CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #176

[Billfred]

I suppose that in all the hands dealt this season, our gripper was stuck with ace high.

Here are the scores:

Travis Hoffman 60
Wayne Doenges 59
EddieMcD 53
KathieK 47
JaneYoung 47
boiler 43
EricS-Team180 41
Al Skierkiewicz 37
GaryVoshol 35
kramarczyk 34
lukevanoort 30
rocketperson44 26
Greg Needel 26
EricH 25
Rich Wong 23
skimoose 22
BlondeNerd 18
Don Rotolo 18
InfernoX14 17
cooker52 15
Jay H 237 13
raymaniac 13
MissInformation 10
joshsmithers 10
Tottanka 10
Pavan 10
Libby K 9
3dude_2231 8
Barry Bonzack 8
Hiteak 8
Nuttyman54 8
Alex Cormier 7
Koko Ed 7
Alexa Stott 6
Andy Baker 6
Kristian Calhoun 6
Rosiebotboss 6
Schnabel 6
Cynette 6
zinefer 6
Tim Delles 5
Dave Scheck 4
KarenH 4
"Big Mike" 4
taylort 4
wpdrummer 4
Bcahn836 4
Alan8or 3
Otaku 3
Bharat Nain 3
Michelle Celio 3
Richard 3
Danielle H 3
SSMike 3
artdutra04 2
Beth Sweet 2
ChrisH 2
dhoizner 2
KTorak 2
Rich Kressly 2
Zyik 2
Jeremiah Johnson 2
114ManualLabor 1
65_Xero_Huskie 1
andrew348 1
basicxman 1
Conor Ryan 1
Dorienne 1
Elgin Clock 1
Goober!!! 1
JBotAlan 1
Jessica Boucher 1
KelliV 1
Steve W 1


And the picture:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/23135

As always, the deadline is nominally Saturday at midnight Eastern, unless I'm still knocked out from the turkey.

Go!

[EricH]

The Firebirds try to pack one of their members into the crate so she won't be noticed while working on the robot until the competition. When FIRST saw this security camera picture, team 433 was DQ'd for the year. The reason given was something about the intent of ship day being to make all teams stop working and rest before competition season. A team spokesman later said that the initial tests were sucessful, but eventually the team member experienced difficulty in escaping the capsule and returning it to an apparently untouched state, as shown here.

[KathieK]

There you have it folks, it's now a proven fact the nerds are not born, they are hatched...

[JaneYoung]

Said to the FFP (FIRST Fashion Police): Go ahead, take your best swing, it'll just bounce off. Like it or not, this is how I roll.

[Barry Bonzack]

Karen? Man, I wanted candy.

[Taylor]

This pinata wasn't broken with conventional sticks - that would be way too dangerous. They covered the shell with green lights and let the Aim High robots shoot poofs at it.
Instead of candy, it was filled with safety glasses.

[3dude_2231]

"C'mon little rookie, don't be afraid, put on these safety glasses..
AND WACKK AS HARD AS YOU CANNN!!!!"

//no rookies were harmed in the making of this post.

[GaryVoshol]

What a Good Egg.

[Wayne Doenges]

Here we see Karen finally coming out of her shell

[EricS-Team180]

F.I.R.S.T android spawn...be afraid, be VERY afraid :eek:

[Travis Hoffman]

Ultimately, the Firebirds' attempts to simulate the giant shrinking latex rubber Martian Spheres of Evil from the 2007 IRI Talent Show fell well short of expectations. All they truly learned is that papier mache is not exactly the best medium for instilling terror in torture subjects..... Unless the subject was previously a victim of a Martian Sphere, that is...........

I could go on with this, tying this caption into 433's attempts to abduct the reluctant participants in the initial Evil Sphere program and subject them to their devious pasty newsprint machinations, but I won't, because I know how freaked out certain participants were by their IRI Evil Sphere encounter, and I wouldn't want to rekindle their nightmares....:D

[karinka13]

Karen? Man, I wanted candy.

Ouch, Barry. That hurts. I'm gonna go hide in my little pinata shell again and cry.

(not an entrant, just the picture)

[Tottanka]

Sarah Karanigan is here to take over the world, with its army of bots.

