CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Yeah, I know I'm dragon my feet here.

The scores after the last round:

And the picture:

http://chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/16886

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

Go!

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

This is why you no longer hear the Hamster Dance song (http://www.webhamster.com/). The last hamster was taken out by a 9/16 wrench by 422's mechanical lead.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

In an epic tribute to Lucas and Shelley, 422's students have done the impossible (or at least never attempted) - combining hamster interior with robot exterior. They call it DARTH HAMBORG!

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

good thing the phrase "when hamsters build robots" never caught on... though pigs are flying now so that one doesn't work anymore.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

The first lifeform that will be sent to Mars gets in training, now that Curiosity has landed.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Guess what - the hamster predicted 6 more weeks of build season.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Huh, of all the things my team thought of to try to speed up our work during build season, training hamsters to turn wrenches never came up. As a matter of fact, it's more probable than a lot of the ideas we did come up with, and thus bears being brought up this coming year.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Can you imagine the discussion taking place at the ad agency when Grover suggested a hamster would make a great ad campaign for Snap On Tools? Just think of the possibilities! How about a tool competition with the Geico gecko, the Eveready bunny, or the penguins from Madagascar?

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

It's a little known fact that Lrrr, the leader of planet Omicron Persei 8, started out in FIRST.


[NPOE]We all know that "absolutely true story" was not, right?[/NPOE]

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

This was the only way to stop the pit crew from forgetting to pack that all-important 9/16" wrench, short of glueing it to the toolbox.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

He's trying to hide in plain sight from the fox next door.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Thank you Bilfred, after all these years, I finally know where my wrench went.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Compared to the endless grind of running in the hamster wheel, helping team 422 is a dream come true. And carrying a big (9/16") stick gives such a "power rush" that just doesn't get old.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

A forgotten character from "Lost In Space", here's the Class M-3 Model B9, General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot's pet hamster.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

The last thing the hamster remembers saying was "Toss me a 9/16" wrench"

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Distantly related to the "Sock Monster" which eats only one sock in the laundry, the "Tool Hamster" is responsible for hiding the exact tool you are looking for. It most frequently strikes when you are approaching the end of build season, and fiendishly hides the offending tool in plain sight. :rolleyes:

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

9/16 wrenches over the launch site is just one of many obstacles NASA Engineers must face when designing space systems.

Luckily they are well experienced after facing
Birds,
Lightning,
and
Giant shuttle-eating spiders

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Finally found where my 9/16's wrench is. NOW WHERE IS THE 7/16's WRENCH THAT I LOSE ALLLL THE TIME!?!?!

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Maybe it'll inspire another student to design an experiment about the common cold that gets launched into space, and saves New New York a thousand years in the future. They might just make a Futurama episode about it.

Gedgie out

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

"Guys we cannot let a hamster build our robot!"
"C'mon, he's just so cute and well armed!"
"Alright fine. He's in charge of bumpers"

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Good thing he's got his safety glasses (shield) on. But I think he's going to have quite a headache from that wrench hitting him!

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Hamster:
Ok, this is my righty tighty lefty loosey moment.. how hard can it it be, right?
No, no left.. no right .. no left..

In the meantime, the wheel rolled across the floor, down the stairs, and out the door.

Hamster fail.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Although 422 was low on mentors, I don't think it was the right decision to take the first person (or thing) they saw in a space suit and let it lead the team.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

Despite the fact that both hamsters and Daleks use robotic exo-suits, one will help you build robots while the other tries to kill you. Knowing the difference can save your life.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

(Not sure if this still counts)

As he was working on the robot no one dared interfere with him. They knew the consequences after coming across his friend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf06W...layer_embedded

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

(new entry)

Attention all humans! Our army of robotic hamsters have conquered your planet. Failure to obey ...
<konk>
(human)Konk-er, what a great idea...

[NPOE]At IRI I happened to need a 1/2" wrench. I looked in our tool cart, and found a drawer filled with eight (8) 9/16" wrenches and one 7/8" wrench...and no others. I was flabbergasted. The kids, for their part, hadn't even noticed...[/NPOE]

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #422
 

It's still Sunday! (And I think half of these captions top Animal Practice that NBC just aired.)

First place goes to:

Second place goes to:

Honorable mentions go to:

1) EricH
2) Taylor
3) DonRotolo
4) PAR_WIG1350
5) SuperNerd256
6) dictionaria13
7) Aidan S.
8) Jim Wilks
9) EricS-Team180
10) rachelholladay
11) GaryVoshol
12) JaneYoung

And the burn award goes to:

Which means the scores are:

Onward!