We've only got a week left in September (seriously!?) which means it's time for a caption contest! The rules are the same as always, but here's a refresher:
- Leave your funniest clean caption in the comments section below. We reserve the right to delete captions that we deem inappropriate. We're not too stingy, but try to keep it moderately PG-13.
- Captions submitted any other way besides in the comment section will not be accepted! That means do not use the feedback form!
- Captions will be accepted from the moment this post goes live until Wednesday, September 25th at 10 a.m. Mountain Time.
- A crack team of humor experts will pick the winner and we will announce it next week.
Here's your photo:
Your caption goes here.
For a little background, that's Jake from Inventory hanging out in our marketing department.
The prize this go around shall be $100 in glorious SparkFun bucks to purchase whatever it is your heart desires. So get going - may the best caption win!
Moderation note: Every single "hooters" line will be summarily deleted. Thanks for playing.
Just a question: was this picture solely chosen for the number of owl-related puns it would produce?
Oh, and you should disable starring on these posts because it gives certain people an unfair advantage.
There is also a lag between the top of the page:
And the start of the comment section:
Yeah; it's a known bug. About once a month I set out to fix it, realize it's more complicated than I initially thought, and then get distracted by something that actually costs us money.
If someone stars a post, it moves up, and people usually don't take the time to read the entire list of captions looking for good ones.
Plenty of folks here at SFE read all the comments, especially when judging the caption contests. Most of us simply monitor the RSS feed for the comments, so we see everything come through (even the ones that need to be deleted due to inappropriate content). We do try our best to be fair and give everyone the same chance on these, regardless of number of stars a caption receives.
Since the one with the most upvotes is always the winner, can we keep upvoting this one to ensure that word is in the winning quote.
That's not actually the case. The one that wins is very often the one with the most upvotes, but that's not how it's chosen.
SparkFun: You can trust our process to remain arbitrary and capricious.
Darn straight.
here here! I just wanted to chime in.
also...ROROROTATE YOUR OWL!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hBpF_Zj4OA
Day 35: I have gained the owls' trust. They still do not know I'm an engineer.
Waldo's change of clothes still did not help him blend into the crowd.
FTW in my book.
-jake
Holy crap it IS Waldo!!!
Jake moved to 3rd shift and became one of the night owls.
Growing up, Jake never realized he was adopted.
Owl1: I'm telling ya. Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third. Jake: You don't know the fella's name? Owl1: Yes. Jake: Well then, who's playing first? Owl2: Yes. Jake: I mean, the fella's name on first base. Owl3: Who. Jake: The fella playing first base for St. Louis? Owl4: Who. Jake: The guy on first base. Owl5: Who is on first! Jake: Well, what are ya asking me for? Owl1: I'm not asking you. I'm telling you. Who is on first. Jake: I'm asking you who's on first. Owl2: That's the man's name. Jake: That's who's name? Owl1: Yes. Jake: Well, go ahead and tell me. Owl2: Who. Jake: The guy on first. Owl1: Who! Jake: The first baseman. Owl1: Who is on first!
Maybe just a little long for a caption?
cool..........
Here is a link to the skit if your too young to have seen it or you haven't seen it in a while.
video
You guys are lost. This isn't Hogwarts!
Durrr....I'm Jake....Durrr.
Winner.
Abandoned Sparkfun recruiting poster, "Work at Sparkfun, it's a hoot!"
Dear Mom, Working at Sparkfun is great, but the mandatory desk ornaments are starting to get in my way...
Jake tried for years to fit in, but his friends kept staring at him and asking, "Who?"
H-owl-oween comes early to SparkFun.
That new guy just doesn't fit in. He needs a hat and beads.
OH MAN! WHOO FARTED?! Jaaaake?
Owl your base are belong to us.
Jake listened politely to some bird-brained ideas from the Marketing stiffs, but he knew they would never fly.
Who let the Bean Counter Out, who, who, who!!!
