CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #361

[Billfred]

It's that time again!

The scores after the last round (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1064835&postcount=21):

EricH 135
Taylor 133
Ryan Simpson 132
GaryVoshol 126
Karibou 115
Wayne Doenges 114
JaneYoung 102
rsisk 97
DonRotolo 96
rtfgnow 91
Al Skierkiewicz 84
Bill_B 63
dodar 42
Aerosound 39
delsaner 30
AndyB 22
kstl99 22
Vermeulen 21
JackG 20
skimoose 19
kramarczyk 18
Katie_UPS 18
MaxMax161 16
jblay 16
Chris is me 15
Purple 15
Lee Reid 3136 14
Ninja_Bait 14
BrendanB 13
KarenH 13
Barry Bonzack 12
S.P.A.M.er 17 10
gyroscopeRaptor 10
RoboDesigners 10
kenavt 9
Andy Baker 7
jmanela 7
Alex Cormier 6
nitneylion452 6
efoote868 5
Lil Lavery 5
Travis Hoffman 5
ThaineP 5
Colin P 5
Kusha 4
Mr. Pockets 4
Spiffizzle 4
Bharat Nain 3
Cynette 3
DRAKE343 3
bduddy 3
Brianna 3
Kevin Kolodziej 3
OmerSD 3
theprgramerdude 3
Phoenix Spud 3
Chief Pride 2
James1902 2
kjolana1124 2
Swan217 2
BJC 2
EricS-Team180 2
Josh Fox 2
RMiller 2
2403_Andrew 1
akoscielski3 1
computerteen643 1
DoronS 1
Gdkoopa 1
Kohala2460 1
Lledargo 1
O'Sancheski 1
Rich Wong 1
Schmoebot 1
SlaminSwimster 1
Superllama12 1
The Cyborg 1
TJ92 1
ttldomination 1

And the picture:

http://chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/36881

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

Go!

[rsisk]

OK, who's idea was it to give ice cold plates to the freshmen and tell them to lick 'em?

[dodar]

Here we see 3320 having their drive team practice their in-between match speed eating.

[PAR_WIG1350]

Having spent the entire build and competition seasons separated from civilization, The wild FIRST students have difficulties reintegrating into society.

[EricH]

This is the battle for second in the Best Legs In FIRST Round 2. Dave Lavery already finished a plate that was the size of the bowl on the table.











Billfred, can we get the video from Round 1 as the traditional end-of-year video caption contest, or did that happen already (my memory isn't that good)?

[GaryVoshol]

After the practice run for the fundraising spaghetti dinner, the team mentors knew they had a long hard task in front of them.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

This is the result of an unusual fundraising idea. Pass out the spaghetti for free but charge for the fork and spoon. Don't try this at home.

[ATannahill]

Some mentors find it funny to decide the team captain based on a pasta eating contest.

Others find it hilarious.

[J.Warsoff]

This is what happens when you use all of the silverware to make robot parts.

[Taylor]

The next day this shipment (http://www.gadgetsbuzz.com/view/14958/Fast_eating_spaghetti_gadget)came in. Such is build season - parts come in the day after we expect them.

[DonRotolo]

"Well Duh! Of COURSE we know spaghetti isn't finger food. Do you see anyone using their fingers??"

We eat spaghetti by sucking it up with a soda straw

[Colin P]

It looks like plates of spaghetti, but the team is actually looking closely through the rules to figure out if ramps are legal.

[Ninja_Bait]

Please don't confuse these with the noodles used for bumpers.

[EricS-Team180]

After a "noodle" left in the bowl started to wiggle, the students decided to examine their plates more carefully.

[Wayne Doenges]

For failure to use the proper hand tools, when building their robots, these students were made to eat their meal without utensils. One student was heard to say, “Next time I will remember to use a hammer instead of a crescent wrench.”

[jblay]

Student: "We refuse to use utensils, we build robots for that."
Mentor: "Then use the robot."
Student: "The drivers are practicing with it currently. Besides it's really hard for them to eat their steak without a robot."

[Kusha]

We're engineers, we find "smart solutions" to complex problems. Don't have a fork? EVEN BETTER!

[Bill_B]

Since this was the reaction I got after trying to explain face plates, you can see why I was fearful about what might happen after I talked to them about self-tapping screws.

[S.P.A.M.er 17]

It all started with the introduction of the Mini-bot race. Now EVERYTHING is a race to FIRST students. Using any utensils would have been a violation of <G19> "SPAGHETTI must remain completely autonomous and move down the ESOPHAGUS solely through suctional energy provided after the start of CONSUMPTION."

[JaneYoung]

The M&Ms never candy-coat things but they do find themselves in sticky situations where they have to save face. In this instance, they are saving face by saying, "there's no plate like home, there's no plate like home...", in between mouthfuls.

[Billfred]

It's still Sunday!

First place goes to:

For failure to use the proper hand tools, when building their robots, these students were made to eat their meal without utensils. One student was heard to say, “Next time I will remember to use a hammer instead of a crescent wrench.”

Second place goes to:

It all started with the introduction of the Mini-bot race. Now EVERYTHING is a race to FIRST students. Using any utensils would have been a violation of <G19> "SPAGHETTI must remain completely autonomous and move down the ESOPHAGUS solely through suctional energy provided after the start of CONSUMPTION."

Honorable mentions go to:

1) Al Skierkiewicz
2) rsisk
3) JaneYoung
4) DonRotolo
5) Taylor
6) Colin P
7) Aerosound
8) EricH

And the burn award goes to:

Some mentors find it funny to decide the team captain based on a pasta eating contest.

Others find it hilarious.

Which means the scores are:

EricH 137
Taylor 135
Ryan Simpson 132
GaryVoshol 127
Wayne Doenges 124
Karibou 115
JaneYoung 104
rsisk 99
DonRotolo 98
rtfgnow 94
Al Skierkiewicz 86
Bill_B 64
dodar 43
Aerosound 41
delsaner 30
AndyB 22
kstl99 22
Vermeulen 21
JackG 20
skimoose 19
kramarczyk 18
Katie_UPS 18
jblay 17
MaxMax161 16
Chris is me 15
Purple 15
S.P.A.M.er 17 15
Ninja_Bait 15
Lee Reid 3136 14
BrendanB 13
KarenH 13
Barry Bonzack 12
gyroscopeRaptor 10
RoboDesigners 10
kenavt 9
Andy Baker 7
Colin P 7
jmanela 7
Alex Cormier 6
nitneylion452 6
efoote868 5
Lil Lavery 5
Travis Hoffman 5
ThaineP 5
Kusha 5
Mr. Pockets 4
Spiffizzle 4
Bharat Nain 3
Cynette 3
DRAKE343 3
bduddy 3
Brianna 3
Kevin Kolodziej 3
OmerSD 3
theprgramerdude 3
EricS-Team180 3
Phoenix Spud 3
Chief Pride 2
James1902 2
kjolana1124 2
Swan217 2
BJC 2
Josh Fox 2
RMiller 2
2403_Andrew 1
akoscielski3 1
computerteen643 1
DoronS 1
Gdkoopa 1
Kohala2460 1
Lledargo 1
O'Sancheski 1
PAR_WIG1350 1
Rich Wong 1
Schmoebot 1
SlaminSwimster 1
Superllama12 1
The Cyborg 1
TJ92 1
ttldomination 1

Onward!