CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #195

[Billfred]

Posted in the knighttime.

Here are the scores:

Travis Hoffman 107
GaryVoshol 105
boiler 99
JaneYoung 99
EddieMcD 95
Wayne Doenges 95
KathieK 78
Al Skierkiewicz 74
EricH 71
EricS-Team180 64
Don Rotolo 63
kramarczyk 55
Rich Wong 51
skimoose 49
lukevanoort 30
Greg Needel 30
rocketperson44 29
BlondeNerd 29
Barry Bonzack 23
raymaniac 19
joshsmithers 17
InfernoX14 17
Alan8or 16
cooker52 15
Diriye 13
Jay H 237 13
Tottanka 12
Schnabel 11
dlavery 10
Libby K 10
MissInformation 10
3dude_2231 10
Pavan 10
KarenH 8
Hiteak 8
Alex Cormier 8
Nuttyman54 8
Richard 7
Koko Ed 7
Cynette 7
Danielle H 7
Alexa Stott 6
Andy Baker 6
Kristian Calhoun 6
Rosiebotboss 6
wpdrummer 6
basicxman 6
zinefer 6
Tim Delles 5
Rick TYler 5
Dave Scheck 4
"Big Mike" 4
Rich Kressly 4
taylort 4
Bcahn836 4
SSMike 4
Derek Smith 3
Otaku 3
artdutra04 3
Bharat Nain 3
Elgin Clock 3
Michelle Celio 3
Zyik 3
11Mort11 2
Beth Sweet 2
ChrisH 2
dhoizner 2
iCurtis 2
Joe Matt 2
KTorak 2
Lil' Lavery 2
Ogre 2
ShaneP 2
sishu7 2
Spiffizzle 2
Tetraman 2
vhcook 2
robotcanuck1676 2
Jeremiah Johnson 2
Matt Attallah 2
114ManualLabor 1
1902_Battery_SGT 1
65_Xero_Huskie 1
andrew348 1
BandChick 1
blakcheez 1
blaxbb 1
cobrawanabe1699 1
Conor Ryan 1
Dorienne 1
Goober!!! 1
Jack K. 1
JBotAlan 1
Jessica Boucher 1
KelliV 1
Steve W 1
whlspacedude 1
SlimBoJones 1


And the picture:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/30742

As always, the deadline is theoretically Saturday at midnight Eastern.

Go!

[bduddy]

This is my first try... wish me luck!

"OK, so that's our height limit. I can't quite tell whether the robot's under or not, so drive it a little closer... a little closer... just a little closer..."

...

"oh dear..."

[EricH]

The forehead protectors weren't enough when 195's robot decided to yank the string attached to the ball. He should have had a hard hat and weight training.

[GaryVoshol]

They just don't teach kids proper "duck and cover" technique any more. At least this student has cardboard to protect himself from nuclear fallout.

You gotta remember the 50's or 60's to get this. But Eric beat me to my original idea, so this is the best I could do.

[DonRotolo]

A team member protecting his head (in more ways than one) from the debris caused by the Trackball going through the roof....


Don

[JaneYoung]

Mentor looks up as he is about to introduce some unexpected VIPs to the shop and sighs:
Ok guys, in our white paper, How To Keep Your Mentor Calm, we had some specifics regarding:
- not breaking the plane
- not creating magic smoke needlessly
- not launching the trackball into the ceiling and getting stuck
- not thinking this is funny

Turns to the VIPs, smiles, and says, 'Welcome to FIRST', at which point they laugh and ask - 'so what do you guys do for fun around here?' ;)

[Wayne Doenges]

Here we see a new game being developed. It's called Trackball Paddleball. The participant, using a plywood paddle, tries to keep the Trackball in play by repeatably hitting it upwards. Unfortunatley he can only hit the trackball once as it tends to beat down anyone foolish enough to hit it twice :ahh:

[Rick TYler]

Team 195 demonstrates that a sheet of corrugated cardboard is no substitute for safety glasses -- but might fill in for a hardhat in a pinch.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

In the pursuit of knowledge, demonstration is invaluable. Here we see a demonstration of 'lift' as a student participant attempts a takeoff using an improvised wing. Unfortunately as everyone knows, Victor fans (even a lot of them) just do not produce enough updraft to get a student off the ground. Even ROTO (robot assisted take off) will not get this hapless student to fly.

[taylort]

I love FIRST...THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS much.

[Taylor]

This picture was taken from one of the pages in Wile E. Coyote's ACME catalog.

[EricS-Team180]

...auditions for team 195's student card section

[KathieK]

"... and this is a picture of us practicing for our version of Cirque de Soleil for the wrap party in Atlanta... nope, we didn't get picked. Next slide!"