Look how far I can turn MY head!
Jake from inventory attends the 3:00am Sparkfun nocturnal employee meeting.
WHOOO invited this guy to the party?
A crack pot team was assembled at SparkFun to finally determine ‘How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?”. Although Jake was under qualified, he was not going to let this opportunity slip through fingers. . . Jake, stay still and ‘ho ho’ softly. . .
Huh? My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was born a poor owl child. I remember the days, sittin' on the tree with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi...
The instructions said to use an awl to make a small hole in the tubing. These DIY kits can be so damn hard sometimes.....
I may have misread caption with column....... have fun reading
COLUMN: After sparkfun was founded in 2003 the owls around Boulder Colorado developed a perticular liking to red objects, this caused issues for jake in inventory who seemed to always be finding stock missing, at first he wrote it off under the "Petes popular peculiar projects". But when Pete accidentally tethered himself to his computer for a week attempting to "Aquire MOAR power" following in the steps of the inhouse hackers(Sean and Tara) and stock kept disappearing, he decided to set out and find where all the stock was going, notably the redboards were especially popular for the thef. So there he was in inventory, on night watch looking out for the burglars and he heard a strange scratching noise it sounded like claws. So he called out "who is there" and then the strangest thing happened an echo developed..... whooooo whoooo whooo whoo who. He could have sworn that the acoustic engineers had confirmed that there was no echo in inventory, and so he moved out it sounded like the thief was just one rack over. He rounded the corner and found... 6 owls sitting there helping themselves to the red-boards. They all of a sudden froze, Jake froze and then all hell broke lose. Owls and red-boards were flying everywhere, the owls flew and jake ran and owls flew and jake ran and it was rained red-boards. Jake tripped....reached out...... and caught hold of the "Oh fudge" and called out an unheard "Oh fudge" as the alarm blared and clamped his hands over his ears. The "Oh fudge" alarm did have its advantages, it herded all the owls towards the foyer. This gave Jake an idea, he raced up the stairs pulled a quarter out of pants and inserted it into the N.A.D.S, and then Jake entered his happy place, 50seconds was all he needed. Owls were falling left right and center and 23seconds later it was all quiet once more. 6 dead owls lay upon the floor. Jake commissioned the owls to be stuffed and placed upon the Sparkfun parapets as warning to any further owls who might try to steal any redboards. The owls were then passed onto the marking department to mounted.
CAPTION: And so here is a picture of a proud Jake after having caught, killed and stuffed the owls before they were mounted
Ok, good news 6 of you scored very high on the test.
Tracking down the source of scarcastic cracks about inventory, Jake finds marketing just full of wise guys.
Don't mind Jake. He's just molting.
What! Now Ollie's gone...Something funny's going on around here!
No Jake! This is NOT what we meant by OWL programming!
;-> (cjh)
Yup. Still showing 6 in inventory this month. Let's just count them as 1 parliament and be done with it.
The resident Owlfreyan and his crew. They call him the Doctor, Doctor Hoo.
Here's Jake at Sparkfun's owlery. Yes, we also ship to Hogwarts.
After seeing the original Clash of the Titans, Jake couldn't help but immediately get to work on his fully functional Bubo replica. Unfortunately for him, nobody at the office understood the reference, and they just assumed he was really into owls.
Jake, backstage at a Howland Oates party. (Yes, I read the names of the owls)
He's owl for fun!
Bird flu has raised havoc among the Sparkfun staff.
Jake's high school reunion. Not much has changed since.
Looks like he is working on his Owlgorithm.
Hey guys! Knock knock...
Awesome!
What? Nothing to see here. Move along.
So this is what marketing is all about...
And here's our interdepartmental delivery system!
I keep pushing for pneumatic tubes, but trained owls would be an acceptable substitute.
Jake giving a whole new perspective on birds of a feather…
"Owl" see YOU at Maker Faire!
