CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #195

[Billfred]

Posted in the knighttime.

Here are the scores:

Travis Hoffman    107
GaryVoshol    105
boiler    99
JaneYoung    99
EddieMcD    95
Wayne Doenges    95
KathieK    78
Al Skierkiewicz    74
EricH    71
EricS-Team180    64
Don Rotolo    63
kramarczyk    55
Rich Wong    51
skimoose    49
lukevanoort    30
Greg Needel    30
rocketperson44    29
BlondeNerd    29
Barry Bonzack    23
raymaniac    19
joshsmithers    17
InfernoX14    17
Alan8or    16
cooker52    15
Diriye    13
Jay H 237    13
Tottanka    12
Schnabel    11
dlavery    10
Libby K    10
MissInformation    10
3dude_2231    10
Pavan    10
KarenH    8
Hiteak    8
Alex Cormier    8
Nuttyman54    8
Richard    7
Koko Ed    7
Cynette    7
Danielle H    7
Alexa Stott    6
Andy Baker    6
Kristian Calhoun    6
Rosiebotboss    6
wpdrummer    6
basicxman    6
zinefer    6
Tim Delles    5
Rick TYler    5
Dave Scheck    4
"Big Mike"    4
Rich Kressly    4
taylort    4
Bcahn836    4
SSMike    4
Derek Smith    3
Otaku    3
artdutra04    3
Bharat Nain    3
Elgin Clock    3
Michelle Celio    3
Zyik    3
11Mort11    2
Beth Sweet    2
ChrisH    2
dhoizner    2
iCurtis    2
Joe Matt    2
KTorak    2
Lil' Lavery    2
Ogre    2
ShaneP    2
sishu7    2
Spiffizzle    2
Tetraman    2
vhcook    2
robotcanuck1676    2
Jeremiah Johnson    2
Matt Attallah    2
114ManualLabor    1
1902_Battery_SGT    1
65_Xero_Huskie    1
andrew348    1
BandChick    1
blakcheez    1
blaxbb    1
cobrawanabe1699    1
Conor Ryan    1
Dorienne    1
Goober!!!    1
Jack K.    1
JBotAlan    1
Jessica Boucher    1
KelliV    1
Steve W    1
whlspacedude    1
SlimBoJones    1

And the picture:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/30742

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

Go!

[bduddy]

This is my first try... wish me luck!

"OK, so that's our height limit. I can't quite tell whether the robot's under or not, so drive it a little closer... a little closer... just a little closer..."

...

"oh dear..."

[EricH]

The forehead protectors weren't enough when 195's robot decided to yank the string attached to the ball. He should have had a hard hat and weight training.

[GaryVoshol]

They just don't teach kids proper "duck and cover" technique any more. At least this student has cardboard to protect himself from nuclear fallout.

[npoe]You gotta remember the 50's or 60's to get this. But Eric beat me to my original idea, so this is the best I could do.[/npoe]

[DonRotolo]

A team member protecting his head (in more ways than one) from the debris caused by the Trackball going through the roof....


Don

[JaneYoung]

Mentor looks up as he is about to introduce some unexpected VIPs to the shop and sighs:
Ok guys, in our white paper, How To Keep Your Mentor Calm, we had some specifics regarding:
- not breaking the plane
- not creating magic smoke needlessly
- not launching the trackball into the ceiling and getting stuck
- not thinking this is funny

Turns to the VIPs, smiles, and says, 'Welcome to FIRST', at which point they laugh and ask - 'so what do you guys do for fun around here?'

[Wayne Doenges]

Here we see a new game being developed. It's called Trackball Paddleball. The participant, using a plywood paddle, tries to keep the Trackball in play by repeatably hitting it upwards. Unfortunatley he can only hit the trackball once as it tends to beat down anyone foolish enough to hit it twice

[Rick TYler]

Team 195 demonstrates that a sheet of corrugated cardboard is no substitute for safety glasses -- but might fill in for a hardhat in a pinch.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

In the pursuit of knowledge, demonstration is invaluable. Here we see a demonstration of 'lift' as a student participant attempts a takeoff using an improvised wing. Unfortunately as everyone knows, Victor fans (even a lot of them) just do not produce enough updraft to get a student off the ground. Even ROTO (robot assisted take off) will not get this hapless student to fly.

[taylort]

I love FIRST...THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS much.

[Taylor]

This picture was taken from one of the pages in Wile E. Coyote's ACME catalog.