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LET'S DO THIS. No we did not ask Pete first, so hurry up & captionize it before he notices. If this isn’t your first caption rodeo you know the rules, but here they are again:
- 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, though you may really, really want to.
- Captions will be accepted from the moment this post goes live until Friday, October 16 at 10 a.m. Mountain Time.
- A crack team of humor experts will pick the winner and we will announce it shortly thereafter.
Behold:
The winner of this month's caption contest will take home a shiny new Multi-Chassis and, if you can believe it, 37 4x6" Photoluminescent Panels. Use 'em in your haunted house! Light your room and save money on utilities! Cover yourself in luminescent panels and tell everyone you're Light Man! THE SKY IS YOUR OYSTER.
When they told Pete his department was downsized and he was going to have to start working under the table this was not what he expected.
See, I told you the table legs were whiter than mine.
While most companies describe their Directors of Engineering as "Outstanding in their field" we at SparkFun describe ours as "Out sitting in the parking lot"...
Jeez. I've got some reading to do...
Some of these are really great. And I basically am a hobbit. If I could live in a hole in the ground, I pretty much would.
So Pete decided to test his Truth Table. I asked him what state it was, and he said, "Colorado of course!"
When Pete emerges from his burrow if he sees his shadow it'll mean six more weeks of testing.
Ohhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmfaraaaaaaddddddhenryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Awww, shoot, beat me to it.
Whachoo lookin' at? Never seen someone change the oil on a table before?
Nate ... how long do I need to sit in time-out???
Last October, He owned a Hot Rod and was outstanding in the field. This October, He was caught working under the table. O, how the mighty have fallen!
Pete Norris does not sleep. He waits.
"I'm building a really, really big LED matrix. This is just the first pixel."
According to Pete, it's obvious why working under the table will not reduce overhead.
Staff: "What are you doing under there?" Pete: "Underwear?"
Maybe if your mom calls my mom, I can come over and help you with your fort.
Next on According to Pete, a two stage amplifier
The secret reason According to Pete hasn't had a new episode is no one has been able to find Pete for 3 months
Pete's got the social skills engineering requires
I was told to drink myself under the table, so here am I, under the table, but where are the drinks?
Hey who took the bars down from his cage.
Pete suddenly had "IKEA Withdrawal"
Okay; you've found me.... Guess I'll have to come back inside for that HR meeting.
Observe: we can take the nerd out of his basement lab environment, at which point he immediately begins to build another one.
So i need to work in the shade... do you see how white i am?
What, Me Worry?
- Pete E. Neuman
Just like a dog waiting for scraps to fall from the dinner table, Pete strategically positions himself under the mini battle bot arena hoping to scavenge a few parts for his next project.
Rather than fire anyone, Sparkfun started moving peoples offices to a really uncomfortable spot
Pete does his best work "under the table"
If I fits I sits
"...you tighten this screw with an allen wrench and hold up this piece with your head.There you have it, a fully functional ping pong table"
Talk about keeping the overhead low.
Sparkfun has recently caught Pete working "under the table" as a robot mechanic.
Pete was told he'd be paid under the table for all the excessive overtime he's been working, but he apparently doesn't have a good sarcasm detector.
CloakingDeviceFail
Pete is willing to acknowledge that it may not be the best improvisation job, but at least he is in the shade now.
No matter what, Peter STILL can't keep his lenses from going dark.
Now you see me, later you won't
Installing bracket under the table is not what I meant by "working under the table."
"Nope, still don't see my dignity."
Sparkfun will be down again while we rebuild tables...
See, look how easy it is to turn the tables on Pete ;-)
Yah, its like I tell my wife.I'm an engineer, how hard can this be.
"Now put down the damn camera and hand me my Latte"
For the forth time in as many weeks, Pete's suggestion has been tabled!
It is like a greenhouse to tan under.
Pete's overengineering anonymous sponsor caught him in the act again and had to confiscate his tools for his own safety. Next time it gets too sunny, Pete will try to remember to just wear a hat.
So what if I didn't think the table legs needed to be secured before we turn it right side up.
What I lost my left contact lens again .....
After sustaining a devastating leg injury in the earthquake only a few hours before, Pete's research led him to the perfect location to play with his wrench.
I guess this is what they mean by "and other duties as assigned".
It doesn't take a Rocket Scientist!
"Mushrooms - I don't see any mushrooms down here" ... Poor Pete didn't even know he was being kept in the dark and fed BS.
Pete was demoted to table-assembling duties after caught swimming unauthorized in the CEO's pool.
Software Failure. Press left mouse button to continue. Guru Meditation #00000025.65045338
anyone wanna play table tennis now?
If there is no self, whose arthritis is this?
While Shawn and Sarah worked on outfitting the Sparkfun IoT Apartment, Pete was assigned the task of accessorizing the Sparkfun IoT Sweatbox.
Zen... I haz it...
Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
A Zen master once said to me, "Do the opposite of whatever I tell you." So I didn't
Those combat robots won't find me here, right?
