It's been literally months since we had a caption contest - well the wait is over! Here are the rules (for a refresher) -
- Leave your funniest clean caption to the photo 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 Friday, October 3rd 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 the photo:
Since it's been a bit since the last contest, we're going to double the usual prize. That means the winner gets $200 in SparkFun credit to build something amazing! Ready, set...CAPTION!
Pete's two ambition's as a child were to own a Hot Rod and to be outstanding in his field.
For that pun, I give you props.
... and that pun flew over my head
Sometimes these pun conversations keep droning on.
But they eventually crash and burn when there's nothing to, um.... propel them.
Pete's disappointment was plane to see...
The FAA even took my rubber band and propeller.
Though he saved a ton of money, Pete couldn't help but be a bit disappointed with the "Economy Class" seats he booked online.
For just a dollar a day, you can make sure that engineers all around the world just like this one never have to go without a motor for their planes ever again.
Tony Stark's engineering skills faded as he got older.
Afraid of flying, Pete made a scale model to test the concept. Let's just say Pete is still afraid of flying...
The leg room was a little tight in Sparkfun's first corporate jet.
The only way this could be worse is if people made fun of me on the Internet.
Stupid FAA drone rules.
No longer in Boulder, Pete realized that taunting locals with a non-recyclable styrofoam plane was not as much fun.
12 boxes of cereal, 4-6 weeks of waiting, and this was all I got....
Did I leave the oven on? I think I left the oven on.
When Pete located MH370, it only raised further questions.
Ma wouldn't let me fly it in the house. So I went outside and flew a plane on a plain.
Back to the napkin and pen.
Something went wrong. While landing I did a 4000' roll onto a 3000' runway. Uhggg. I knew I should have eaten my Weeties this morning.
Props to you Pete! It looks like you'll need them…
This is Pete. Pete wants to fly. The FAA might not let him, here's why
Lamest mid-life crisis ever!!
Mommy???
Oh... for Pete's sake!!!
Throwing my airplane around in science class, and having it crash into the periodic table .......an elementary mistake! The teacher took away anything that could be sold. The only things she didn't take away; the foam board frame and my added detention. Hope you like my pun, I thought it was very punny :)
Disappointed that his budget didn't include a real airplane, he built the next best thing.
"I'm tired of these motherboarding snakes on this motherboarding plane!"
As Pete's fear of planes began to take off, he found it increasingly difficult to check his emotional baggage and maintain a good altitude.
All I have is this cold unfeeling goat-plane to remind me of my goat friend in this magical forest for today is the day we broke up.
The Prop-er caption for this picture: Fail.
"I'm so disappointed in you Hot Rod. At this rate, you'll never grow up and be an Amazon drone."
...And this is your plane on drugs.
Motors! We don't need no stinkin' motors!
RIP ISIS drone...
If you guys don't start being nice, I am just going to take my plane and go home!
Almost ready to fly !
*Electronics not included
Another squirrel lost...
Dang it. It looks like an "Under $10" category for the aerial portion of AVC 2015 just isn't feasible with today's technology.
i forgot the rubber bands... :(
Pete's airplane was born without a propellor, but the little guy is on a transplant list.
Pete always needs a little bit of time alone after reading the comments on his YouTube videos.
I'm crying even now...
Preflight check... Rudder - check, wings - check, handle - check, propeller - ?????
"Oh, hello there Mr. Airplane, have you seen my stapler? It's a red Swingline stapler..."
At Sparkfun it can go up or down in flames, that all depends on how you wire it.
Its plane to see, I like to stay grounded.
Hmmm...what if I put a Arduino based nav system in, and then tossed it AWAY from the ground?
Maybe with a little glue Dad won't notice.
With the new building, Sparkfun's travel budget shrank.
Since I don't know how to build a real RC Plane, I fly this foamy thing....
Wilsonnnnnnnnnn!!!!
