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Caption CERN Contest Week 17

A contest log for Caption CERN Contest

Caption CERN, win a prize!

adam-fabioAdam Fabio 05/28/2015 at 04:44112 Comments

Week 17: 5/27/2015 - 9pm PDT 6/3/2015

Coils, gleaming metal, giant domes, now this is a proper mad scientist image! The CERN scientists in this image seem to be working on a large metal device of some sort. It definitely looks like an electrode which would be at home either at CERN or the well equipped home lab of one Dr. Frankenstein's. We don't have a caption, but we do have a rough date of August, 1961. What is happening in this image? Are these scientists setting up an experiment, or plotting world domination?

You tell us!

This week we're giving away a Logic Pirate from The Hackaday Store.

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.

Good Luck!

Discussions

K.C. Lee wrote 05/28/2015 at 15:17 point

They haven't quite got the translation right when the sales order came in from Japan for a Donkey Kong video game themed joystick.  They thought it was a joystick to be used by Donkey Kong.

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Nick Sayer wrote 06/03/2015 at 19:57 point

"Look, look. Look, this is what I was asked to build. Eighteen feet. Right here, it specified eighteen feet. I was given this napkin, I mean..." (paraphrasing Spinal Tap)

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K.C. Lee wrote 05/28/2015 at 14:40 point

They were working on the world's first military grade joystick.  Someone spilled coffee on the blue prints and they missed a few decimal point.

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alj5432 wrote 05/28/2015 at 13:35 point

Scientists investigate a possible 'inches to feet' mixup on the new lab door knob order, after realizing what a hassle it was to carry around the key.

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johnowhitaker wrote 05/28/2015 at 09:08 point

This will provide hours of entertainment for our super-hamster! Hopefully this time we will be able to contain it...

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