Design Contests & Competitions
May 2012 Caption Contest: Elvis
Naomi Price
5/3/2012 12:22 PM EDT
UPDATE: WE HAVE A WINNER.
“Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do 'em all together, I guess.”
-Elvis in 1956
The King is in the lab, folks, and we're all shook up! This is the chance to let your Elvis fan (or not) flag fly ... can't wait to see the captions for this month's cartoon!
So add your Elvis wit in the comments field below. We'll put 'em to a vote and the end of May and Daniel will make a color cartoon for the winner with the triumphant caption in place.
“Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do 'em all together, I guess.”
-Elvis in 1956
The King is in the lab, folks, and we're all shook up! This is the chance to let your Elvis fan (or not) flag fly ... can't wait to see the captions for this month's cartoon!
So add your Elvis wit in the comments field below. We'll put 'em to a vote and the end of May and Daniel will make a color cartoon for the winner with the triumphant caption in place.
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David Ashton
5/3/2012 7:00 PM EDT
We've got Labview ELVIS running and he's claiming copyright infringement...
(National Instruments has an "Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrument Suite" - ELVIS)
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David Ashton
5/4/2012 2:46 AM EDT
"It's caught in a trap
It can't get out
"cos there's no 'return' statement, baby...."
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David Ashton
5/6/2012 7:30 AM EDT
Or maybe
"It's caught in a trap
It can't get out
because it hangs up too much, baby...."
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Rick_Hille
5/4/2012 9:44 AM EDT
In hindsight, we need to find a better location for the new LED spotlight.
"thankya veramuch"
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D.D.Swanson
5/4/2012 12:53 PM EDT
It's my time warp invention! Impressive, isn't it!
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gvictor
5/4/2012 1:02 PM EDT
"Now that is definitely something you should only be allowed to see from the waist up"
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WireMan
5/4/2012 1:06 PM EDT
"He 's the King of the lab."
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Wnderer
5/4/2012 4:46 PM EDT
He is trying to draw attention away from his itty bitty right leg. Or was it his enormous left leg.
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NoNIckName_#2
5/4/2012 7:56 PM EDT
Our new ESD test technician doesn't need a gun.
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seaEE
5/4/2012 11:12 PM EDT
Halfway through singing "A Fool Such As I", at the Kamakaze Karaoke Bar, Rodger realized he had forgotten to hit the enter key and resume the automated test.
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TFCSD
5/4/2012 11:18 PM EDT
He faked his death so he could follow his true calling.
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TFCSD
5/4/2012 11:22 PM EDT
Even down here he's still the King.
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TFCSD
5/4/2012 11:33 PM EDT
He denies it, but he can't hide it.
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TFCSD
5/4/2012 11:38 PM EDT
I'm a PHD engineer and he's a lab tech, but I can't stop loving him.
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TFCSD
5/4/2012 11:40 PM EDT
Hail to the King.
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TFCSD
5/4/2012 11:41 PM EDT
He's not only an engineer, he's got style.
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TFCSD
5/4/2012 11:47 PM EDT
If you think that's snazzy, you should see him design.
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TFCSD
5/4/2012 11:50 PM EDT
He's an eleven.
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TFCSD
5/4/2012 11:58 PM EDT
This is our best kept secret. Elvis is our head designer.
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TFCSD
5/5/2012 12:00 AM EDT
Sigh, I would even pay to watch him program machine language.
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TFCSD
5/5/2012 12:02 AM EDT
He's no geek.
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TFCSD
5/5/2012 12:06 AM EDT
I'm in love. Will my lab have the same test equipment?
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TFCSD
5/5/2012 12:07 AM EDT
Forget him, look at that scanner!
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TFCSD
5/5/2012 12:08 AM EDT
Please tell me he's single.
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TFCSD
5/5/2012 12:14 AM EDT
He is our packaging designer.
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MarkBort
5/5/2012 12:50 PM EDT
He's a UNLV graduate. His lab methods may not be the greatest, but his presentation is truely worthy of Vegas.
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MarkBort
5/5/2012 1:14 PM EDT
Management thought that a Casual Dress Friday would enliven the staff. He's one enlivened Elvi!
