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Billfred 07-07-2008 22:09
CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
It's a brand new year!

Normally, the scores would go here. But, since there aren't any due to the new year starting, I'll substitute the rules:

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Rules (enacted Caption Contest #1)
The rules:
-I am never ever gonna be eligible, unless I change the rule just before handing over control of the game to someone else.
-If it's your image I pick, you're not eligible.
-If you suggest an image and I pick it, you're not eligible.
-Entries will be scored by me on originality, or in the absence of that, dry humor.
-First place gets ten points, second gets five, honorable mentions will be awarded at my whims.
Traditionally, roughly half of the entries receive a two-point honorable mention, and one particularly good zinger received the burn award, good for three points. The remainder receive a single point.

There have been some updates to the rules over the years:

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gary Dillard Rule (enacted Caption Contest #12)
Due to the fact that the state of Florida seems to get walloped with a hurricane every other week, the deadline for all caption contests shall be extended to 9 PM on Friday. Furthermore, any contestant may request in the event of an emergency or natural disaster for the next caption contest to be posted up to 47 hours before Billfred originally planned on it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Heidi Foster Rule (enacted Caption Contest #20)
Preventing anyone from entering the caption contest by means of any feat of engineering is prohibited. This rule shall not apply if both the victim and Billfred are laughing after the act has been committed.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Billfred Is Working Way Too Freaking Much Rule (enacted Caption Contest #24)
If, for whatever reason, Billfred is working on a job on a day he has to post or judge a caption contest, he reserves the right to fudge the posting or judging by one day in either direction.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The OTHER Heidi Foster Rule (enacted Caption Contest #29)
No person may kidnap, threaten, or otherwise cause harm or mental distress to Billfred in order to influence the outcome of a caption contest.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The -infinity Rule (enacted Caption Contest #42)
At certain times, should Billfred be pwned by a contestant, he may, at his sole discretion, assign a score of -infinity to that contestant. Points still accumulate as normal, but the -infinity score will remain posted until Billfred either lets off or forgets to add the -infinity score again.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Koko Ed Rule (enacted Caption Contest #46)
Anyone except Billfred can enter the caption contest, even if it's their picture.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The OTHER Billfred Is Working Way Too Much Rule (enacted Caption Contest #50, though never invoked)
If, in Billfred's judgement, he will be unable to administer the caption contest for a week, he may select one contestant to temporarily run the contest, including picture selection and judging. Since that contestant can't enter their own contest, they will receive their average score multiplied by the number of weeks they run the contest, rounded off.
Since then, the only thing that's changed is the deadline: Saturday at midnight Eastern, though entries posted afterward will count if they're posted before I open the thread to score it.

With that, here is the picture:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/29516

Go!

Greg Needel 07-07-2008 23:07
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Team 675's compressor was never in the Kit of parts and the team resorted to creating gas the old fashioned way....eating greasy foods.

It was to no surprise that their robot earned the name "stinky" for the season.

Lions for First 08-07-2008 02:42
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
you know you are way to involved in FIRST when you cant even eat without trying to build a robot to do it for you

BlondeNerd 08-07-2008 10:05
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Once the Kitty of Parts was implemented, sustenance had to be provided to get it through the season.

GaryVoshol 08-07-2008 10:32
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Don'tcha just hate those hard-to-open containers of BBQ sauce? Tin snips to the rescue!

Joe G. 08-07-2008 18:54
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
After recieving an incorrect order from Bimba just days before ship, team 675 needed plenty of power for their calorie powered cylinder-stretching operation.

DonRotolo 08-07-2008 19:01
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
The five major food groups: Burgers, Butter, Pneumatics, Tools and Peanuts.


[NPOE: Woo Hoo! In the top ten for the 2007-08 season! And a Bridesmaid to boot!]

Dan Petrovic 08-07-2008 21:21
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Students will work to the wee hours of the morning, fearlessly brandishing a cordless drill with their largest bit, trying to reduce weight. However, whenever the option to increase their own weight arrives, students are helpless.

acdcfan259 08-07-2008 21:40
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
The Snacker-based robot had been called crazy, even impossible by some. Unfazed team 675 plowed ahead in what would go down as FIRST's most delicious disaster.

Travis Hoffman 08-07-2008 22:44
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Yum.....tastes like piston. :rolleyes:

tim_reiher 08-07-2008 23:15
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Hmm... hmmmmmmmmmmmm... Okay, now I remember, guys. We were gonna... wait a sec... nah, I lost it again. Let's just eat the burgers. I told you they were gonna be more useful than the pistons.

Mike Schroeder 09-07-2008 00:04
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
team 675 getting an early start on the 2008-09 game.... build a mobile burger launching platform to launch burgers into Big Mike's Mouth

lingomaniac88 09-07-2008 00:10
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Suspecting that the robots will be meat-powered for next year's game, team 675 is preparing by stockpiling as many ground beef patties as it can.

