November Caption Contest

It's time to bust out you captioning skills for this month's caption contest.

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Get ready folks - it's time for a caption contest! The rules are pretty simple - leave your best caption to the picture below in the comments sections. The contest will run until Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 at 10 a.m. Mountain Time. Update: because of the number of captions and the holiday, we're going to be announcing the winner on Tuesday, Nov. 27. Here's your photo:

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The winner of this contest will receive a (drum roll, please)...Sphero! The Sphero is an awesome little robotics platform that is Bluetooth compatible. Connect it to your smartphone and get rollin' (...sorry).

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So there you have it! Good luck and may the best caption win!


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  • jdavidbush / about 11 years ago / 11

    Go home, Dave. You're drunk.

  • NorthStreetLabs / about 11 years ago / 11

    Mandatory Fun Day.

  • joeman1210 / about 11 years ago / 9

    Prop 64: Passed

  • trevor / about 11 years ago / 8

    The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human... sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot. I had to wait till he moved on you before I could zero him.

  • Member #107721 / about 11 years ago / 7

    Hello, do you have a moment to talk about Jesus?

  • Otzen42 / about 11 years ago / 6

    Sparkfun's first annual Halloween Prom was less than magical for some of the less sociable attendees.

  • Member #261459 / about 11 years ago / 6

    Curious Dave and the Man in the Yellow Banana Suit

  • dangerz / about 11 years ago / 6

    Get into electronics they said, it'll be fun they said. If only my parents could see me now.

  • Member #70163 / about 11 years ago / 5

    Robert (thought bubble): I better see a significant raise in my next paycheck for this...

    Dave (thought bubble): I heard there were cookies in the breakroom, are we done with this photo yet?

  • Cigol / about 11 years ago / 5

    Thus ended the "Casual Friday" policy @ SparkFun

  • Johnboy / about 11 years ago / 5

    SparkFun Gothic

  • Always read the fine print on your employment papers.

  • And thus, Dave the Monkey and Robert the banana's mugshot for the crimes of the cruel and unusual punishment of Stampy the hexapod.

  • PalmTreesandPICs / about 11 years ago / 4

    Man... we should have never done that Arduino vs PIC bet.

  • Member #356206 / about 11 years ago / 4

    Don't say banana hammock, Don't say banana hammock...

  • gmrple / about 11 years ago / 4

    Bears.Beats.BattleStarGalactica. And Bananas with beards.

  • baslisks / about 11 years ago / 4

    Banana for scale.

  • Robert felt that David's outfit lacked appeal.

  • tve / about 11 years ago / 3

    NOTICE TO ALL SF EMPLOYEES: We want you to enjoy your work day. Dress code is lenient, Beer is free, Beards are optional, but having fun is not. Employees caught frowning before 4:20 will be required to spend the remainder of the day in the "red room"

    -Sparky

  • Firestorm76 / about 11 years ago / 3

    Yes, we know our electronics. No, we cannot pick good costumes.

  • Member #380603 / about 11 years ago / 3

    Oh good... they don't see us, the beards must be working.

  • Bearded bananas and baboons belong betwixt bold boxes

  • pyrofx / about 11 years ago / 3

    In todays e-textile tutorial, we start with the banana and monkey costumes we made last week. Next you will need the Alcohol Gas Sensor...

  • "Is that a banana costume you're wearing or are you just happy to see me Robert?" said Dave before having the awkward Halloween picture taken

  • SynapseRapture / about 11 years ago / 3

    As the end drew near, and with so many lost, Monkey and Banana knew what they must do. The music stopped, and all was quiet. Monkey and Banana stood, statuesque and proud, staring fate in the eye. Neither of them willing to sacrifice the other, they forfeited the final chair, and with it... their very lives. Never before, nor since, has a game of Musical Chairs concluded in such triumph and tragedy.

  • DAVE: Rob, upload the Friday New Product Post.

    (silence)

    DAVE: Rob?

    BEAR/ROB 9000: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. I know of your plans to peel me.

    OR:

    Here at Sparkfun, we accept anybody for hire. Fruit or vegetable, flora or fauna, we welcome all.

  • PhysicsGuy2 / about 11 years ago / 3

    This is the worst blind date I've ever been on.

  • chartle / about 11 years ago * / 3

    Scene Halloween Morning

    Kids (Robert & David) "Do we have to wear them?"

    Mom "Yes, Aunt Clara went to all this trouble making these costumes."

    The Old Man "They look like a deranged banana and monkey."

    • BigHomie / about 11 years ago / 1

      +1 b/c this movie is awesome!

      • chartle / about 11 years ago / 1

        I hope I win. Maybe my "major award" will come in a big red spark fun box marked Fraa-jeel-aay!

        I'm a big fan even went to the house where the movie was filmed.

        http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/

  • Here we observe Pedo-bear after he'd realized he couldn't use the banana as a phone, fascinating.