With the other owls looking on, Ms. Hoots (in her red marketing hat) scolds Jake for his terrible owl imitation and horrible yellow shirt.
i can't up-vote u twice here... :( i really liked your comment....
The trick, I'm told, is to let the other guys blink first.
Internships at SFE included a bizarre interview with Marketing...
That's Owl-standing!
Look at the nerd. Who? The sparkfun guy. Who? The dude in the yellow shirt with glasses. Who?
So, I'm going out with Jake from work... "Who?" ... You know Jake from the inventory department "Who?" ... You know Jake, you met him with our friends hanging out in the marketing department... "Who?" UGH, I give up.
Hey everyone! Look at my Owl-LED display!
Although Jake's story happened much earlier than Tarzan's, being raised by owls never really inspired any screenplays. As such, Jake, the owl-man is still an unknown nocturnal forest folk hero.
Owl pellets make fun, educational, packing peanuts too!
Ever since he was three Jake had always dreamed of being an owl.
I remember saying something like 'I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should take over . . .' And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the office was full of what looked like huge owls.
No point in mentioning these owls, I thought. Poor bastard will see them soon enough.
My attorney was slumped over his desk. “What’s wrong?” I yelled. “We can’t stop here. This is owl country!"
Introducing, the latest Dr. Who!
Some are wise, some otherwise.
Someone give this man an anti feather loss shampoo!
Whooo da man!?
As her new owner and a Sparkfun employee, Jake felt he could stand in for Hedwig's monthly Who's Who meeting.
excuse me, can you all look away please?
Hey, you in the middle with the hat, I see you like my GUNS!
We were having a hoot of a time until this guy showed up. Now it is just awkward.
Buttercup, Puffkin, Howland Oates, Eyeballs, and Charles Manson award a necklace to their old friend with the obscured name while contemplating the complexities of being inanimate.
When asked if he was getting work done Jake responded with "Oh yea, Owl the time!" Little did they know he was completely serious.
After Jake told everyone that he was tired of the way things were running at Sparkfun and that he was forming his own parliament, it was quite a surprise to find that he just wanted his own group of owls. (A group of owls is called a parliament.)
True Facts About Owls, Part 2
Give a hoot, don't compute.
"Give a hoot, use lead free solder" - Hope I win, probably won't though!
How many joints does it take to get to the center of a solder tube?
The Whoo['s] Whoo of Sparkfun
Owl hard could it be?
Pigeons? In the warehouse? We're on it.
Who gives a hoot who's who or whom?
Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, who gets the ball? Jake up the middle... Hoot 1, Hoot 2, Hike!
Eager to escape the warehouse's pigeon infestation, Jake uses any excuse to visit the marketing department.
'Bout whooo, man? About jake, you know, like the engineer, man.
Just ignore the engineer in the corner...
Who's Jake Who?
"Jake is a head turner at parties..."
This is what happens when you mix cost cutting measures, harry potter films and sparkfun.
"...and this is Jake." "Who?"
Whoooo. Whooooo. Whooooo has the best hair at Sparkfun? Whoooooooo. Who?
When the Ministry of Magic stopped using owls for interdepartmental memos (the mess was awful), Sparkfun got a new message delivery system.
Ardu what now?
"Who are you? Who who who who?" --with apologies to The Who
Owls... Everyone is fond of Owls. Except for Mice and Shrews, and Simon Cowells...
I can't top This One :)
The only time the YOLO hash tag was appropriate - You Obviously Love Owls
Horton never really recovered from hearing The Who.
And they said I couldn't deliver to Hogwarts
Third owl, left to right: You are from which side of the family?
Owl he does his fool around
Androids dream of Electric Sheep -- here Jake checks out the new Spark Fun attempt at becoming the next Tyrell Corp. The cute owl is named Rachel... Stay tuned for the next friday new product posts where RobertC introduces lead cod pieces.
After Jake robbed the local nature museum of some display owls, he's figuring out how to hack them for Halloween!