I wish I had read the documentation for my new camera drone, maybe it will not hit me.
This was not what management had in mind when they tasked Pete with designing a new human-interface Pi-Hat.
Pete worked tirelessly to bring this Barenaked Ladies pun to life.
It's all nuts and bolts.
Pete prepares for El Niño!
What? Can't a brutha have his Sparkfun under the table?
What?!?! You never seen the Guru of Gadgets meditating? Where do you think all these great ideas come from?
Behold! A truth table!
Upon hearing Robert left SparkFun, Pete was found under the table repeating incessantly "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!"
What Table?
Are you sure this is the correct way to build and UNDER BIASED AMP?
Recreation of the George Costanza desk, Part 1: Table selection and more naps for Pete.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nap
If it needs an explanation link, it's too contrived
Pete attempts human-augmented photosynthesis to no avail
What do you mean by, one down and 36 tables to go?
Pete in the 'Makers Meditation Pose' recites his Mantra "Ohm"
Caught working under the table, you are screwed!
"No, I'm done. I'm just going to sit here, resting on my laurels."
Our Autonomous Pete isn't working the way it should. Get back to work Pete.
If this is all the work there is for me to do then I'm going to quit! Don't believe me, well I already quit!
Pete works under the table. Unfortunately, he is unable to find his paycheck.
When you're missing the last few pieces of an IKEA set.
I better get this box completed quick, or I may end up like Robert.
That's a Booger under the table!
According to Pete, this new barrier system will provide enough protection to allow an aerial competition at AVC16.
SparkFun, having never used cubicles before, was confused about where the walls went.
Pete is one of those guys that never truly grew up. Each day, when the clock strikes noon, he can be found in the break room playing with his toys while everyone gathers around to eat their lunch. Just please watch your feet, interns have been known to lose a toe or two.
"See? Plenty of space for a bi-level arena! All we need are some trapdoors and duct tape!"
"But an elevator entrance for the robots would look so cool!"
Our latest Pete clone is an under the table release, sorry.
If I keep my beard out of the sun, maybe it'll turn dark and I can replace Robert
What are you gonna do, paste Shawn's face over mine?
Hack what you want, hack what you're able. If you are hacking with me, you'll be under the table.
Pete's taking over the New Product Friday video production? Is this a new sound stage?
Pete has a head start on using those "37 4x6" Photoluminescent Panels" being offered.
If you want something done right the first time, do it yourself.
PIX taken moments before Pete cracked his head trying to find that dropped screw.
Recycling even the smallest screws and fasteners!
Huh? Only four pins for such a big breakout board!
Maybe I just like taking our surplus tables apart?
A Woman's////// NERD's Work is Never Done!
"I like to meditate beneath the arena before battle"
"See? It's perfectly safe. This leftover piece isn't needed!"
Pete waited and practiced his entire life to be accepted for an episode of Naked and Afraid...
Pete was not exactly sure where the last remaining loose screw under the table was.
Look! I don't know what's about to happen. Better safe than sorry.
Welcome to Mount AVC, I am the Buddha Battle Bot Monk. What tool can I give you young traveler?
Ok, I'm under the table, so can I get paid now?
A-Forting With Pete
Pete's the original Hexbug
Where da basements at?
"Have you seen my 'power wrench'?" ~ Pete
Who said hackers couldn't fabricate?
For the next According to Pete, let's just document everything Pete does.
"As you can clearly see, I merely had to make an adjustment to the micro-carburetor."
What do you want me to do next, Master?
Why Pete is sitting Indian style under the table without its supports attached is beyond me. I guess he's really using his head on this one.
The decision to give each graduate a mortarboard scaled to his/her respective intelligence proved to be problematic for some of the smarter students in the class. "Neck resting stations" had to be constructed to reduce fatigue....
Hey, a new cold war is coming. I need to brush up on my duck cover.......
What? Some of my best work has been done under the table.
Everything is not always as it seems, nor do all screws ever get back where they belong.
Where are all the drinks? You told me this was a mini-bar.
"Nobody told me that the earthquake was over!"
"You found me already?" Pete's not very good at hide-and-go-seek.
Listen, when the sky starts falling you'll want to join me.
Did Pete not see the sparkfun red board PCB measurements was in millimeters not meters!
What!? Can't you see I'm busy?
At sparkfun, all employees are members of maintenance by default
sometimes there's just more floor than chair
Wait... Your saying that I can't use these parts for my project?
Have you seen my shiny new autonomous Multi-Chassis vehicle? It got stuck in attack mode and went on a rampage. I just want to get it back.
I knew it man, a push/pull double signal whacker was hidden under the table. There was no Freakin' way my battle bot just layed down and died!
This small cubicle comes a low ceiling and no desk.
What? Can I help it if I'm helping Actobotics design the extra-extra-extra-large parts? You have to get the kits for the 27 foot tall robots somewhere!
What do you mean I can't build my new house here?
I went to college for this?
I thought the cubicles would be BIGGER at the new building!
Pete, master of all things electrical, is completely stumped by a simple mechanical project.