CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #293

[BrendanB]

Ref1: "Why are you kissing the platform?"
Ref2: "Because team 25 touched it."

[DonRotolo]

Taking the concept of "kick butt" robotics waaaay too far... (ouch!)

[Katie_UPS]

The "pretend your a dungbeetle" race wasn't very fun.

[nitneylion452]

M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening in FIRST

[Ryan Simpson]

5, 4, 3, 2, 1! He's down! Winner...293!

[Karibou]

Spectator: "So 25 named their robot Dean Kamen, and 293 named theirs Woodie Flowers? This all makes so much sense now..."

[kramarczyk]

Woodie's coming out of retirement to emcee again!?! We are not worthy!!!

[Travis Hoffman]

293 robot: "I didn't see any 'Zebra Crossing' signs...did you?"

25 robot: "No, I didn't. I declare open season." *grins evilly (naturally )*

[Billfred]

Apologies for the double-invocation of the BIWWTM Rule--I've spent entirely too long (something around 26 hours over the weekend, plus three more hours after work Monday) on a project. It's really cool, this robotics competition some guys from New Hampshire put on. I'll tell you about it another time, though.

First place goes to:

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Ref 1: "Are you sure Lavery said there was a clue here?"

Ref 2: "Well, not in so many words. But think about it. 116 twice is 232. Subtract that from 293 and you get 61. Team 61 is the Shifters. So if this robot has a shifting transmission, there's gotta be a clue here somewhere."

Ref 1: "I'll give you your clue. Just decide whether the robot is touching or not and let's get on with it."

Second place goes to:

Originally Posted by kramarczyk

Woodie's coming out of retirement to emcee again!?! We are not worthy!!!

Honorable mentions go to:

1) Katie_UPS
2) Karibou
3) BrendanB
4) JaneYoung
5) Taylor
6) lingomaniac88
7) Wayne Doenges

And the burn award goes to:

Originally Posted by EricH

"I dropped my official piece of paper through the ramp."
"Drat! Now how are we to tell if 293 is actually on the top?"
"We could get the field crew to open up the ramp."
"Nah, too much trouble. We'll just eyeball it and get another piece of paper."
"Are you sure? They told me that they had a very limited supply, unlike those darn bins."
"Oh, right. Hey, let's get a fragment from the next bin that breaks beyond repair. It'll be faster than either opening up the ramp or getting another piece of paper."

Which means the scores are:

JaneYoung	101
Taylor	95
GaryVoshol	90
lingomaniac88	88
kramarczyk	82
Travis Hoffman	81
Don Rotolo	76
Ryan Simpson	74
rsisk	73
EricH	69
AndyB	56
rtfgnow	54
Mr. Pockets	52
Karibou	51
Al Skierkiewicz	48
Wayne Doenges	44
Akash Rastogi	39
dodar	34
Chris is me	32
NorviewsVeteran	29
Barry Bonzack	29
Katie_UPS	27
BrendanB	26
Rich Wong	24
rocketperson44	24
delsaner	24
bobwrit	14
MissInformation	13
Daniel_LaFleur	12
Steve W	9
Barngirl425	8
Matt Attallah	7
jmanela	7
CHI DONG08	7
DRAKE343	5
skimoose	5
RMiller	5
J93Wagner	5
KarenH	4
nitneylion452	4
FinleyM	3
Greg Needel	3
Cynette	3
rulesall2	3
Austin H	2
Boydean	2
FoXy92	2
Jared341	2
O'Sancheski	2
Rick TYler	2
Tito H.	2
Kage	2
Phoenix Spud	2
andrew348	1
basicxman	1
Chief Pride	1
Cody Carey	1
dman14	1
Lil' Lavery	1
Mrs.Drake343	1
N7UJJ	1
Q. Sheets	1
Spiffizzle	1
Stephen of REX	1
Stormnnormn	1
Vermeulen	1
youngWilliam14	1

Onward!