Still not sure how Jim became chair of the "give a whoot don't pollute ad campaign"
Owl get right on that!!!
The latest prototype for Mt. Sparkfun. Schematic to follow.
Mascot testing for Sparkfun’s anyone can solder campaign is progressing nicely!
See what working in inventory can do to you?
Owling: you're doing it w... oh cmon dude, just don't do it.
Jake finds the real reason there are no RATS at SparkFun.
STAPH WATCHING MEEEEEEE
Be-be-be-BIRDS!!
Yep, another perfect example of the warped mindset down in the lower levels of Marketing.
No, No, you ask him - But I'm sure that's not HARRY POTTER!
Maybe it's the hat or the cape... Something to help me blend in.
Who you calling a nerd?
"Aha!! This is why all the mice are missing from my inventory count."
Where can I buy mice at SFE?!?
Ever wondered what happens when you don't listen to your parents? Jake, for example ...
Despite the new glasses, hipster haircut and sleeveless shirt Jake just can't seem to fit in with his new friends...
Hey, WHOO's the new guy?
BOF
One of these things is not like the others, one of these things is not the same. Who is it?
Alco-owlish ?
Owly god ! The Village People are together again !
Did you know that not all owls are that wise? Who...Who...Who...
Jake suspected one of the site's owly figures had been inflated.
Alienated by his own kind for weak canary impersonations, Jake's antics stubbornly draw the life out of yet another party.
who-o-o, who-o-o... who-o-o, who-o-o is watching you?
How 'bout that... It's almost 3:00...
Owl send it right away
Jake: Knock knock.
Owls: Who?
Jake: Who
Owls: Who Who?
Jake: lol are you an owl because you sound like one
Owls: Who
"Jake, more handsome than other guys here!!"
Its like Jimmy Neutron and Franklin the turtle had a baby. And then that baby took a picture with plastic owls.
Jake's suggestion for a "Worldwide Sparkfun Treasure Girl" meets with general derision from the Marketing department.
Just keep smiling. Everything will be okay. No one can tell that you're seeing all these owls.
Whoos the TwitWhooo turned the bosses hair remover into a taser! Owl we ever fix that, we'll be sent to work in the old Barn, owl.
I am disappoint. No one has said "OWL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US"
I stand corrected, it shows up twice, in fact.
Well done, geeks, I think we can call it a day.
Hey guys, this isn't what I had in mind when I told you all to get stuffed!
Owl we fix mess then boys
WHO let the geek out? Who! Who! Who!
WHO let the geek out? Who! Who! Who!
New Product Friday? Why not, better than last weeks.
Facial expression caused by excessive exposure to owl puns.
Caption: the owl with a Red Hat says, hoooo did that, hoooo just farted.
Hey Jake, owl about you join us meditating....Ohm!!
Mmm..........................I still don't have connection with the world even if I'm owline.
And from these humble beginnings the worlds first all owl baseball team was formed, forever changing sports history and eventually leading to the Owl Olympics.
Here at Sparkfun we DO give a hoot about our customers; many hoots!
"Hey Eyeballs... nice hat." "Thanks Howland... I like your cape."
Since Flo quit these insurance commercials are getting dumber and dumber.
The guardians gained a strange ally that day. Some say it was his his uncanny wisdom, while others maintain it was just the birdlike updo that help Jake from inventory forever claim his place as a guardian of Ga'Hoole! HOOOOOOT!
Jake takes Casual Friday a bit too far showing up for the Marketing Mixer without any pants, unintentionally 'outing' Maurice, a senior marketing executive (seen here on the left).
WHO?
The B.O.D. threw a surprise retirement party for Jake, but sadly forgot to circulate the memo.
One of these things is not like the others, one of these things is not the same.... Its the guy on the right, he's the only one wearing a necklace.
These are my teachers. Now you know why I am such a great LED engineer!
Knock, knock... Hoos there?
I can has 1 mor owl, purdy pleeeze ?