Hours of anticipation for just nine and a half seconds of fun, then boom! - His wife's words ringing in his ears.
Styrofoam wings and fuselage $12.50, plastic wheels 3.45, rubber band $.09; propeller ....priceless
Oh, that's what was on the second napkin.
Feel like your model plan is inadequate and you just can't get it up anymore? Stop over at Sparkfun.com, we'll help you build something amazing.
I don't get it. It doesn't look edible.
Finally The got the airframe working, only problem is it moves so fast it keeps sublimating the electronics D:
Being a rebel, Pete waited until 10:01 to submit another caption.
You're leaving me for an Estes rocket??
An overwhelming sense of doom preceded the test flight...
Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me!
I keep thinking "there's something I forgot"...
Just because my last two planes burst into flames into mid-air, that doesn't mean they get to tag my plane with a flame paintjob...
At that moment Pete realized scalable technology wasn't all he had hoped for...
Darned mm to inch scale conversion bit me again.
That flyover video of Sparkfun's new "spaceship" campus might have to wait..
I caught it. What do I do with it now?
Having raised it from a balsa wood glider, the time had finally come to release the Hot Rod into the wild. Fly! Be Free!
It's a vehicle and I'm autonomous. What do you mean I can't enter?? And don't give me any of that Nietzsche-ian nonsense about me not being truly autonomous like you did last time!
Pilot Pete Pre-flight Pep Talk: "Don't let the FAA hover over you. Go up there and be spectacular Hot Rod "
"Where are the hot wheels on my Hot Rod?"
Oh no, I wanted this all in red just like Sparksfun, I doubt now it will fly high.
I don't have anymore napkins to draw on!!!
He stared wistfully at his latest receation, knowing that another failure would spell the end
Ah... That wasn't a peanut butter spreader with the April 2004 issue of 'DIY Aeroplane' magazine.
Talk to me GOOSE!
Day six: With no food and still no sign of civilization, Pete seriously considers consuming the corpse of his only friend.
What the hell am I looking at?
A far cry from the hand launched balsa gliders of his day.
It's all fun and games until your elevators get stuck!
They named it HotRod? I hate that movie!
Famous last words: "What you lack in propeller, make up for in elevator"
Phtbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt........
This plane looked much cooler in the comic book ad;. I hope the sea monkeys I ordered are better.
Over his life time, Pete built and abandoned hundreds of projects. Inevitably, one eventually abandoned him.
Oh no, they misspelled my name on the side of the cockpit.
Tower, this is Hot Rod requesting a flyby of the Dokter. Negative, Hot Rod, the pattern is full.
Danny was disappointed when he learned that his airplane would never break the sound barrier.
An 8-core 32-bit Propeller Chip (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12637) can perform several functions in parallel. According to Pete, propelling an aircraft isn't on of them.
At long last, the new plane prototype was complete, there was only one questioning remaining: How do you get into the cockpit?
After years of drinking chocolate Ovaltine, Pete finally got his Little Orphan Annie's Plane... without a propeller.
If Sparkfun had not just built a huge new building, Pete might have been able to afford the whole plane...
Congress cut the drone budget again!?
Pete's log: Ion propulsion technology is difficult to scale down to hobbyist electronics. Will try again next year.
Pete’s poor planning prevents proper plane propulsion.
This isn't how it looked on ebay.
By his first attempt at flight, his aspirations of flying had all but petered out.
There are more airplanes at the bottom of the ocean than there are submarines at the top of the sky.
"If I cross my eyes, I can see the two-selage!"
Disappointment after the realization that flame decals did not improve flight speed.
Ohm...I and the plane are one. I am the plane. I AM "Hot Rod!"
Ralph Wiggum - "I bent my hotrod".
Try as he might, Pete never stared in a Hair Club For Men advert !
Look at the new Sparkfun building.
This is the only time engineers don't like ground planes.
