CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #176

[Billfred]

I suppose that in all the hands dealt this season, our gripper was stuck with ace high.

Here are the scores:

Travis Hoffman    60
Wayne Doenges    59
EddieMcD    53
KathieK    47
JaneYoung    47
boiler    43
EricS-Team180    41
Al Skierkiewicz    37
GaryVoshol    35
kramarczyk    34
lukevanoort    30
rocketperson44    26
Greg Needel    26
EricH    25
Rich Wong    23
skimoose    22
BlondeNerd    18
Don Rotolo    18
InfernoX14    17
cooker52    15
Jay H 237    13
raymaniac    13
MissInformation    10
joshsmithers    10
Tottanka    10
Pavan    10
Libby K    9
3dude_2231    8
Barry Bonzack    8
Hiteak    8
Nuttyman54    8
Alex Cormier    7
Koko Ed    7
Alexa Stott    6
Andy Baker    6
Kristian Calhoun    6
Rosiebotboss    6
Schnabel    6
Cynette    6
zinefer    6
Tim Delles    5
Dave Scheck    4
KarenH    4
"Big Mike"    4
taylort    4
wpdrummer    4
Bcahn836    4
Alan8or    3
Otaku    3
Bharat Nain    3
Michelle Celio    3
Richard    3
Danielle H    3
SSMike    3
artdutra04    2
Beth Sweet    2
ChrisH    2
dhoizner    2
KTorak    2
Rich Kressly    2
Zyik    2
Jeremiah Johnson    2
114ManualLabor    1
65_Xero_Huskie    1
andrew348    1
basicxman    1
Conor Ryan    1
Dorienne    1
Elgin Clock    1
Goober!!!    1
JBotAlan    1
Jessica Boucher    1
KelliV    1
Steve W    1

And the picture:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/23135

As always, the deadline is nominally Saturday at midnight Eastern, unless I'm still knocked out from the turkey.

Go!

[EricH]

The Firebirds try to pack one of their members into the crate so she won't be noticed while working on the robot until the competition. When FIRST saw this security camera picture, team 433 was DQ'd for the year. The reason given was something about the intent of ship day being to make all teams stop working and rest before competition season. A team spokesman later said that the initial tests were sucessful, but eventually the team member experienced difficulty in escaping the capsule and returning it to an apparently untouched state, as shown here.

[KathieK]

There you have it folks, it's now a proven fact the nerds are not born, they are hatched...

[JaneYoung]

Said to the FFP (FIRST Fashion Police): Go ahead, take your best swing, it'll just bounce off. Like it or not, this is how I roll.

[Barry Bonzack]

Karen? Man, I wanted candy.

[Taylor]

This pinata wasn't broken with conventional sticks - that would be way too dangerous. They covered the shell with green lights and let the Aim High robots shoot poofs at it.
Instead of candy, it was filled with safety glasses.

[3dude_2231]

"C'mon little rookie, don't be afraid, put on these safety glasses..
AND WACKK AS HARD AS YOU CANNN!!!!"

//no rookies were harmed in the making of this post.

[GaryVoshol]

What a Good Egg.

[Wayne Doenges]

Here we see Karen finally coming out of her shell

[EricS-Team180]

F.I.R.S.T android spawn...be afraid, be VERY afraid

[Travis Hoffman]

Ultimately, the Firebirds' attempts to simulate the giant shrinking latex rubber Martian Spheres of Evil from the 2007 IRI Talent Show fell well short of expectations. All they truly learned is that papier mache is not exactly the best medium for instilling terror in torture subjects..... Unless the subject was previously a victim of a Martian Sphere, that is...........

I could go on with this, tying this caption into 433's attempts to abduct the reluctant participants in the initial Evil Sphere program and subject them to their devious pasty newsprint machinations, but I won't, because I know how freaked out certain participants were by their IRI Evil Sphere encounter, and I wouldn't want to rekindle their nightmares....

[karinka13]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

Karen? Man, I wanted candy.

Ouch, Barry. That hurts. I'm gonna go hide in my little pinata shell again and cry.

(not an entrant, just the picture)

[Tottanka]

Sarah Karanigan is here to take over the world, with its army of bots.

[kramarczyk]

The package was addressed:

FIRST
c/o FIRST Robotics Competition Game Design Committee
200 Bedford St.
Manchester, NH 03101

Note: Open BEFORE Christmas

[Rich Wong]

(Jan. 4, 2008)
It is the night before the Kickoff and all thru Manchester, not a mentor is stirring not even a prankster?

“Stop moving Karen, we only have a couple of hours before they reveal the game and I have not even painted you yellow. Remember, stop gigging or Dave will hear you during his introduction. “