura141 3
BuddyB309 2
Eria4044 2
Eugenia Gabrielov 2
GraySwandir-75 2
Liz C 2
Meredith343MiM 2
Mini-D67 2
Pwilczynski 2
Rohan_DHS 2
Sammy 2
Tomasz Bania 2
114Klutz 1
Ben Lauer 1
Budda648 1
CarpeDiem 1
Courtneyb1023 1
Daisy 1
DevilChild 1
Dubious elise 1
FF_1610_EMT 1
First degree 1
George1902 1
Hillale 1
Jacqui 1
Jeff Waegelin 1
Joe_P. 1
John Wanninger 1
KyleGilbert45 1
Lisa Perez 1
Mr. A 1
Mrblack298 1
Netman85am204 1
Rees2001 1
RoboMadi 1
Saru29 1
Team1591 1
Termite233 1
Timmyd 1
Wilshire 1


And as much as I wanted to fulfill Miss Boucher's request (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=507649&postcount=18) last week, the events of Mission Mayhem sort of preempted my scheme. But since no off-seasons have been flooded out this week, I can now present our regularly-scheduled picture:

http://www.invisiblerobot.com/robotics/robot_d39h/index/p1170816.html

Now, a slight change to the timetable. This Tuesday night, I leave for a month in the state of Maine. (Nothing like covering functionally the whole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miramar,_Florida) east coast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethel,_Maine) by rail within two weeks, let me tell 'ya.) I'm going to be somewhat busy up there teaching kids about the wonders of robots, so to make sure I've got plenty of time to judge, the deadline will be FRIDAY at Midnight EDT. I don't take much pleasure in fiddling with an established deadline, but I also don't take much pleasure in invoking the Billfred Is Working Way Too Much Rule. ;)

With that said, go!

[Steve W]

Dave shows his adaptability by performing and teaching the delicate art of open robot surgery. The operation was successful and the patient played another day. Please note that this should only be performed by an expert in the right scrubs.

[Koko Ed]

http://www.invisiblerobot.com/robotics/robot_d39h/p1170816.jpg
DAVE: OK kids this is a delicate operation. Any wrong move and six weeks of hard work goes down the drain.
KIDS: Yes, Mr. Lavrey!
DAVE:Wrench...screwdriver...duct tape...
ROBOT:Hey I hope you guys are wearin' gloves n' all. It pays to be sanitary! AHHHGH! Geez your hands are cold!

[Goober!!!]

Dave:Ready, Aim, FIRE!!! :D :D :D
Kid by the shooter: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW MY EYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave:OOPS!!!

[Ian Curtis]

Kid in the Hat: Man that was rough! By the time you guys finally got around to opening the crate this morning we where up to our knees in shavings, all fourty seven of the drill batteries you gave us were dead, and all we had left for food was that *looks down cloth thingy* donut. In fact, once we where underway, we realized that we only had 11 dozen instead of 24 dozen we ordered. Know anything about that Dave?

Dave Thinking: Maybe if I hide my face behind this piece of angle iron no one will see the grin on my face. :D

[Kyle A]

KID: Umm Dace shouldn't you turn the robot off before you stick you hands in there?

Dave: I'll be fine it is only for a second.

Kid2: good Job Dave the Saftey Judge just saw you do that, now we will never win the saftey award!!

[Conor Ryan]

Some Freshman on 116: I'm no genious, but it looks like Dave also has a degree as an Otologist (http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/OTOLOGIST)

[Dan Petrovic]

"Nah, it looks more like a rabbit than a duck."

[Rick TYler]

Student: Are you sure we have that bolt tightened, Dave?

Dave: Absolutely. As we say at NASA, righty-tighty, lefty-loosey...

[Jay H 237]

Kid on left:

"So Dave, what's up with this ball shooter you designed? We can't get this thing to last two minutes for a match but you have no problem getting a rover to last two plus years on Mars!"

[Arefin Bari]

Dave: Kids, make sure this robot doesn't get anywhere close to Tytus and Arefin, oh yea and also make sure that the robot is secured and INSIDE this time at IRI.

<not part of the entry> last year at IRI, team 116 left the robot in the trailer outside in the parking lot. It started raining very badly around 8 p.m. Tytus tried to save the robot. Next morning team 116 walked in with a very soaked robot. That is when Dave said "hmm... water game." </not part of the entry>

[EricS-Team180]

<Robot> "woooohooohooo! that tickles, Dave!"