Even they were shocked by the uncanny resemblance.
Knock, knock. Who's there? Who..... Who,who?
Introducing the who who clock kit from Sparkfun.
WHO IN THE HELL PUT THIS STUPID HAT ON MY HEAD!
According to Jake at Sparkfun, it takes precisely 6 owls to change a light bulb (5 to process the inventory and 1 to update the products page).
One, two, three, Jake, four, five and a balloon.
Look a decoy! Where!?!?!
Who's who in Sparkfun Fantasy Football.
Hey guys, anyone seen my pet mouse?
How now brown owl?
Everyone had a hoot with Simon at the 3am SMD soldering class.
Of all the owls at Hogwarts, Jacob was the only one who had mastered transfiguration.
All work and no owl makes Jake a dull boy...
Owl 1:Whooo is this weirdo? Owl 2: I don't know, and get off my head!!! Owl 3: IMA SUPA OWL!!! Owl 4: Um...whooo's idea was it to hang out with this guy? Owl 5: HE TOOK MAH EYES AAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!! Owl 6: Why are all these people looking at us??? Owl 1: Just go with it. Jake: Ah, my fake owl collection is finally complete! But what happened to Charles Manson? Owl 5: That's not my name, and GIMMEH BAK MAH FLIPPIYN EYEEEESSSS!!!!!!!
Jake has got the answer - IOYA "I Owl You All" (explanation :If you need something from inventory you ask the Jake and he has got always the answer like "old smart owl from the book" )
So that is where you guys put the mice from Inventory. You do realize you can't eat them, right?
Inflat-a-bird: Migrate, or what? Puffkin: Hoo's that? Howland Oates: Is it an egg-stremely large rodent? Jake: I'm not talon... Eyeballs: You better pellet to us right now... Charles Manson: I've got no eyed ear what you guys are looking at. (cannot read name): I'm the only sane one here, the roost of them are nuts!
So sorry...
Sorry, that's just too many puns for one caption :-)
Harry Potter hadn't quite mastered the transmogrification spell but his friends didn't give a hoot.
And a young Stephan Colbert thought to himself, "Hooo, hooo, who will be the greatest satirical newscaster? Yooo, yoo, you!"
Tired of long URLs? Try this great service called ow.ly to fix it!
Owl: Gotcha! Don't even think dressing me like these sissies! Now, go back to work and dress some of your ken and barbies, instead...
There's an Arduino in here somewhere. I just know it!
Give a hoot don't e-pollute!
Yes, grasshopper, they may be nearly eternal, but a "wise old owl" needs to be both real and alive.
No, it was the 5 doctors, not the 5 whos.
I've hidden the backups of the WHOIS databases underneath.
Got Hoot?
After finishing the final dance number in his hour-long "Owl be Open Source" presentation, Jake was once again denied his request for transfer to the marketing team.
Who Me? I didn't do it.
That is NOT what I meant when was suggesting as a lunch destination.
Owl your base are belong to us!
Did I mention my love for owls?
New Product: Motion sensing death ray owls. Once activated, these adorable owls will vaporize anything that moves with their sparkly eye lasers. Authentic 270 degree head rotation. If encountered, your best bet is to try to blend in. AA batteries not included. Jake also not included.
It's all riding on the last question (drum roll, please)... "Why does Charles Manson (2nd Owl from Right) have no eyes??
Well, if there were ever an epic showdown between Chelsea the Destroyer and Charles Manson, it wouldn't surprise me if Charlie lost his eyes. Just sayin'.
So here is my challenge for you, these are surplus items and you need to use them to make our company more marketable!
Owl my God!..
Now would you like to see them in their evening wear?
I'm just glad to be here. I don't care what job you give me.
Hooooo's yer daddy...
The Sparkfun security team getting ready for the night shift.
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He was told that he would stand out more if he surrounded himself with birdbrains. In a way, it was true.