Pete Dokter to Nathan Seidle: "C'mon Nate, you said 'Director of Engineering' - surely this wasn't part of the deal?"
When Pete arrived at the radio control plane contest: "Uh oh, I'm "peat""
Pete testing Sparkfun's new drone delivery system....still on the design board I'm afraid
Hmmm.. I should have built a car.. I'll start right after collecting the wreckage! I have paint left..
The anti-gravity shield were not compatible with Arduino.
As the AVC deadline drew near, Pete began to doubt the capabilities of his drone.
You are banned by FAA. You lost the Cardboard Challenge. Now I'm giving you Four Wheels. Don't fail me this time, will ya?
A guy flies his plane by himself. You think that's me? No. I am the one who flocks!
Pete contemplating how much better this plane would look with red flames instead of blue.
I just can't believe this, I paid extra for the red flame version. How can I bring this to work? My only option is to bury it in this field and walk away.
Note to self:- "No matter how much elevator you apply, you still need a prop to fly."
Fly, you fool!
Darn, my wife was right. This is silly.
"I wish I were one of those stowaway ants"
but..but...there is no pilot!
I wonder if this would work to HALO insert my squirrel commandos into Nate's office?
"Ergh!" grimaced Pete. "My dual use RC propellor-plane / weedwacker will need some refinement before it can take on a yard like this. Perhaps I should just start looking for some new digs."
Man falls for street vendor's claim 'You don't need no stinking propeller, man, you got flames, man! Flames make everything go faster!'
Pete's really thinking he should've added some thrust. (It only went a few yards)
This is why we can't have nice things..
"In today's news a tragic model airplane crash leaves one hobbyist in mourning over the irreparable damage to the decals."
Not even Denzel Washington could not keep the plane in the air, this deeply saddens the lead engineer.
All work and no plane made Jack a dull boy.
Enough is enough! I have had it with these MFing flames on this MFing plane!
Rod said to his inanimate adversary, "Before you, people called me hot."
I'm required to file a flight plan for this thing ?
"…on the other hand, if I throw the plane, it'll just be another thing that has left me…"
"<i>I</i> am the wind beneath your wings."
According to Pete...
It was a very sad day.
I ordered a soldering iron, but I got a hot rod instead.
My boss said if I worked the weekend he would buy me a plane.
Now I know why he kept laughing every time he saw me!
Nate stole my engine!
Siri is still not talking to my iPlane..
Hmmmm just need to add 63 lbs of electronics to complete my drone project..
Puzzled, Pallbearer Pete promptly performs preliminary postmortem on previously-peppy, painstakingly-produced, puffed-polypropylene plane, post its perpendicular, propeller-pulverizing plunge.
Props on the paint job, but for Pete's sake! Give that man a propeller!
Damn, I need a woman
"No more ZOOM ZOOM, plane go BOOM BOOM!"
It was then that Pete realized the enlarging ray was a bust and he would never fit inside his favorite toy.
"I knew I should have checked the scale"!sighOh well.
In that one shocking moment, Pete becomes tragically self-aware that he is mechanically inept.
When it said Hot Rod I expected a car. Instead all I got was this lousy plane!
Exactly where do I stick the USB cable on this thing?
It says hot rod but it's not even warm. :(
They engraved it wrong, my name isn't ROD!
They engraved it wrong my name isn't ROD!
Humming "The Air Beneath My Wings"
Devner Tower, over. Climb one thousand?
Without the PI you're just left with a Raspberry
Oh, No! Did another favor for that Nick Poole!
Pete grows bored as he passes the time. Should have written down the address of that new SFE building.
Pete was sad. Not only his color scheme change proposal didn't fly with the management, but also he was sent home barefoot and with no propeller.
Pete dreams and quietly waits for back-ordered Ninjaflex for the 3D printer
Oh, no! Another SFE new product has shipped with the wrong boot loader!
As much as Pete tried to explain, no one understood about gliders.