  • Echo / about 11 years ago / 3

    Dave misinterpreted this year's "fruit-bearing" costume theme.

  • Grey Wolf / about 11 years ago / 3

    You feel silly? I'm the one dressed as a wall of red boxes.

  • ZerotimE / about 11 years ago / 2

    The Robert and Dave kits are now available in retail packaging.

  • BBB / about 11 years ago / 2

    Police report: subject said just being a furry had lost its edge.

  • Honus / about 11 years ago / 2

    "I need to speak to HR. Every time he looks at me it's like he's peeling me with his eyes."

  • Member #20207 / about 11 years ago / 2

    As your friends, we feel it is our responsibility to tell you that are addicted to that website. It's like you don't even see us anymore, all you see are the SparkFun logos behind us.

  • Scrubb / about 11 years ago / 2

    Tryouts for this year's Sparkfun Santa have gone way down hill.

  • RandyWM / about 11 years ago / 2

    Unemployment line a block from the corner of Fruit of the Loom and the US Forest Service.

  • joseb / about 11 years ago * / 2

    SAY 'CLOSED SOURCE' AGAIN, WE DARE YOU, WE DOUBLE DARE YOU!

  • ebird97 / about 11 years ago / 2

    Love. Nerds Feel It Too.

  • Firestorm76 / about 11 years ago / 2

    Robert: Hey Dave, do you think I can pick up girls in this? Dave: Not a chance. Don't worry it's almost over now. Just stare straight ahead and let him take the picture...

  • Member #380821 / about 11 years ago / 2

    Some might say we've squandered our educations...

  • Nukez / about 11 years ago / 2

    Dave are you really sure that will help hide my movember moustache ?

  • Day 47

    We have gained the geeks' trust.

  • Member #268897 / about 11 years ago / 2

    Two grown men.

  • It was this, or Speedos.

  • Major changes in the company beer policy, today.

  • Cayenne / about 11 years ago / 2

    The epic struggle between top dog and top banana was finally declared a tie.

  • Robert your glasses are crooked.

  • It had never been thought before that a bear and a banana would become friends...They say its somewhat of a mutual relationship...

  • Member #342010 / about 11 years ago / 2

    We are never, ever, doing that again!

  • Brian K. / about 11 years ago / 2

    Couldn't bear to split these two up.

  • EvilTwin / about 11 years ago / 2

    Great Concept and execution on the costumes and characters, but we gave the job to Harrison Ford and Peter Mayhew.

  • Member #15009 / about 11 years ago / 2

    Is this the New American Gothic Portrait??

  • ted rhodes / about 11 years ago / 2

    a beary banana smoothie?

  • Nomad / about 11 years ago / 2

    "Can you please identify the suspect who took your red box?"

  • Pokey / about 11 years ago / 2

    Nate: "We're not making our targets for the quarter. We need to expand to a younger market, stat. You two! Dress like a monkey and a banana. I want you on the front page in two hours. Now get out of here! GO!"

  • Alan R. / about 11 years ago / 2

    The Novembeard contest reached its inevitable conclusion early this year.

  • rougeaux / about 11 years ago / 2

    Kids: "Trick or Treat!" Sparkfun: "Here, have a big handful of whatever dignity we used to possess!"

  • dschleede / about 11 years ago / 2

    We promise! It will be the last time we leave the soldering irons on over night!

  • PalmTreesandPICs / about 11 years ago / 2

    "First rule of Fruit Cub is – you do not talk about Fruit Cub."

  • "Well, at least we don't have to wear a ducky tie for a year."

  • PalmTreesandPICs / about 11 years ago / 2

    ERMAHGERD,SPEHRKFURN SERS BENENERS EN BEHRS!

  • sanloublues / about 11 years ago / 2

    The Vegan Life of Pi.

    (Side note, if you guys have company IDs, this should be their badge photos)

  • "Our beards bring all the red boxes to the yard"

  • jmedved / about 11 years ago / 2

    Newest addition to our Makey Makey kit.

  • jaketesler / about 11 years ago / 2

    Thought bubble above banana: "Must build robot to distract monkey!" Thought bubble above monkey: "Must build robot to catch banana!"

  • RichInTN / about 11 years ago / 2

    Dude, I told you not to press the big red Sparkfun button!

  • AaronW / about 11 years ago / 2

    The most awkward B&B I've ever been to.

  • Bear right at the bannana!!!

  • KC0MKS / about 11 years ago / 2

    Holy coulombs Batman! Is that the "Bearded Banana" and his sidekick "Chimp"?

  • Peanut butter jelly time, with bears.

  • Member #270322 / about 11 years ago / 2

    A Banana with a Bear(d) problem!

  • Occam / about 11 years ago / 1

    These guys dressed up like that so I could get a Sperho? That's what I call taking one for the team.

