Well it's a new month, and based on the Post-It note on my computer monitor, I am legally and morally obligated to do a caption contest. So here it goes. First off, the rules:
- Leave your best caption to the picture below in the comments. Do not submit them any other way (this means email, the feedback form, carrier pigeon, smoke signal, or otherwise). Leaving a comment is the only way to enter. Seriously.
- We'll choose the best caption based on a logarithm developed over years of research, development, and sneaking into campus buildings to perform complex mathematical proofs (AKA our own weird senses of humor).
- We will accept entries until 4 p.m. Mountain Time on Friday, February 8th.
- We will announce the winner on Monday, February 11th, 2013.
Alright, here's the picture:
For a little background, that's Lucky, production employee Mike's dog. He, too, likes to live dangerously. The prize this go around is one of the new FabFM Kits.
This kit is a pretty slick little design. It is a fully-functioning DIY FM radio that is outfitted with a nice wooden laser cut enclosure that snaps together sans glue. It's an awesome piece of geeky desk flair.
Alright, that's it and that's all. Get captioning!
Schrödinger's dog: Both Lucky and unlucky, even when observed.
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hahahahahahaha. Thanks for pointing that out.
And yeah: I just guessed as best I could on the Schrödinger part and copied from Wikipedia after Google figured out what on Earth I was trying to say. :-)
Other side effects: 1) If you know where Lucky is, you don't know where he is going. And visa versa. When you aren't looking: 2) he can go through TWO pet doors at the same time. 3) Lucky can suddenly appear on the other side of a closed door, even one without a pet door. 4) He can swap places with another indistinguishable Lucky dog, and probably already has. (Have you ever fed him, and two minutes later he's back eating more? Yeah, a swap.)
Schroedinger's dog, Lucky, was a major inspiration, but after weeks of observing him to be Lucky and unlucky at once, Schroedinger went with a cat example instead.
Due to a typo at the animal shelter, Mike found himself the proud owner of a Ladderdoor Retriever.
... and on that day, not a single Luck was given.
'Lucky' wanted to prove that he was properly named.
YOLO
no. no, no.
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Swag?
maybe? Both are valid!!! haha
Nope. OBVIOUSLY "Swog" ;)
Ha! I LoLed!
Laydown or Sit. I choose the Ladder.
Walking under a ladder is bad luck? What about SITTING under a latter? Ha! #WINNING!
Aha!! I've taught the dog a new trick!! The ladder pose at its finest!!!
Unfortunately, the newest and most realistic AIBO has a minor error in its obstacle avoidance algorithm--instead of avoiding objects, it sits under ladders.
Lucky never did get the hang of camouflage.
Sparkfun is the first to implement OSHA's latest ladder safety requirement.
Hi i'm lucky. And this is my ladder.
Actually, this is my step ladder. I never knew my real ladder.
And I had mini step ladder siblings as well. They always complained that I stepped on them too much...
LALWZ
Last known picture of Lucky. Shortly after, he was consumed by this paradox he created. If found, please contact SparkFun Electronics at 303-284-0979.
Mike's plan for a luck-based perpetual motion machine was surprisingly low tech.
Lucky brings balance to the Force. He is also known for eating black cats and breaking mirrors while standing on cracks in pavement.
Instructions.. who needs instructions, I can figure this out on my own!
You'd think that with all the success that Sparkfun is having that they could get me a real doghouse!
After a mad afternoon of demonstrating quantum energy levels, Lucky returns to the ground state.
dammit! I asked for my Ladder diagram!
Lucky usually sits and stays, like all good dogs, but Mike always has him in this area of Production, in case further steps are necessary.
LOL
Chips, Chips, Chips! Mikey said there's a Beaglebone around here somewhere........
NOTICE: The IT dept is gone until Monday and hopefully not paying attention. So post the most annoying things you can imagine, now is your chance!
Hi Paul.
You're too late! HA!
BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!
I know it's bad luck to sit under a ladder but this is the safest place when you guys start testing those.....
Lucky is trying to draw everyone attention to our new division: Bark Fun!!
Harry Pooper; living under the ladder.
i can haz booty scooty in peace, pleez?
