Caption CERN Contest Week 14

Week 14: 5/6/2015 - 9pm PDT 5/13/2015

We've seen a lot of strange equipment here at Hackaday, but this one left us at a loss for words - at least for a few minutes. What the heck is this thing? Pressure vessel? RF chamber? Looking at this image and another one depicting a strange device in CERN's labs, we haven't the foggiest idea. We do know it's large, and these two CERN scientists are working hard to get it ready for... something. It also has fins. Fins make everything cooler. Beyond that - we're leaving this one in the capable hands of our caption team here on Hackaday.io.

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Add your humorous caption as a comment to this project log. Make sure you're commenting on this contest log, not on the contest itself.

As always, if you actually have information about the image or the people in it, let CERN know on the original image discussion page.

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milestogoh wrote 05/08/2015 at 14:13

Impressed by the easy assembly, requiring only a 4mm hex key, CERN engineers have decided to requisition more of their experimental devices from IKEA in future.

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Dylan Bleier wrote 05/08/2015 at 14:49

It's called an allen wrench, goddamnit!

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Cody wrote 05/08/2015 at 14:10

This should take our disco to the next level

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surubarescu wrote 05/08/2015 at 14:05

I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!

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Robert Ross wrote 05/08/2015 at 13:55

"CERN's entry for a new royal crown is so heavy that it needs to be anchored to the ceiling to prevent it from crushing the royal queen's head"

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Rob wrote 05/08/2015 at 13:35

"I'm worried that the women will be attracted to the chick magnet instead of us." "Get back to work and we will find out soon enough!"

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WallaceIT wrote 05/08/2015 at 13:25

"You know, John....I'm starting to have some doubts about my mother-in-law intentions when she asked me 'PLEEEEEASE Mike can you help me assembling my new lamp??'....don't you?"

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James Driver wrote 05/08/2015 at 13:24

1957: Hey Emmett, why are we building this million dollar machine and only holding it up with a wood platform? I know you said this is a capacitor, but I've never seen one quite like this before. What's this triangle shaped thing up top here?

Hey are you listening to me? I swear, ever since you hit your head falling down on that toilet, you haven't been the same. Hhheeellllllooooo! Earth to Doc Brown........anybody in there?

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paul wrote 05/08/2015 at 13:20

To long have we tried to smash particles, now we will blend them.

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Chris Jones wrote 05/08/2015 at 13:06

"Bob, this is gonna be one hell of a boat anchor.."

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NeoRazZ wrote 05/08/2015 at 12:54

GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY... my new doomsday device is ready for testing.

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middelbeek wrote 05/08/2015 at 12:41

"Not too close please, we don't yet know how twin atom bombs react

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Nathaniel D wrote 05/08/2015 at 12:38

Dr. Wilkens:" Now Jonny, I know you wanna see this thing go but wait to fire the proton torpedo until I get down off this ladder, and we get to the death star

Grad student Jonny: "Awwwwwww, fine let me pull the activation circut."

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Vau To wrote 05/08/2015 at 12:38

"Jim's espresso is the best, they all say. I'll show them! Coffee grinds can't even handle this kind of vacuum!"

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Nathaniel Poate wrote 05/08/2015 at 12:31

Now we can safely weigh and transport the worlds largest brown M&M safely thanks to CERN's nifty caged scales.

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Mats L wrote 05/08/2015 at 12:29

This will mix a mean Margarita for the party tomorrow, I promise you!

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Chris Barrett wrote 05/08/2015 at 12:15

Dave would never admit to his wife that he eventually needed two rocket scientists to help assemble her new lampshade.

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decofreako wrote 05/08/2015 at 12:14

Billy stands sheepishly off to the side as his supervisors try to re-torque the bindle rotor he installed upside-down.

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K.C. Lee wrote 05/08/2015 at 12:12

Dear diary, day 89 at Virtucon's Subterranean Construction Division

Just putting the finishing touching of the subterranean probe that Alotta ask us to build. He was muttering something about "Dr. Evil", "Project Vulcan.", "Crust, Mantel, Core." etc. Don't know what that is, but he promised a completion bonus!

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Bit Herder wrote 05/08/2015 at 12:09

Phil and Bob calibrating the world's first Intergalactic Phone Booth. Unfortunately, the phone itself left little room for the customer, a problem they were never able to work around.

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Polossatik wrote 05/08/2015 at 11:59

Are you sure we shouldn't add some lead around this nuclear reactor?

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