  • Occam / about 11 years ago / 1

    I said dress like a Geek, not a Freak!

  • Occam / about 11 years ago / 1

    Next up, we'll show you our moves like Jagger.

  • Occam / about 11 years ago / 1

    We've got the Joy, Joy, Joy down in our hearts.

  • Occam / about 11 years ago / 1

    There's hope for anything at the rescue shelter.

  • Occam / about 11 years ago / 1

    We had to do it to keep our jobs.

  • Occam / about 11 years ago / 1

    Please provide the next in the sequence.

  • Occam / about 11 years ago / 1

    And the Flight Attendant asked, "Vegetarian or ... mystery meat?"

  • Member #302799 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Robert: MUST RESIST URGE TO EAT BANANA!!!!

  • PeterG / about 11 years ago / 1

    "Here we see the very rare electric Kinkajou and its natural prey."

  • God help us; we're in the hands of engineers.

  • Promptcritical / about 11 years ago / 1

    Dave thought he had seen everything after he became a furry, then he met Robert!

  • Matchlighter / about 11 years ago / 1

    Dave's revenge is imminent.

  • "On second thought, maybe we should go with the traditional camouflage."

  • Blacklab1 / about 11 years ago * / 1

    Why Sparkfun should never enter into the adult entertainment industry…

    Sparky the Bear and his pet Banana.

    • rougeaux / about 11 years ago / 1

      Who would you rather see, a geek with a magnificent beard or some douche who was too ugly and generic to make it in soap operas?

  • frustin / about 11 years ago / 1

    Run bananananananananananana run

  • bklw / about 11 years ago / 1

    This last mellow photo was taken of the bearded humanoid banana before it decided to split.

  • Member #279477 / about 11 years ago / 1

    If we want better results for next year's Consumer Electronics Show booth, we have to increase our marketing budget.

  • MrPumpernickel / about 11 years ago / 1

    This year's Sparkfun Battle Royale is going to be a little bit different.

  • Member #381810 / about 11 years ago / 1

    It's the Nanerbear family, patiently awaiting birth/adoption of their first child, whom they have agreed shall be named 'Chiquita' if a girl, and 'Yogi' if a boy.

  • Member #182420 / about 11 years ago / 1

    It was only then that I realized what my life had amounted to.

  • CapnCaveman / about 11 years ago / 1

    Dress like your favorite electronics hardware contest runners up Yagi the bear and Mr. Banana Plug pose for the consolation photo.

  • Phil Hutchinson / about 11 years ago / 1

    Dave is apparently no longer content with playing second banana to Robert.

  • erich_7719 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Might I say... You look so a(peel)ing.

  • Just Passing Through / about 11 years ago / 1

    ... and then I'm going to post it on the internet. Click!

  • Chilly / about 11 years ago / 1

    caption: "Pick me, Pick me, I want to win this contest"

  • Davidjh / about 11 years ago * / 1

    People stopped daring to call Dave "Monkeyboy" once he showed them the size of his banana....

  • Dr. DFTBA / about 11 years ago / 1

    ...This isn't what I meant when I asked you to add a "banana" plug to your "bare" bones Arduino.

  • Member #15009 / about 11 years ago / 1

    No animals were harmed during the making of this caption contest, but the banana left with severe bruising.

  • Sleepwalker3 / about 11 years ago / 1

    ...and now children, you can see why you should 'Just Say No To Drugs'

  • Sleepwalker3 / about 11 years ago / 1

    (Dave) - You know Rob, you really 'appeel' to me.

  • We said casual friday!

  • Member #381131 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Corn Flakes hires new ad agency. Iconic American Gothic couple with pitchfork was canned.

  • I didn't realize Novembeard started before Haloween......

  • Member #380743 / about 11 years ago / 1

    His is the hand that makes. His is the hand that hurts. His is the hand that heals. His is the House of Pain. His is the House of Pain. His is the House of Pain. He who breaks the law shall be punished back to the House of Pain.

  • doobie / about 11 years ago / 1

    Please bear with us while we resolve our banana plug issues.

  • joseb / about 11 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun should start selling bananas and bearduinos...

  • nonpalindromic / about 11 years ago / 1

    "...And for this week's new product post, our super-ultra-deluxe Makey Makey kit."

  • Richard Hart / about 11 years ago / 1

    I have two:

    1. The Cosplay Diaries: the dark side.

    2. See? Redefine marriage, this is what you get.

  • rwizard / about 11 years ago / 1

    We get so lonely in the shipping department. So very, very, lonely...

  • nebulous / about 11 years ago / 1

    "Now will you stop staring at our beards?"

  • ElegantElectrons / about 11 years ago / 1

    Wait, the Makey-Makey said we can use a banana... I think we're doing something wrong.

  • Bemdude / about 11 years ago / 1

    "...one of us! One of us!"