Trying to decide whether or not to climb the corporate ladder at Sparkfun
I dare a black cat to walk by right now...
So that's 49 years? Wait, that was mirrors.
Lab results indicate Lucky can also be unlucky.
How many dogs does it take to change a light bulb? . Why change it? I can still pee on the carpet in the dark.
...and now we see why the cat is still stuck in the tree.
Who needs to have ladder logic when programming microcontrollers is so easy!
This wasn't bad. The dump he left in the middle of the kitchen was bad !
Black cat = bad luck Yellow lab = good luck
exactly--yellow is the color of venom and poison in the wild, therefore mixing the underneath of a ladder with a yellow dog (the arch enemy of the cat), you're bound to have the best luck ever!
Oh No! 49 years of bad luck.
i'm doing my best.. maybe I'm just not meant to climb the corporate ladder.
Yeah, yeah.. everbody has to start at the bottom, but I still don't see how I am going to move up..
My paw always told me 'A lab under a ladder is better than one against a door'...of course he was crazy.
Here is a photo of the completed project; you said it had 8 easy steps, but I think you sold me a pup...
First off I don't bark at the moon; and secondly I don't do ladders!
"Iz hard to clim corpret laddr, even fur Lucky dogz."
(See as LOLDogz image here .)
Sparkfun shaves costs by taking "assistance dog" a bit too far.
After three consecutive viewings of Blazing Saddles: "I want a Wireless Stick Controller -- or the doggie gets it!"
I wanted a 20-ft doggie run... a RUN! I didn't even know what a "rung" was.
Having completed his diode ladder, Lucky prepares to double himself.
" Meet Lucky inventor of The Arduino Fido. - With built in Voffi and wireless stick control."
TIME OUT??? What's timeout? Mikey, your kidding right? Common on man? Listen, when I sniff, there's only three rules. If it's a tree, pee on it, if it's food, eat it, anything else, well, you know. It's a dog's life. And one other thing Mikey, you owe FiFi an apology, you scared the heck out of her!
Corporate Ladder nothing... ..just trying to keep my tail from getting stepped on.
This will keep those squirrels away...
What I believe Lucky thinks: "Aha! I have finally created a small, yet powerful time paradox, just large enough for my evil alien minions to come through! I have achieved what no other dog has achieved! I will rule the world!" What he really is thinking: "... Plans for the day: Eat a BeagleBone, poop, sleep."
Wait, so which way do you climb this thing?
Which came first? The Lab or the Ladder?
(Above) Overwhelmed, Lucky can't decide which leg to hump. (Below) Mike demonstrates preference for the back left.
Great ladders! Now you put the whole shop in jeopardy.
access all areas...bin there dung that!
good thing im not a cat...
It's bad Lucky to walk under a ladder.
Rabies.
If it had been a black Lab' i would have captioned this:
"Luck(y), I am your Ladder"...
.... Yes i know that is not actually what Mr. Vader says.
Its New Product Friday: Meet Lucky, our new Arduino powered dog, now with 4 PWM outputs for barking in multiple voices! Scare your friends with lucky's pre-loaded exorcist-voices sketch! No need to understand ladder logic.
There's NO caution label for THIS...
The cat was not so lucky...
Lucky prepares to leave a present for the next unlucky person to walk under the ladder.
Production would be able to make even more stuff if they kept the shelves stocked !
Wait, Only Cats have nine lives? Since When?
Sit under this ladder they said. It will be fun they said. Is that what fun fells like?
He said we were taking a trip in the car. I think I've been tricked.
Dog, check; ladder, check; warehouse of Sparkfun components, check; plan to rule the world is a go!
Bummer dude!. I`d rather FBD or ST than LD.
"Can someone please climb this for me? I'll hold it." "Why do you want to climb the ladder?" "I smelled something."
Mike said he wanted to climb the corporate ladder, I retrieve and guard the ladder, but Mike won't climb.
Sad dog ordered a yellow ladder and they sent him gray
Lucky wanted to play a game of dogs and ladders.
"I'm here to fix the ruff"
"All right kids: Everyone get under your desks and cover your heads. If you don't have a desk, use a ladder or other immoveable object"
Why did Lucky take the ladder to Sparkfun? Because he thought the Beaglebone was on the house!
