CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #163

[BlondeNerd]

"I threw away that pile of useless parts and filled the space with something much more useful...Wha-? That pile of useless parts was our robot?!?! ooops..."

[Greg Needel]

<new entry>

Old mother Hubbard with a robot twist.

Team member josh,
still tasting mouthwash.
went to get some food.
But when he got there
The cupboard was bare
and so poor josh got none.

In search of a dew.
The quest continued
Until the box was found.
He cracked open a can
then was jumped on the spot
so the can fell from his hand

And onto the floor
by the shop door,
making a big puddle.
A mentor slips
but all is normal
10 days till the robot ships.

[Andy Baker]

For just $4.50 per day, you can sponsor a needy roboticist with the bare essentials. Please give.


AB

[skimoose]

Has your team ever left packing to the freshmen?

You get to your first Regional, open the shipping crate, ......

and THIS is what you find!

Ummmm, I thought you packed the robot....

Robot, what's a robot....

[EddieMcD]

"Here we have Billfred's personal food storage. Since it can often take him days to judge a caption contest and he doesn't want to get up for anything, Billfred keeps all the standard rations within five feet of his computer."

[Travis Hoffman]

Josh the Genie grants 3 wishes to a 587 team mentor:

Mentor: "MUAHAHAHAHAHAaaaaaaaaaaa I now wield the ultimate power!!!!! The world is mine!!!!!!! Now, for my first wish, I desire a clunky old 5.25" floppy drive."

*POOF*

Genie Josh: "Your wish is granted. It now sits on the top shelf."

Mentor: *taps fingers together* "Exxxxxxxxxxxxxxxcellent, Smith(ers). For my second wish, I desire a bunch of junk food to motivate my robot-building slaves.......er, students!!!"

*SHAZAM*

Genie Josh: "Your wish is granted. They will all do your bidding for a taste of this caffeinated, sugary goodness."

Mentor: "AHAHAHAHAHAHAaaaaaaaaa no one in the world shall oppose me! For my final wish, I desire you to stop wasting time granting wishes and go help the others build the robot. *whispers* And oh yeah, get a haircut while you're at it."

*ALACAZAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*

Genie Josh: "Thank you, Master, for freeing me from this awful burden! I will go help the build team now. *checks mirror on the way* Wait, you made me get a haircut too? You tricked me, evil one. Nooooooooo!!!!!!!"

Mentor: "ULTIMATE POWERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!"

[Dan Petrovic]

"...but where are the Krispy Kremes?"

"I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you."

[cooker52]

This was the last photo ever taken of Team 587's food stash. By the end of the night, it was never to be seen again.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Really people, this is not how we mentor new teams. What about tools, wire, white boards, engineers and teachers?!? OK so this will get them through kickoff but what then?

[lukevanoort]

Josh: Look at all these drinks... so good, so tempting, but, but but, must not drink.
Disembodied Voice: Drink...
Josh: *drinks Dew* Yum, delicious. Thank you, Lord for allowing me to satiate mine thirst with this soda.
Disembodied Voice: Lord? What are you talking about? I'm the air conditioner repairman
Josh: What???? No!!!!! *Disappears with a flash and hint of brimstone"

<Not an entry>To get this you have to know that Josh's religion forbids caffeinated drinks</not an entry>

[Otaku]

"This picture was taken before Kickoff. Since then, the only thing remaining of 587's food stash is the Diet Pepsi."

[EricS-Team180]

<NotAnEntry ...entered in BillFred's "kinda sorta" time frame /NotAnEntry>

<entry
Bottom shelf is for the build and chairmans teams, top for software and controls. Second is for animation and third is Mentors. They bring in these vinyl thinngies the night before ship and play them on that old turntable
\entry>

<NotAnEntry that turntable looks old enough to have played my Iron Butterfly LP /NotAnEntry>

[Billfred]

It's still Sunday!

First place goes to:

Originally Posted by rocketperson44

587 has finished modifying their crate for the first public demonstration of the unconfirmed "ship the freshmen" approach to finishing the robot by week 1.

Second place goes to:

Originally Posted by lukevanoort

Josh: Look at all these drinks... so good, so tempting, but, but but, must not drink.
Disembodied Voice: Drink...
Josh: *drinks Dew* Yum, delicious. Thank you, Lord for allowing me to satiate mine thirst with this soda.
Disembodied Voice: Lord? What are you talking about? I'm the air conditioner repairman
Josh: What???? No!!!!! *Disappears with a flash and hint of brimstone"

Honorable mentions go to...

1) Andy Baker
2) Pavan
3) kramarczyk
4) boiler
5) EricH
6) Travis Hoffman
7) EricS-Team180
8) Al Skierkiewicz
9) Hiteak
10) Dave Scheck
11) GaryVoshol

And the burn award...

Originally Posted by Otaku

"This picture was taken before Kickoff. Since then, the only thing remaining of 587's food stash is the Diet Pepsi."

(Well, I do own stock in PepsiCo...if the drinks aren't popular, that really burns me!)

Which means the scores are...

EricS-Team180    27    180
Wayne Doenges    27    1501
Travis Hoffman    20    48
KathieK    18    0
boiler    18    1529
rocketperson44    16    1687
EddieMcD    16    0
Greg Needel    14    73
GaryVoshol    13    1188
JaneYoung    12    418
BlondeNerd    11    339
cooker52    11    1501
InfernoX14    11    166
Rich Wong    10    0
skimoose    9    228
raymaniac    9    116
Al Skierkiewicz    8    111
Don Rotolo    8    1676
Nuttyman54    8    190
Pavan    8    118
Koko Ed    7    191
kramarczyk    7    1189
joshsmithers    6    587
lukevanoort    5    587
Tim Delles    5    229
Hiteak    5    1930
Andy Baker    4    45
Dave Scheck    4    111
Kristian Calhoun    4    25
MissInformation    4    116
Schnabel    4    45
Alex Cormier    4    0
Otaku    3    675
"Big Mike"    3    1923
Barry Bonzack    3    1390
Bharat Nain    3    25
EricH    3    330
Michelle Celio    3    1065
Bcahn836    3    0
Cynette    3    1511
artdutra04    2    228
dhoizner    2    375
Libby K    2    1923
taylort    2    1293
Danielle H    2    393
Jeremiah Johnson    2    648
SSMike    2    250
wpdrummer    2    1902
114ManualLabor    1    114
65_Xero_Huskie    1    65
andrew348    1    348
Dorienne    1    1719
Goober!!!    1    1501
Jay H 237    1    237
JBotAlan    1    68
Jessica Boucher    1    40
KelliV    1    111
Steve W    1    188

(For the stat junkies, Wayne and Eric have identical records right now--two wins, two honorable mentions, and three singletons. It's dead even.)

Onward!