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David Ashton
5/5/2012 7:21 PM EDT
When the R&D company bought "Graceland" for their new HQ, strange things would happen in the Lab in the dead of night....
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MarkBort
5/6/2012 4:43 PM EDT
His suspicious mind makes him one of our best QA test engineers.
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MarkBort
5/6/2012 5:38 PM EDT
Our temp agency sent him over for the test technician position because his resume mentions his extensive recording experience.
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MarkBort
5/6/2012 6:51 PM EDT
"Here's our virtual image-cloning lab. Can you tell if this particular image is authentic, or just a good impersonation?"
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WireMan
5/6/2012 9:19 PM EDT
Someone said music majors make great programmers but I have my doubts.
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BobsUrUncle
5/6/2012 9:39 PM EDT
He's our top coder... he performs at weddings and bar mitzvahs too.
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Denis.Giri
5/7/2012 5:54 AM EDT
Sing to your plants to help them grow, and sing to your clock-trees to help yourself get sick leave.
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David Ashton
5/7/2012 7:33 PM EDT
We had to take SOMEONE. The only other candidate was a Snoop Dogg imitator....
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elPresidente
5/7/2012 10:17 PM EDT
Maybe he'd be willing to put on our blue anti-static lab coat if we let him wear his matching suede shoes?
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sudo
5/8/2012 2:48 AM EDT
Elvis is not dead but works as a test technician.
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jkdrum
5/8/2012 10:16 AM EDT
If we wouldn’t have invented that skin regeneration equipment we never would have known our T-rex skeleton from last month’s cartoon was actually the real Elvis.
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electrofun
5/11/2012 2:31 PM EDT
He's been looking for the [RETURN TO SENDER] key.
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Mike.Nemeth_#1
5/11/2012 3:55 PM EDT
It's so entertaining when Marketing thinks they can do engineering!
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Parreco
5/11/2012 6:32 PM EDT
This is the lab where our engineers spend all of their waking hours....also know as "Heartbreak Hotel".
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ESF
5/11/2012 8:34 PM EDT
Who told Steve ISSCC is moving to Las Vegas this year?
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gvictor
5/12/2012 4:56 AM EDT
I'm not exactly sure what a "hunka hunka burnin love" is, but THAT can't possibly be it.
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gvictor
5/12/2012 5:46 AM EDT
There is no universe where That's All Right.
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gvictor
5/12/2012 5:48 AM EDT
"I'm horrified, but yet I can't look away".
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Don.Swaab
5/15/2012 2:45 PM EDT
I think I'll synthesize a few more peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
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Don.Swaab
5/15/2012 3:23 PM EDT
Actually, sequins make a great EMI shielding material.
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Don.Swaab
5/16/2012 7:25 AM EDT
The sequins not only look great, but they also serve as my personal EMI shield.
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Don.Swaab
5/16/2012 11:56 AM EDT
He just stands there all day, and admires his image on the webcam.
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Chuck.Hill
5/19/2012 2:25 AM EDT
HR thinks this will attract more women to Engineering.
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Chuck.Hill
5/19/2012 2:25 AM EDT
This is definately NOT "where the girls are".
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NoNIckName_#2
5/23/2012 3:49 PM EDT
The King is alive and well. It was just a coma.
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MarkBort
5/24/2012 3:23 PM EDT
"I'd wager a Las Vegas bet he's planning to audition again as entertainer for our International CES show booth."
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Mineyes
5/24/2012 4:43 PM EDT
(You're the) Diode in Disguise
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Mineyes
5/24/2012 4:51 PM EDT
"Little resistor", not "Little Sister"
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John Meese
5/25/2012 2:31 PM EDT
They said he could find our ground loop, but I think he ain't nothing but a ground dog.
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bnowak
5/31/2012 3:16 PM EDT
"A little less modulation, a little more attenuation please."
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bamark
6/1/2012 1:42 PM EDT
And that's why lab work is so glamorous and entertaining.
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JBlair
6/1/2012 1:47 PM EDT
A rather unorthodox method of vibration testing...
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Don.Swaab
6/3/2012 9:37 AM EDT
"I'm placing my online lunch delivery order, for some peanut butter and banana sandwiches."
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