Design Contests & Competitions
February 2012 caption contest: Unicycle
Naomi Price
2/1/2012 10:59 AM EST
It's winter, things are rather dull ... I thought a hint of the circus might make for a happy diversion right about now. Our fellow does seem a bit frenetic though, got any idea why?
Give us your best shot by adding your caption to the comments field, below. At the end of February, we'll put the best submissions to a vote and the winner will their very own colorized cartoon from Daniel.
Give us your best shot by adding your caption to the comments field, below. At the end of February, we'll put the best submissions to a vote and the winner will their very own colorized cartoon from Daniel.
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MarkBort
2/1/2012 6:20 PM EST
I'd venture a guess that Bob has miss-interpreted the recent department memo about demonstrating one's skills for the new corporate environment.
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David Ashton
2/1/2012 6:30 PM EST
That's Bill from the RF department. When he gets bored with Megacycles and Gigacycles he gets on his unicycle...
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zeeglen
2/1/2012 6:49 PM EST
Good one! In today's parlance that would be "uniHertz".
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David Ashton
2/1/2012 6:55 PM EST
Yeah, I know....but it doesn't have quite the same ring to it.....
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David Ashton
2/1/2012 6:34 PM EST
He's checking his modulation theory....how many bits can you get on a cycle...
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David Ashton
2/1/2012 6:37 PM EST
That's Mr Brown. He's demonstrating Brownian motion.
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jkdrum
2/2/2012 10:05 AM EST
Looks like sales is already promoting their big “win” and the product has not even been designed yet.
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kteam42
2/2/2012 3:08 PM EST
Who wants to explain to Larry that the expression "a manager must keep all the balls in the air" is simply a metaphor?
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Wnderer
2/2/2012 4:55 PM EST
After his performance review, Clyde felt the need to prove his multitasking ability.
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Joel B
2/3/2012 2:11 PM EST
Clydes demontration of Brownian motion takes him out of the lecture hall and into the lab.
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BobsUrUncle
2/3/2012 3:38 PM EST
Every since Bill saw the circus, he's become a different person.
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BobsUrUncle
2/3/2012 3:45 PM EST
Email may not he the best way to communicate with dyslexic Bob.
Bob: Please jigger a cyclic oscillator.
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bwmetz
2/3/2012 4:55 PM EST
Bob sought to show the new interns how one triggers a monocycle multivibrator.
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Chuck.Hill
2/3/2012 7:46 PM EST
Our HR dept has come up with a new interview technique for project managers.
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seaEE
2/3/2012 11:30 PM EST
It was was the culmination of countless months of heroic effort, but their eureka moment was suddenly upstaged by a mere dilettante.
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minorwork
2/4/2012 12:52 AM EST
Him? From complaining constantly to his project manager about being overworked, the manager came to assess the situation and caught him finishing the last page of a 500 puzzle book.
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zeeglen
2/4/2012 1:15 AM EST
They called him "the juggler" at his last job because he could keep so many projects in the air at the same time.
(Inspired by a real technical manager who was a pleasure to work with)
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Don.Swaab
2/4/2012 5:00 AM EST
Brian Fuller rides what's left of his Chevy Volt, after the vehicle teardown.
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Don.Swaab
2/4/2012 6:01 AM EST
In order to maintain stability, he needs to add some poles in the left-hand plane.
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Don.Swaab
2/4/2012 6:02 AM EST
He needs to pedal as fast as he can, to power the on-board instrumentation, entertainment and GPS systems.
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deepak@tejas
2/4/2012 8:25 AM EST
Designers not able to remove the second circle, just displaced it "A cycle always needs two circles"
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BobsUrUncle
2/4/2012 10:34 AM EST
Bill came up with an act to impress the clowns in the board room
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phoenixdave
2/4/2012 10:51 AM EST
Corporate said they were trying to promote a more entertaining work experience...
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phoenixdave
2/4/2012 10:55 AM EST
I think the stress of being the Project Manager is finally getting to Fred.
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phoenixdave
2/4/2012 11:01 AM EST
I didn't know the Board of Directors was in town...
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phoenixdave
2/4/2012 11:03 AM EST
I think Fred misunderstood the advice from our last meeting to "just juggle the projects as best you can..."
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David Ashton
2/5/2012 9:21 PM EST
He used to work for Dean Kamen. That's his segue to the segway.
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Wnderer
2/6/2012 6:07 PM EST
Things to do while your code is compiling. No 7.
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jkdrum
2/8/2012 9:58 AM EST
Bob provides a distraction so company auditors will not notice the numerous safety violations.
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JOtt
2/10/2012 4:28 PM EST
Looks like Rich is back from his latest management team building exercise.
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JOtt
2/10/2012 4:31 PM EST
Robert went for some retraining after his latest performance review cited his lack of ability to juggle multiple tasks.
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K Roopa
2/13/2012 3:44 PM EST
He calls it "Circuit Du Soleil"!
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RWatkins
2/15/2012 3:07 PM EST
At least someone in the department thinks we can afford the hocky-puck super-caps for our next consumer product! Look he's delivering them to us now!
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kdboyce
2/16/2012 2:19 AM EST
Keeping up the moral in the lab is becoming increasingly trickier to do.
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Denis.Giri
2/17/2012 3:05 AM EST
Extract from the safety & security pamphlet: don't forget to close the door.
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Rick_Hille
2/21/2012 12:45 PM EST
Somebody had his "uniCorn" flakes this morning!!
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jkdrum
2/24/2012 9:20 AM EST
By riding across the carpet in my unicycle I build up a static charge. This charge is then transferred evenly to each ball. Since they all have the same charge their natural tendency is to separate thus keeping them up in the air. Next I will demonstrate the same effect by juggling chainsaws.
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Gruntmaster5000
2/25/2012 12:57 AM EST
Like all great Project Managers, Max is a magician: His genius is to have everyone's balls in the air except his own.
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TFCSD
2/25/2012 1:47 AM EST
He doesn't look like a bean counter.
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TFCSD
2/25/2012 1:50 AM EST
HR said he could juggle several "projects" at once, but his resume says "objects".
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TFCSD
2/25/2012 1:55 AM EST
Yes, he's good at multitasking, but what's that got to do with our project?
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Naomi Price
2/29/2012 8:18 AM EST
Last day to add a caption -- We've got Max the Magnificent weedling your quips down to the top 10% this month, so keep em rolling in!
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Arjun763
2/29/2012 3:17 PM EST
While everyone was watching him juggle, the HR manager was busy making small circles next to the cubes of people getting fired... Talk about breaking the news gently !!
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TFCSD
3/1/2012 1:48 AM EST
Great, the accountant is here to review our new equipment requests.
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TFCSD
3/1/2012 1:49 AM EST
He's new.
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TFCSD
3/1/2012 2:00 AM EST
I can sell anything you design, it all the same to me.
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TFCSD
3/1/2012 2:11 AM EST
Great, marketing is here to give us their requirements
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