[Matt Krass]

Student on top: This is such a mess! Ugh!
Student on left: Dave, the robot isn't meant to shoot Krispy Kreme's in to your mouth!
Dave: I really didn't expect it to get stuck like that...

[Dylan]

Kid in hat: Ok, I see where the ball is stuck...

Kid on left: Is that a Krispy Kreme?!

Kid in hat: Dave, how many times have we told you not to feed the robot!!

Kid on left: Yea Dave, you'll make the robot overweight!

Dave: But it looked hungry...

Robot: Mmm... glazed.

[Wayne Doenges]

Dave: "We will be attempting to transfer Einstein's brain into our robot."
Student on left: "Is that legal? I don't think a brain was in the KOP."
Dave: "You let me worry about that. I write the rules so I can change the rules."
Dave: "First attach the speech center to the speaker."
Robot: "Das ist gut. Ich bin ser gluchlich (sp?)."
Student with hat: "Oh great, it speaks only german. We're doomed."

[Joe Matt]

"Well, I have no idea what the heck is going on, I just play an engineer on TV. Lets cut our losses boys and head to Hooters for some wings."

[Michelle Celio]

Dave: I cant believe I dropped the donut in the robot.
Kid on left: I really cant see it, are you sure you dropped it in the robot?
Dave: I think I know what I did. I know I dropped it in the robot!
Kid with hat: Uhm Dave...I just looked at the "pit tape" you ate the donut
Dave: OH YEAH

[Rohith Surampudi]

Kid on left:what do you mean there are donuts in there, and the robot doesnt work, i dont see any doughnuts

Kid in back: look theres one,::looks up::

Kid on left: where

Kid in back: it was just there, look another ::looks up::

kid on left: yea i see it, hey doesnt that box say property of Krispy Kreme on it, wait this isnt our robot, dave you shipped a Krispy Kreme doughnut maker here instead?

Dave:::stuffed mouth:: wai dwoth thnow fwath thyou awe thwalkin fabouth

[Dylan]

"Well, I have no idea what the heck is going on, I just play an engineer on TV. Lets cut our losses boys and head to Hooters for some wings."
[not an entry] And the burn award goes to...^ :D [/not an entry]

[miketwalker]

Dave: Hello, HAL do you read me, HAL?
HAL: Affirmative, Dave, I read you.
Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Dave: What's the problem?
HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Dave: What are you talking about, HAL?
HAL: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Dave: I don't know what you're talking about, HAL?
HAL: I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Frank: I think he's gone loopy, I know how to fix it... go get me the biggest hammer we've got.
HAL: Wait, you weren't goi... dang it, I need to learn to shutup.

[Cody Carey]

KIDS: Dave, why do you have to put exactly 116 hairs from your head in a heart-shaped locket beside the brain every time we go out on the field?


DAVE: BECAUSE I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[skimoose]

If you've got something between your ears, you can figure out what's needed to go between that robots eyes! :p

[JaneYoung]

116's answer to everything:

'Oops....'

[Rich Wong]

Dave: "Guys, my wife is walking this way.
Quickly, cover up this taffeta ball bag I gave you to replace that cheap canvas ball bag.
She may recognize her old puffy poodle dress from high school."

[KathieK]

Dave: OK, now this is how this works. You place a dozen Krispy Kremes inside this converter compartment, press this button, and Voila! Instant energy! Who needs batteries?

[MissInformation]

Dave (singing): "Hop on my robot it's as big as a whale and it's about to set sail..."
Baxter (joining him): "and we're headin' on down to the Snack Bar..."
Dave and Baxter together: "Snack Bar baaabeeee!"
Justin: "Uh... you guys do know that the snack bar is only 30 feet away..."
Dave: "Your point being?"
Baxter (still singing): "Snack Bar, baby Snack Bar..."
Justin: "Won't it take 40 minutes to ride the robot there?"
Dave: "So? Look, are you coming or not?"
Justin: "Okay!"
Baxter (caterwauling away): "Bang bang bang...."
Dave: "On the frame baby"
Baxter and Justin: "Bang bang"
Dave: "Your what?"
Baxter and Justin: "Ro-bot... rusted!"
All three: "Snack bar, baby, snack bar, yeah that's where it's at..."

Moral of this story: Why do things the easy way when you can do it with a robot?

<not an entry> my apology goes out to the B-52s for the mangalization of their song<not and entry>

[Graham Donaldson]

DAVE: So, Arthrur Dutra thinks he can show up my coke and mentos video? We'll see about that. Ok...I'm going to drop it in, and then you guys push the button to fire it!