[raymaniac]

Here is a demonstration of the ancient FIRST rain...er...trackball dance.
Note the use of forhead protectors. Without them the dance could go completely wrong and cause ringers to fall from the sky.

[EddieMcD]

"By having him stand as still as a statue, 195 tried to get the kid to qualify as a Non Functional Decoration. The ruling from FIRST is impending."

[Diriye]

"Ok, so the leak is right about here, right? What? There's no leak? Then, why am I standing he--..."

[Travis Hoffman]

"O' wise and merciful Cardboard Gods! How I have shamed you! For I did not know that I was knocking down the residence of the great and mighty Cardboard King, who lives under the I-90 overpass downtown! I am not worthy to corrugate the pulp that you're made of! I am but a worthless piece of crumpled up wide rule paper! Please accept this offering as a symbol of my great subservience to your divine will, and smite me not with papercuts!

[kramarczyk]

1. The driver may be no taller than this to play Overdrive.
2. Dude, I think the height restriction only applies to the robot.
1. Nope, it's in the rule book, I swear.
2. OK, so it is in the book. Things written in the margin don't count.
1. But I really want to driiiiivvve!!!

[Rich Wong]

RoboCoach, “ Cease your complaints human mentor *beep*.
You have 30 more minutes then you will give me 50 push-up before the 5-mile run. *beep*”

[Billfred]

PROTIP: Installing four dual-booting iMacs in a lab setting will suck up the better part of your weekend.

First place goes to:

"By having him stand as still as a statue, 195 tried to get the kid to qualify as a Non Functional Decoration. The ruling from FIRST is impending."

Second place goes to:

"... and this is a picture of us practicing for our version of Cirque de Soleil for the wrap party in Atlanta... nope, we didn't get picked. Next slide!"

Honorable mentions go to...

1) EricH
2) GaryVoshol
3) JaneYoung
4) Wayne Doenges
5) Rick TYler
6) Al Skierkiewicz
7) boiler
8) kramarczyk

And the burn award goes to:

"O' wise and merciful Cardboard Gods! How I have shamed you! For I did not know that I was knocking down the residence of the great and mighty Cardboard King, who lives under the I-90 overpass downtown! I am not worthy to corrugate the pulp that you're made of! I am but a worthless piece of crumpled up wide rule paper! Please accept this offering as a symbol of my great subservience to your divine will, and smite me not with papercuts!

Which means the scores are:

Travis Hoffman 110
GaryVoshol 107
EddieMcD 105
boiler 101
JaneYoung 101
Wayne Doenges 97
KathieK 83
Al Skierkiewicz 76
EricH 73
EricS-Team180 65
Don Rotolo 64
kramarczyk 57
Rich Wong 54
skimoose 49
lukevanoort 30
Greg Needel 30
rocketperson44 29
BlondeNerd 29
Barry Bonzack 23
raymaniac 20
joshsmithers 17
InfernoX14 17
Alan8or 16
cooker52 15
Diriye 14
Jay H 237 13
Tottanka 12
Schnabel 11
dlavery 10
Libby K 10
MissInformation 10
3dude_2231 10
Pavan 10
KarenH 8
Hiteak 8
Alex Cormier 8
Nuttyman54 8
Richard 7
Rick TYler 7
Koko Ed 7
Cynette 7
Danielle H 7
Alexa Stott 6
Andy Baker 6
Kristian Calhoun 6
Rosiebotboss 6
wpdrummer 6
basicxman 6
zinefer 6
Tim Delles 5
taylort 5
Dave Scheck 4
"Big Mike" 4
Rich Kressly 4
Bcahn836 4
SSMike 4
Derek Smith 3
Otaku 3
artdutra04 3
Bharat Nain 3
Elgin Clock 3
Michelle Celio 3
Zyik 3
11Mort11 2
Beth Sweet 2
ChrisH 2
dhoizner 2
iCurtis 2
Joe Matt 2
KTorak 2
Lil' Lavery 2
Ogre 2
robotcanuck1676 2
ShaneP 2
sishu7 2
Spiffizzle 2
Tetraman 2
vhcook 2
Jeremiah Johnson 2
Matt Attallah 2
114ManualLabor 1
1902_Battery_SGT 1
65_Xero_Huskie 1
andrew348 1
BandChick 1
bduddy 1
blakcheez 1
blaxbb 1
cobrawanabe1699 1
Conor Ryan 1
Dorienne 1
Goober!!! 1
Jack K. 1
JBotAlan 1
Jessica Boucher 1
KelliV 1
SlimBoJones 1
Steve W 1
whlspacedude 1


Onward!