Wayne Doenges 09-07-2008 07:26
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Team 675 was afraid that the regional officials would be stricter on bring food into the venue so they came up with a plan. We listen in on the conversation. Their names were concealed to protect the guilty.
Ch 1: "OK, carefully open the BBQ sauce and pour it into the gas cyclinders. This will make a great dispenser. Next, take the hamburgers out of there wrapping and cut them to fit into the BBQ sauce containers."
Ch 2: "Won't they ask about the BBQ sauce?"
Ch 1: "We'll just tel them we plan on doing a mock first aid drill and we use the sauce to simulate blood."
Ch 2: "OK"

JaneYoung 09-07-2008 10:22
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Team 675 - Powered By Gas

Greg Needel 09-07-2008 10:49
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Replacing my original entry with this.

In spite of the fact that cheese Burgers were considered to be a COTs by the FIRST manual, after prototyping 675 realized that using them as a building material might not be a good idea.

Taylor 09-07-2008 20:35
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
I'm not surprised to see that the pistons weren't eaten. It's common knowledge that once pneumatics are activated, they're very difficult to keep down.

Carlee10 09-07-2008 20:41
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
When you start using burgers as parts, and your teammates tell you that you can't use them because they aren't in the KOP, this is a huge red flag that you and your teammates need some sleep.

EricH 10-07-2008 23:36
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Final score of the 2008 season:
Cylinders: 20
Burgers: 100
Team 675: Infinity due to eating all the burgers and -infinity due to eating their robot's actuators.
Scoring computer: Crashed. It's kind of hard to subtract infinity from infinity (or, for that matter, do ANYTHING with the FRC scoring computers...).

EricS-Team180 13-07-2008 18:47
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
From the "We always joke about it , but no one ever really does it....do they?"
department:
Team 675 receives an event DQ at UC Davis, after 3 freshman, a box of burgers
and unfinished pneumatics are discovered when their crate is opened.

Rich Wong 14-07-2008 01:58
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Coach, "Guys, I said burgers and Blimpies not burgers and BIMBAs!"

Akash Rastogi 14-07-2008 02:21
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
T'was the night before Ship Date and there wasn't a creature in sight. Actuators sat in boxes to the waking children's delight. The mothers and fathers of the children sat put, while the pitter patter of young engineers' feet woke them and lit up the shop. Scattered around were the young engineers, eagerly awaiting their snackage and gears. Happiness rang through Rohnert Park as the students collected their desired snacks and parts. They devoured the food like they hadn't eaten in days, this was so true in so many ways. As all the children ate and were lullibied to sleep (by the sound of motors and compressors of course), they dreampt of the upcoming challenge and awaited their glory days.

:P

KathieK 14-07-2008 06:30
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
"Get ya burgers here, burgers for sale! Buy two, get a piston free!" Somehow this fundraiser just didn't quite work out the way they'd hoped...

kramarczyk 14-07-2008 07:35
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Following a season of the drive team consistently missing lunch at comps, the students recall Mentor Bob saying, "Where there is a problem, there is an engineering solution." And that's how the Mentor Bob High Speed Injection Feeder was born.

Billfred 14-07-2008 07:48
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
[obviously not an entry]

Fear not, I'm just invoking the BIWWTM Rule. It'll be judged tonight. :)

Billfred 14-07-2008 22:38
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #209
 
Here we go!

First place goes to:

Quote:
Originally Posted by InfernoX14
Students will work to the wee hours of the morning, fearlessly brandishing a cordless drill with their largest bit, trying to reduce weight. However, whenever the option to increase their own weight arrives, students are helpless.
Second place goes to:

Quote:
Originally Posted by boiler
I'm not surprised to see that the pistons weren't eaten. It's common knowledge that once pneumatics are activated, they're very difficult to keep down.
Honorable mentions go to:

1) BlondeNerd
2) acdcfan259
3) Wayne Doenges
4) Rich Wong
5) EricS-Team180
6) kramarczyk
7) rocketperson44
8) JaneYoung
9) Greg Needel
10) KathieK

And the burn award goes to:

Quote:
Originally Posted by EricH
Final score of the 2008 season:
Cylinders: 20
Burgers: 100
Team 675: Infinity due to eating all the burgers and -infinity due to eating their robot's actuators.
Scoring computer: Crashed. It's kind of hard to subtract infinity from infinity (or, for that matter, do ANYTHING with the FRC scoring computers...).
Which means the scores are:

Code:
InfernoX14    10
boiler    5
EricH    3
acdcfan259    2
BlondeNerd    2
EricS-Team180    2
Greg Needel    2
JaneYoung    2
KathieK    2
kramarczyk    2
Rich Wong    2
rocketperson44    2
Wayne Doenges    2
"Big Mike"    1
Don Rotolo    1
GaryVoshol    1
lingomaniac88    1
Lions for First    1
tim_reiher    1
Travis Hoffman    1
Water Bandit23    1
Onward!


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