By the time Pete has "model plane money" his neighborhood friends got their iPhone6 Pluses
Today's flight WILL. BE. EPIC. Records will fall...DANG IT!
It was all smiles until Pete Googled "Hot Rod". Now he wants one!
Propeller, Dude! You gotta get a propeller!
Having the instructions translated from Chinese to Klingon and then to English leaves a lot to be desired. This doesn't look like a robot car...
Bro, do you even generate lift?
Pete: It doesn't seem to be working. Nick: Just put a propeller in it! Pete: Ok?
Pete's attempt at Red Bull Flugtag in Denver was not going as he had Hoped, He is Still waiting to see if others are going to show up.
He had built the perfect glider. Now he just needed a tow plane. And finish perfecting that shrink ray so he could ride it...
Propeller who needs propellers? Propellers are for loosers.
Perspex propless plane perplexes Pete.
Red buildings are all the rage this year.
Back in my day only planes were 3d, and we liked it that way.
I thought my rod was hotter ; (.
Darn it! Should have read the manual!
Who says I'm Insane?!? "Not at all!" I'm an "airplane!" Look "brrrrm eeeeououn"
The Finely Articulate Arsegrapes (FAA) can't qualify this as a drone...on the other hand if it leaves my hand its in the National Airspace System...give me a lighter...I'll show em...
Guess I really made a fool of my self when I asked where the P8X32A propeller should be mounted...
"Maybe if I'm wearing blue, it'll make the blue plane go faster....it won't :( "
Siri, go fetch me a pizza!
The box read, "The Sky's the Limit". However, it seems as though the lack of electronics is limiting factor.
"sniff, sniff" " and then..he knocked the controller out of my hand..." sniff" and the plane started diving...and then it crashed...and now I can't find the motor..." "sniff,sniff"
mmm. It looks this is a case where a RedBoard can`t replace a Propeller….
"Well, at least this is a "Hot Rod" I can play with."
Is this thing going to catch the grass on fire with all it's blue flames and hot rod'ness?
mmm. It looks this is a case where a RedBoard can`t replace a Propeller….
"This plane isn't big enough to carry explosives... I need a bigger plane" -- battlefield 4 ucav reference :p
The package said "VRRRRRROOOOOOOOM!" but all I got was "vizizizziizizizizizizizizz" :(
So... This is where chemtrails come from...
15 minutes could have saved you 15% or more on flight insurance.
"What do you mean this does not make me a pilot. I landed it and everything"
Grecian formula 8 dollars, Designer glasses with auto tint 500 dollars, Almost ready to Fly Price-less.
Pete realized that if he mounted an Arduino to his plane, it would cover up the flame graphics. This makes Pete sad. Pete loves flames.
I don't need any of this, I don't need a prop, or a motor. I don't need anything... accept this profile plane,
nothing else.
I don't nee any servos I don't need any batteries... just this profile plane ........... and this pasture by the office... and nothing else......
Green energy motors require no wire, no current, not propellers, and no smiles.
NTSB Post Crash Report: Gravity Won - Human/Airplane Zero.
Pete is not happy with his promotion reward, Nate had promised him the real deal!
Darn. Lost my Will Ferrell action figure when it flew into the pool :(
"Wrecked 'em hell, killed 'em both!".
Hmm... How do I start this thing?
Clear sky, sad eye, drone no fly.
I wasn't wearing skinny jeans and the wing STILL bent.
The datasheet said 5V......crap.
The clouds parted and the lord handed Pete a foam airplane much like the one he played with when he was just a boy.
Suddenly, Pete realized what the spare parts were for.
Pete is not nearly as saddened by the loss of his plane's propeller as he is about his graying hair.
Maybe I shouldn't have done this rad paint job on top of the solar panels...
Wonder how many blinking led's I could fit on it before it plummets out of the sky...
I could not get past the word Hot Rod in the description. And I end up with Hot Rod Plane this!!