Do You Think It's Safe Here?
Take me to your ladder Lucky, I'll see your leader later.
My name's Lucky. I walk under ladders for fun. If I had thumbs, I'd open up an umbrella right now.
The safest route past Lucky the Guard Dog is up and over.
Why do they keep moving my desk? And where is my coffee?
That's Lucky, our lab assistant - he's a Laborator Retriever.
Lucky gets dejected when they make the step stool guard the door...
I know my name is Lucky, but Seriously! Next thing you'll have me breaking mirrors and spilling salt.
"Master Mike, I told you I could help out at work. See, I fetched you a ladder, where do you want it?"
Ugh, you could think that they could build me an ACTUAL dog house...
Without bad luck and dumb luck, he'd have no luck at all. It's not easy being yellow (sorry Kermit).
Meet the newest pick and place procedure at Sparkfun
When strapping buttered toast to a cats back and dropping it from 6 feet didn't result in the levitation that logic had indicated, they believed that attempt #2 would be their lucky one!
The auditors are insisting that we issue quarterly lab reports...
Oi, Wallace! Come help me rig up my teleporter! We're out of cheese again!
Again Lucky? It's black cats that you like!!! Lazy dog...
All dogs go to heaven, some just take the ladder.
If I pee on this ladder and no one is around to hear it will it make a sound?
"This dog house doesn't look ANYTHING like it did in the catalog..."
Lucky's Ladder Algorithm will compute any "logarithm developed over years of research, development etc..."
If(human on ladder); Then (sniff crotch); If (human falls off); Then(co-workers amused == treats);
And then he realized: Work-dog's-comp hadn't been invented yet.
"Peed in your office? Check. Pooped in the hall. Check. Standing under ladder for better chances of you stepping in it? Check." Guess he can read that obligated post-it note too! Cheers! :)
For ladders it is believed to be good luck to stand over a dog.
Everybody here? Good, ok, listen up people! That means you too Leroy. Now, I've been here for over two weeks and everyday I mark this spot. You know us dogs, we need our spots. So we mark them. Everyday! But you people just don't seem to care. You walk all over my spot. However, recent scuttlebutt indicates that when it comes to the nose, dogs rule. So, I've decide to use the sense of sight and mark my spot with this ladder. GOT IT???
Cunning Canine: I'm just going to sit here and look innocent. No one will know it was me that propped the step-stool against the door. And when someone pushes it open and the stool falls over with a bang and scares them half to heck, well then I will just have to bark at them. This big yellow ladder is just here as a diversion.
Maybe if I hide under this yellow human tall making device, the electrons won't get me!
Safety Watch... What do I know about Safety? I'm a dog.
Mikes dog whispering skills are not up to par yet
Lucky was volunteered to change the light bulb, however we all forgot Lucky was a dog.
Beam me up Mikey!
Oh, right, like that chair against the door is going to keep me in. See that wall. See this ladder. yuk yuk yuk...
But Mike, you said I had to start at the bottom and work my way up the ladder. Right? So I did. Now where's my raise?
I don’t care how many Scooby Snacks Dave promises me. I am not going to hold the ladder.
Why did he say I had to sit here again? I hate ladders.
New Sparkfun ultrasonic arduino won't get me here!
Lucks like we've got ourselves a bad ass.
Ahhh Lucky? Hi, it's Felix, from the WUL rescue team? WUL. Walk Under Ladder? We're going to get you out of there. Just don't move. Stay perfectly still. We have the perimeter cleared so we can survey the situation. So, plesae, stay perfectly still while we find a way out. Anyone got a mirror?
We wanted a moat to protect our loot, but lassie will have to do..
Excuse me? This is my new dog house? MIIIIIIIKE!!!!!
Service Technician? What service technician? mmmmmmbuurp...
Looking for Mike? Ya, he went up the ladder about an hour ago, he should be down soon.
"""the new Sparkfun manager""" sniffing new product lines....
Lucky dog + under unlucky ladder + working at Sparkfun = positive net luck.
I'd like to try on four of these loafers in a size 2 1/2 please...