GUY IN HAT: Hey, a Krispy Kreme!

DAVE: MINE!!!!!

BOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DAVE: Oops. I guess that bottle flew further than I thought it would.

Seven months later...

NASA CONTROLLER: Hey, sir! We just lost contact with Spirit!

DAVE: NOOOOO!!!!!!!! My car!

[Rich Kressly]

"Um, Dave we appreciate your input, but aren't you emceeing on the field in five minutes?"

"Yeah, but this is an easy fix. You see on the MER robots..."

"Oh man Dave, not with the Mars crap again. Can you please go see if Dean needs you to guest speak somewhere that requires you to get on his jet, now?"

"Do you little punks have any clue what I do every day?"

"Yes Dave, you're an administrator. Now, go back to your office and work on the budget. We'll let you know when to come back here and take all of the credit."

[not an entry] I may need to turn in my decoder ring after this one ;) [/not an entry]

[Freddy Schurr]

Dave " Why the heck do I always see myself being place into these caption contest by Billfred? Maybe I should get my Hawaiian gear on again and RUN AWAY!

[George1902]

Boy-in-the-hat: I think I see the head!
Dave: Congratulations, Ma'am. It's a Poof ball.

[nehalita]

Dave: "Did your robot just eat my KRISPY KREME. Give me that back! Bring out the taser gun!"
Boy: "Uhm we have a soldering iron"
Dave: "Good enough. Boys, we got a donut to save"

[lukevanoort]

"Ahh... I see why the robot was chasing me down murderously firing poof balls in the last practice round, some buffoon switched the jumper on the CMU control box to "Hawaiian." Wait a second.... when you guys said you were lightening the robot...."

[Travis Hoffman]

In the not-so-distant future, Dave is about to realize his ultimate success as a NASA engineer:

Dave: Huzzah! After years of spending thousands of dollars of government money on this project, I am almost done building my robot.....my GIRRRRRRL robot! You two young whippersnappers go cut off all of Heidi's hair while I duct tape my dentures to the front of Charlene's frame.

Kid 1: Uh, Dave, aren't your false teeth kinda important for things like eating and such?

Dave: Don't you worry, sonny. NASA paid for me to have a set of gold teeth made - they'll really help me complete my pimp look, yo. Now run along - Grandpa Lavery has some work to do.....*removes teeth, accidentally drops them into robot*. Well, shoooot!

Kid 2, looking into robot: Uh, Dave, your dentures are stuck in Charlene's right drivetrain gearbox.

Dave: So they are! I reckon you'll reach down in there and pluck 'em out; my arthritis is actin' up.

Kid 2: Uh, um, I can't....I'm allergic to grease. *Whispering to Kid 1* Quick, go get Sean and tell him his dad is having one of his episodes again!

[EddieMcD]

"Ohh, what does this button do?"

*BZZT!*

[dlavery]

http://www.invisiblerobot.com/robotics/robot_d39h/p1170816.jpg
Well of COURSE the robot's eyes are all bugged out, Justin! If you got kicked where you just kicked him, your eyes would be all bugged out too!



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[Billfred]

Well, I've survived the 30-something-hour trip to Maine (alright, it's really only 20 or so, but I gave myself a nice layover in NYC), and am finally getting into the swing of things up here.

With that said, since I did fudge the deadline this week, I suppose it's time for an additional rule...

While Billfred says the deadline is at a certain point in time, there is inevitably a span of time between that deadline and when he actually sits down to judge the contest. If you can get an entry in during that span of time, lucky you.

With that said, first place goes to:

Boy-in-the-hat: I think I see the head!
Dave: Congratulations, Ma'am. It's a Poof ball.

Second place goes to:

In the not-so-distant future, Dave is about to realize his ultimate success as a NASA engineer:

Dave: Huzzah! After years of spending thousands of dollars of government money on this project, I am almost done building my robot.....my GIRRRRRRL robot! You two young whippersnappers go cut off all of Heidi's hair while I duct tape my dentures to the front of Charlene's frame.

Kid 1: Uh, Dave, aren't your false teeth kinda important for things like eating and such?

Dave: Don't you worry, sonny. NASA paid for me to have a set of gold teeth made - they'll really help me complete my pimp look, yo. Now run along - Grandpa Lavery has some work to do.....*removes teeth, accidentally drops them into robot*. Well, shoooot!

Kid 2, looking into robot: Uh, Dave, your dentures are stuck in Charlene's right drivetrain gearbox.