2 years in the making of this beauty..... aaaaaand I forgot the propeller
That's it! I'm finished with engineering! I wonder if that job in HR is still available?
This is the last time I book a flight on valuJet...
OK FINE, I'll go play with it outside...
Fly like you mean it!
Tom the engineer is thinking: 56 hours of hard work and this plane is kick butt. I'm hoping to get a full 13 seconds of flight time without an engine.
Tom's wife is thinking: 56 hours of his time for 13 seconds of flight time before crashing and breaking. He needs a hobby with better returns on investment.
Having been crushed by the relentless taunting of the other kids, Pete slowly walked home, vowing he'd get his revenge! He'd show them he could build the mother of all AV's!
This space is reserved for a future Video Tour of the new Sparkfun Headquarters, in the mean time enjoy this picture of Pete with a plane.
Wish I had a dollar for every one of these I have built....then crashed
Oh man, what do I do? One more try or high tail it back to the potty now?
Still better than Andy Samberg's Hot Rod
Pete's first break in ages was ruined by Newton's second law of motion, preventing a third experimental aircraft from winding up a fourth of the way through Nate's windshield.
Welcome to the field of dreams. If you build it, they will come...
OK everyone, keep your arms and legs inside the rides at all times.
Here we see Pete showing off Boeing's solution to Heartbleed and Shellshock vulnerabilities in onboard flight control systems in the 787 Dreamliner.
wow, I didn't realize SUGRU set up that quickly. How the heck am I gonna get this off my hand withe out damaging it, the plane I mean not my hand.
"You'd better fly, darn it.. or Nate's gonna turn you into a Geiger counter!"
Slightly Miffed after the American ebola patient licked Pete's foam flyer he crossed a line when he asked the SparkFun team: "You guys think I could salvage this for more insulation around the tweeting kegerator?"
Hmm, maybe more stickers would help it fly?
Dang, I wish I had Sparkfun electronics for this!
I knew that flight and hot rod deal on www.hotwire.com was too good to be true!
'According to Pete', it was just wind shear. In reality, he left the thingamajig at home.
When artificial intelligence serves as a genuine insult.
Sad that he might lose his job in Quality Control because he forgot to check that the propeller connects properly to the plane!
Got all setup to fly my plane! Then realized I left my controller at home...
After the new Drone Laws went into effect, the now older and taller Tattoo wondered aloud, what would happen to de Plane boss.
Q: What's the difference between Hot Rod and a paper airplane?
A: 0ᄅ$ ʇnoqɐ
Hmmm... definitely needs more lasers.
I spent $42 bucks... for this? A A4 paper plane would actually fly and costs almost nothing.
He's dead, Jim.
Famous last words: "Hey guys, watch this new trick I learned!"
Once more unto the breach, dear friend, once more...
Forgot the propeller... now this is plane wrong.
The pilot reports that the flight went well overall but the landing was a little rough. He blames turbulence...
Dr. Dokter: Can you fly this plane, and land it?
Nate: Surely you can't be serious.
Dr. Dokter: I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.
Le sigh...
I had such high-flying hopes for this Hot Rod kit, but it has turned out to be the biggest drag.
Bbbbrrrrrrrnnyyaaaawwwwww.. daaa daaa daaa daaaa
What no Buttons?!
It's soooooooo beautiful, and it will fly the tightest loop ever, but I have to eventually launch it, and its one flight will end in a blue fiery death. Good bye Hot Rod, good bye.
This isn't the drone you were looking for!!
Looking back, it seems that the crowdfunding campaign delivered exactly what they promised. Too bad there was a lot of small print.
"They told me I should spend more time on the electronics, but nooooo, I had to have a sweet paint job."
Goodbye hours of work, hello YouTube comedy gold.
The Airplane Whisperer tries to convince "Hot Rod" to fly to the local drive-through, and come back with a burger and fries.
This isn't what I expected based on the web site.