[kramarczyk]

The package was addressed:

FIRST
c/o FIRST Robotics Competition Game Design Committee
200 Bedford St.
Manchester, NH 03101

Note: Open BEFORE Christmas

[Rich Wong]

(Jan. 4, 2008)
It is the night before the Kickoff and all thru Manchester, not a mentor is stirring not even a prankster?

“Stop moving Karen, we only have a couple of hours before they reveal the game and I have not even painted you yellow. Remember, stop gigging or Dave will hear you during his introduction. “
:]

[DonRotolo]

There you have it folks, it's now a proven fact the nerds are not born, they are hatched... Beat me to it


...and you thought we recruited new members? Bwahahaha...

Don

[EddieMcD]

"That has got to be the largest packing peanut I've ever seen."

[Al Skierkiewicz]

And here you see evidence of the prototype of the largest popcorn ball yet to be consumed. And yet someone has failed to realize it is but a paper mache prototype. Will these abuses of freshmen never end?

[Billfred]

I was wondering whether this week's contest would be all it's cracked up to be.

First place goes to:

This pinata wasn't broken with conventional sticks - that would be way too dangerous. They covered the shell with green lights and let the Aim High robots shoot poofs at it.
Instead of candy, it was filled with safety glasses.

Second place goes to:

Said to the FFP (FIRST Fashion Police): Go ahead, take your best swing, it'll just bounce off. Like it or not, this is how I roll.

Honorable mentions go to:

1) Al Skierkiewicz
2) Travis Hoffman
3) Don Rotolo
4) KathieK
5) GaryVoshol
6) Wayne Doenges

And the burn award...

Karen? Man, I wanted candy.

Which means the scores are...

Travis Hoffman 62
Wayne Doenges 61
EddieMcD 54
boiler 53
KathieK 49
JaneYoung 47
EricS-Team180 42
Al Skierkiewicz 39
GaryVoshol 37
kramarczyk 35
lukevanoort 30
rocketperson44 26
EricH 26
Greg Needel 26
Rich Wong 24
skimoose 22
Don Rotolo 20
BlondeNerd 18
InfernoX14 17
cooker52 15
Jay H 237 13
raymaniac 13
Barry Bonzack 11
Tottanka 11
MissInformation 10
joshsmithers 10
Pavan 10
Libby K 9
3dude_2231 9
Hiteak 8
Nuttyman54 8
Alex Cormier 7
Koko Ed 7
Alexa Stott 6
Andy Baker 6
Kristian Calhoun 6
Rosiebotboss 6
Schnabel 6
Cynette 6
zinefer 6
Tim Delles 5
Dave Scheck 4
KarenH 4
"Big Mike" 4
taylort 4
wpdrummer 4
Bcahn836 4
Alan8or 3
Otaku 3
Bharat Nain 3
Michelle Celio 3
Richard 3
Danielle H 3
SSMike 3
artdutra04 2
Beth Sweet 2
ChrisH 2
dhoizner 2
KTorak 2
Rich Kressly 2
Zyik 2
Jeremiah Johnson 2
114ManualLabor 1
65_Xero_Huskie 1
andrew348 1
basicxman 1
Conor Ryan 1
Dorienne 1
Elgin Clock 1
Goober!!! 1
JBotAlan 1
Jessica Boucher 1
KelliV 1
Steve W 1


Onward!

[Rich Wong]

Wait!:eek:

OMG, this is only Sunday, what is going on?

And I see #177 is up too!

Now only if Bill's room get cleaned before the finals, it will be a miracle.
;)

(Bill, Thanks for being early!)

[Billfred]

Wait!:eek:

OMG, this is only Sunday, what is going on?

And I see #177 is up too!

Now only if Bill's room get cleaned before the finals, it will be a miracle.
;)

(Bill, Thanks for being early!)
<obviously not an entry>

Actually, they held health and safety inspections over Thanksgiving break. My room passed. :)

[JaneYoung]

<obviously not an entry>

Actually, they held health and safety inspections over Thanksgiving break. My room passed. :)

You must have dusted...but on what surface? There was no surface.