Your dog's quite the contradiction!
Reference
Hello, Neo.
"O.K., take the picture; These balls aren't gonna lick themselves."
"Oh you, ladderdog, you so random"
they told me it would save me from the Alien Mind Probe... How was I to know it would turn me into a dog?
"It's not bad luck if they make me do it, is it?" --Lucky
Silly ladder, your unlucky forces are no match for me!
No, No, No, No, No!! I said we needed a CAT for our test to see if we could open up a rift in the space time continuum!! Specifically a black cat!!! How are we supposed to test it with a dog?
Anyone seen that black cat?
no, I see a golden retriever...unfortunately, the cat's still missing :-/
meow
That dog is obviously a red blooded american hound!
The start of Sparkfun's Rube Goldberg Machine.
Lucky: Maybe now Mike will stop rubbing my belly on Free Day!
Free Days are no more
I know that, but Lucky doesn't!
Looks like we'll have to wait another 6 to 12 hours to get an accurate inventory count.
Oh shoot, thats all I need is more bad luck. My owner is not going to be happy.
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"What's everybody looking at? At least I don't have a magnet on my head. It's bad luck to be sitting under a ladder with a giant magnet on your head."
People, stop commenting and go back to work!
Heh, I'll show you "Lucky"
Unfortunately for Lucky, his math had a sign error and his bad luck would continue for another 7 years.
The Sparkfun mascot observes packing techniques while catching his breath before another parachute practice.
"Lucky- The dog with built in step counter (8)"
Bad Luck(y), Bad Luck(y)!
I also like to live dangerously.
...sittin under a ladder sittin under a ladder sittin under a ladder......sittin under a ladder..
That small stepladder won't do the trick! To guarantee my escape I must lock him in with this giant yellow ladder!
I didn't choose to be lucky, luck choose me
What? Why are you looking at me?
Unlucky the Labrador was hoping that, by going under a ladder, he would create a double-negative thus giving him good luck. The idea, though sound, was unable to be proven due to a black cat crossing his path. R.I.P Unlucky, smashed by a ladder.
Lucky was adopted - he dosen't a family tree, he has a step-ladder.
Old Yeller has been here at Sparkfun since day one. He is very trustworthy and reliable. Lucky on the other hand just showed up yesterday.
Beam me up, Scotty!
Fetch!, Good human.
Your a good stock boy yes your are. Now go fetch a sphero and bring it back.
You see my house is almost done after 5 years now. It has taken so long because, you see, I don't have thumbs.
The dog, although more effective than a post-it note in reminding you to change a light bulb, requires periodical maintenance and some minor pooper scoopage.
YO..my treat..I'm ready for it..like, right NOW.
Lucky's Arduino transporter shield requires one ladder.
At school you get under tables and desks in the case of an earthquake. At Sparkfun you get under ladders.
"Can they see me now?"
What's next??? A black cat????
Yeah right!! bad luck my ass, bring it on.........
Why did I name him Jacob? Well, because that's his ladder.
Well, I got down here. That's a start
Pavolov's dog: if he drools, mike has to clean it off the floor of production. Better to make Lucky unlucky than to mop it up.
Don't touch my ladder! Grrrr.
Unfortunately, I would get salt in my nose if I tossed it over my shoulder, and where would you event find salt in here??
Lucky is really hoping this isn't one of Robert's elaborate pranks...
In order to bring you the newest products.. Sparkfun's trusty safety dog is always on watch.
This pyramid shaped object is going to protect me from harmful deep space radio waves!
Logarithm? Unless you're using slide-rules to pick a winner, me think you means Algorithm Different beast ;)
"Hey you, it's totally safe to climb the ladder! I've got it... I'm Lucky!" No one suspected what Lucky was really conniving.
This ladder matches my fur... all the ladies are staring.
Lucky, SparkFun Safety Officer, patrols the warehouse looking for safety violations and sitting calmly until they are resolved.
SQUIRREL!
No need to hide Lucky, Sparkle doesn't have a SKU id for you.
Old mother Hubbard went to the cupboard now I'm under the ladder alone.