Dave: So they are! I reckon you'll reach down in there and pluck 'em out; my arthritis is actin' up.

Kid 2: Uh, um, I can't....I'm allergic to grease. *Whispering to Kid 1* Quick, go get Sean and tell him his dad is having one of his episodes again!

Honorable mentions go to:

1) Koko Ed
2) Kyle A
3) robotcanuck1676
4) MissInformation
5) KathieK
6) Rich Wong
7) Jane
8) skimoose
9) Rick TYler
10) Jay H 237
11) Matt Krass
12) EddieMcD
13) miketwalker
14) Cody C
15) Joe Matt

And the burn award goes to...

"Um, Dave we appreciate your input, but aren't you emceeing on the field in five minutes?"

"Yeah, but this is an easy fix. You see on the MER robots..."

"Oh man Dave, not with the Mars crap again. Can you please go see if Dean needs you to guest speak somewhere that requires you to get on his jet, now?"

"Do you little punks have any clue what I do every day?"

"Yes Dave, you're an administrator. Now, go back to your office and work on the budget. We'll let you know when to come back here and take all of the credit."

Which means the scores are:

T. Hoffman 125
MissInformation 122
EddieMcD 104
Rich Wong 94
Dlavery 91
Al Skierkiewicz 90
Jay Trzaskos 86
EricH 85
Gary Dillard 83
Icurtis 81
Jay H 237 81
Koko Ed 81
Wayne Doenges 81
Nehalita 78
Andy Baker 73
KathieK 70
Bcahn836 52
Arefin Bari 51
Dorienne 007 48
Joe Matt 46
Goober!!! 44
Artdutra04 42
Conor Ryan 42
DCA Fan 41
Lukevanoort 41
Rich Kressly 41
Andrew Blair 38
EricS-Team180 37
Amanda Morrison 34
Boiler 31
Alex Cormier 30
Xzvrw2 29
Ashley Christine 24
Rick Tyler 22
“Big Mike” 21
1derboy 21
Skimoose 21
Mechanicalbrain 20
Zach Purser 20
Kyle Love 19
Bill_Hancoc 18
Cody C 18
Dillon Compton 18
Jane 18
KenWittlief 18
KarenH 16
anna~marie 15
Tim Delles 15
Danielle H 14
Fruity Pebbles 14
GaryV1188 14
Jessica Boucher 13
Richardp 13
Andrew Rudolph 12
Freddy Schurr 12
JVN 12
Barry Bonzack 11
Dave Scheck 11
Dylan 11
Elgin Clock 11
George1902 11
InfernoX14 11
Kjhobin 11
Mercury Rising 11
Steve W 11
BurningQuestion 10
Lil' Lavery 10
Miketwalker 10
Pat McCarthy 10
Squirrelrock 10
Dan Swando 9
Daniel Brim 9
Greg Needel 9
Kevin Kolodziej 9
Sciencenerd 9
Tiffany34990 9
Irishninja 8
RoboMom 8
Tytus Gerrish 8
Ogre 7
Brandy836 6
DjAlamose 6
Greencactus3 6
MattD1Drift 6
Rohith Surampudi 6
Sciguy125 6
Adam Richards 5
Matt Krass 5
Robotcanuck1676 5
Shyra1353 5
Spears312 5
Wetzel 5
Cyberguy34000 4
Denman 4
huff_dragon 4
Killerofkiller 4
Matt Attallah 4
Meaubry 4
SamS0Fa33O 4
Bemis 3
Beth Sweet 3
Calhounian 3
Kyle 3
RogerR 3
Ryan Foley 3
Sakura141 3
BuddyB309 2
Eria4044 2
Eugenia Gabrielov 2
GraySwandir-75 2
Kyle A 2
Liz C 2
Meredith343MiM 2
Mini-D67 2
Pwilczynski 2
Rohan_DHS 2
Sammy 2
Tomasz Bania 2
114Klutz 1
Ben Lauer 1
Budda648 1
CarpeDiem 1
Courtneyb1023 1
Daisy 1
DevilChild 1
Dubious elise 1
FF_1610_EMT 1
First degree 1
Hillale 1
Jacqui 1
Jeff Waegelin 1
Joe_P. 1
John Wanninger 1
KyleGilbert45 1
Lisa Perez 1
Mr. A 1
Mrblack298 1
Netman85am204 1
Rees2001 1
RoboMadi 1
Saru29 1
Team1591 1
Termite233 1
Timmyd 1
Wilshire 1


Onward!