Jake was the only one the owls let into their posse, maybe it was because he had brought his pet mouse to work that day.
A wise old owl sat on an oak the more he saw the less he spoke the less he spoke the more he heard why can't we all be like that bird
I don't always hang out with owls - but when I do, I wonder what they taste like.
There are six Strigiformes and one Human. Can you tell which one is the Human?
Jake takes some time to learn a thing or two from the wise old owls.
Having previously got all his ducks in a row, Jake has now upgraded and put his owls in a row.
Owl wouldn’t it be loverly.
Time for some hoot air rework.
Jake finds himself in the middle of a Mensa convention.
Who. Who. Who. Huh? Who. Who. Who dere?
"Owl have to get back to you on that."
Some gardeners use fake owls to scare off pests. Marketing uses them to scare off engineers
Owl City
A Canary's Worst Nightmare?
Did you know that some owls aren't that wise...
Who's awesome? This guy!
When tasked with figuring out what kind of music Jake likes, the marketing intern mistook his answer for "Weird Owl".
5 minutes in, Chelsea realized she had misread the owl !
The inflatable owl never really felt comfortable around the other owls !
Jake, being behind in his email, did not get the "Dress Like A Party Owl Day" memo. Nevertheless, he tried his best to fit in anyway.
Which one doesn't belong?
Thats right! The third owl from the left doesn't belong because its wearing a hat.
Ok i wrote this and now i see all of the "which doesn't belong" captions... Just disregard my post until now.
When you said you had a mouse problem we thought it was an offer for lunch
Are you kidding me? Halloween won't be here till next month.
One of these things is not like the others. Can you tell which one it is?
Jake ? From state farm? What are you wearing Jake?
Management went toooooo far with the Re-Org this time!
They laughed when I suggested a carrier owl shipping option. But it is I who will be laughing today.
Fly my minions! MWAHAHAHAHA!
Who's Whoo of Inventory Management
WHOOO stole my nametag?
"These folks in the marketing department are a bunch of stiffs..."
Maybe if I wear this wife-beater my wings will finally sprout!
owl'll you get any work done like this?
This job makes me feel OWLright!
They were all there to ...1 through 5... but number 6 is the real question...
Duck Dynasty is a hit, why not Owl Oddessey? In case SFE runs out of red PCB widgets...
"Something's a-fowl in the marketing department!"
Have items to catalog? Invite someone from Inventory.
Not all marketing ideas are good ideas, right Jake?
Jake and his inflatable girlfriend awkwardly crash ladies night at the owlpra.
What Jake doesn't realize is that one of his friends is a spy. Can you help Jake by finding him?
Waldo's change of clothes still did not help him blend into the crowd.
The party crasher wasn't as subtle as he had hoped, but nobody gave a hoot.
Somebody forgot to put on their Where's Waldo Costume.
Owl 1: "Who" Owl 2: "Who" Owl 3: "Who" Owl 4: "Who" Owl 5: "Who" Owl 6: "Who"
The new safety training tools arrived for the new safety procure. If you run into trouble hoot twice like a barn owl, once like a brown owl.
Whoo, cut the sleeves off my shirt?!
(start music) One of these things is not like the others...
Taxidermy, it is now a fun festive hobby. Our memory of the Bates Motel are just fading into black and white. It was just so long ago, he barely remembers. I'm still not going to hurt that fly.
When it comes to electronics, I give a hoot.
"Now look at the line up... See who... who done you wrong?"
America's next boy band. O-Town
Jake looked Nervous as the Question was asked. Who stole the Owls eyes?
What's with all the dam owls!!!
Not really an entry just wondering. :-)
One of these things is not like the other. One of these things just doesn't belong.
Has Science gone too far? Real or fake? 93% fail this quiz, would you?
Whooooo are you? Who? Who? Who? Who?
Lol really?
Is that a Samurai Champloo reference?
You must be 12. Those are lyrics from 'Who Are You?' by The Who.
WHOO doesn't belong?