"'Count the bins on the high shelves they say to me', yeah right!" "Why don't you bring our inventory management into the 21st century!"
Mike do I really have to sit under this ladder until I poop out the circuit boards I ate?
"I've secured Nate in the closet with that stepstool. If I can sucker Pete into climbing this ladder, I'll soon be top dog around here."
"It took me all morning to get the ladder this far. There's no way I'll get it up to the break room."
Sparky the service dog waits patiently for his human to come back down.
"I swear my human went up this ladder and I'm not budging 'till they come back down!"
i know they wanted me to wear that dunce cap, but this seems a little too big.
I'm Lucky the LADDERDOOR! Now move this ladder, you know how I feel about heights...
Well, I took care of that black cat. Who's next?
The old superstition said nothing about turning into a dog
See that stepladder propped up against that door? That's why I'm under here ...
Lucky's owner was always misinterpreting his blatantly rebellious displays as "cute."
Heh...
"Let's Get Dangerous!"
Luck has nothing to do with it
This is where lucky hid after knocking over the mirror.
No tables or doorways around when it started to rumble... PFFFTTT Hmmmm guess it was just the mexican food Mike keeps feeding me.
Challenge Accepted!
With the invention of banana split day at sparkfun, Lucky figured this was the safest place to watch the days events unfold.
"I've already told you... not going to fix the lighting."
"Why they told me to sit here?"
Luck is not a factor :(
It was a sad day for Lucky when he discovered that his fellow four legged companion was not actually a very quiet giraffe.
They work me like a dog around here, but i need a break. I'll fetch those orders ladder.
Come on guys! I asked for a yellow FIRE HYDRANT.
Lucky's nemesis grumpy cat thinks trees are good place for a lair...
New Product Friday: Lucky the Canine Transformer! (1 in stock)
Go ahead... Climb the ladder.
Striving to be man's best friend, Lucky attempts to learn 'ladder logic'
Collecting parts for my D2A Ladder. Just need to figure out what the A stands for.
Lucky is supposed to use the stepladder by the door for the smaller dumps.
Finally, a safe place to hide.
Step 1: Lock humans in closet - Done
Step 2: Acquire dog fort chassis - Done
Step 3: Upgrade dog fort sensor and commo suites. - Parts acquired, assembly pending
Lucky climbs the Sparkfun corporate ladder
So....Where's the black cat???
'Lucky' patiently waits for the squirrel to come back down...
I was here first....
With his new "cat ladder" in place, Lucky patiently waited for his first victim.
Bread and butter, bread and butter, bread and butter. Mmmmmm.... Bread and Butter?
Lucky was cursed with being both incredibly superstitious and a dog.
You don't always have to be on top of everything to have a good time.
Lucky begins to suspect his request for an open floor doghouse was not taken seriously . . .
Lucky the dog, pictured here showing his distaste for the name chosen for him. Unfortunately, his owner never got the hint.
its a good thing Lucky isnt superstitious
"I think I've proven why my owner named me Lucky."
Maybe if I hide under this ladder no one will see me.
"Sit under the ladder" they said... "It would be safe here" they said...
Dare-Dog! the dog without fear... nor lucky!
"Fetch the ladder" they said.....
Hopefully... Lucky Dog
"What kind of exercise obstacle is this? The steps only go up one side!"
Earth quake readiness plan in place in Boulder
"I bet Old Yeller, never had to sit under a ladder."
Here we have our latest product, the SparkFun dog kit. Watch him in his native environment, sitting under a ladder.
Stupid Human. I don't know what he expects ME to do to help change that light bulb.
"This is one bloody draughty tipi"
Cross your fingers until you see a dog.
I KNOW I saw the door-opening kit, IWantOut, for dogs around here somewhere.
One man’s superstition is another man’s dog’s shelter!!
Incorrect interpretation of the term "ladder dog". The fact that this ladder has a dog does not make it an adjustable ladder.
I did away with the black cat so that myth is busted, if I bust this myth, maybe they will let me at the beer tap!
Here (little black kitty), kitty!
Lucky sure had it ruff.
Free roam at Sparkfun... Lucky!
I,ve searched every bin here at sparkfun where is the "Top Shelf"