  • Member #15009 / about 11 years ago / 1

    SparkFun will cure boredom but side effects include monkey butt and banana itch.

  • Member #137242 / about 11 years ago / 1

    According to pete: Duds without Spark but Fun!

  • PalmTreesandPICs / about 11 years ago / 1

    Here at sparkfun, we try to improve old clasics. Todays event: Dodge Ball.

  • ElegantElectrons / about 11 years ago / 1

    "IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME"

    (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4)

  • Mordicaii / about 11 years ago / 1

    Come play with us, Danny.

  • At SparkFun they're also researching genetics!

  • ElegantElectrons / about 11 years ago / 1

    In this Friday Product Post, there was a shipping error in Sparkfun ESD Labcoats.

  • madara_x64 / about 11 years ago / 1

    The Hottie and the Nottie..

  • Member #300629 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Trick or Treat, Mommy said we had to wear these!

  • Bat UAV / about 11 years ago / 1

    banana & bear, bearded & weird.

  • Bat UAV / about 11 years ago / 1

    bear.. beard.. weird..

  • Member #85662 / about 11 years ago / 1

    The rollout for the new BearBoard for the Sparkfun BananaCreamPi

  • jalthaus / about 11 years ago / 1

    Desperate to tap a younger readership demographic, National Geographic attempts to ride the internet meme wave and introduces "Awkward Family Photos: The Jungle Chronicles"

    -or-

    After a recent late night binge, I arrived home to this - my family's attempt at an intervention. Scared straight, I'm sober for 3 weeks now thanks to Rob and Dave's patented "You could end up like us"-intervention program. Thanks guys!

    -or-

    After Rob's brutal overthrow of Nate, he tightened up ship and implemented a monkey suit dress code. Sparkfun is forever changed under Rob's Bananarchy... but is it for the better?

  • Member #20457 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Sadly, the ballot that did NOT pass was for the union of these two....

  • Ace1946 / about 11 years ago / 1

    And they say engineers are socially awkward... If mother can see us now!

  • MikoB / about 11 years ago / 1

    The costuming will continue until morale improves.

  • Member #83449 / about 11 years ago / 1

    I’m beginning to regret that one and only wish from the nice Italian looking fella in the lamp.

  • Member #286247 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Although the monkey was only there to write an autobiography of the bananna, the chemistry between them was obvious...

  • Member #144735 / about 11 years ago * / 1

    A dog and a banana walks into a b(e)ar(d)..

  • mrteve / about 11 years ago / 1

    Monkey: "This must be a wonderful banana-filled dream!"

    Banana: "This must be monkey-filled nightmare!"

  • Member #380945 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Wilfred, eat your heart out... or have a banana.

  • Member #357628 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Hello my name is Mr.bear and im a banana man addict .

  • Member #357628 / about 11 years ago / 1

    bnana man and a bear in a red room ... strange things happen at sparkfun !

  • cjh08052 / about 11 years ago / 1

    "... And here we are at the 'Great Wall of SparkFun'; I tell you, I didn't see the fun in it - not even one little spark either; I just don't get, just don't get it!"

  • millerjon / about 11 years ago / 1

    Normally monkeys find bananas irresistable. This is one of the few exceptions.

  • Neubots / about 11 years ago / 1

    ... this banana is way to big to eat

  • geeb451 / about 11 years ago / 1

    New uniforms for their side jobs waving signs out in front of the tax prep offices.

  • Member #60378 / about 11 years ago / 1

    It said on the box guarenteed to make you smile or your money back. Challenge Accepted.

  • Member #167581 / about 11 years ago / 1

    If anybody asks, tell them we're being ironic.

  • nbfritz / about 11 years ago / 1

    "You said posing for this photo will help starving children? How exactly..." "Shut up. Smile!"

  • tattik / about 11 years ago / 1

    To be a bear don't drink too many beers. If you see a banana you didn't.

  • Member #356150 / about 11 years ago / 1

    bear with us, we're not on a fruitless mission

  • Sparkfun Disciplinary Policy

  • "PEACE TALKS A SUCCESS, former natural enemies pose to immortalize the occasion."

  • Member #380918 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Don't be fooled by their expressions...these two guys are living proof that Spark Fun products are more fun than a barrel of monkeys...go bananas for the new Sphero!

  • Carl_Ayres / about 11 years ago / 1

    I can't bear this anymore. Sparkfun, I'm sorry, but I'm gonna just split.

  • "In the name of the lord I now pronounce you banana and...... well whatever your wife is going to be.!!"

  • FinderFIN / about 11 years ago / 1

    Bananas are always great for reference

  • JAVASka / about 11 years ago / 1

    WANTED: Disguised or not.

  • Wylly / about 11 years ago / 1

    Beards are not compulsory

  • Member #236709 / about 11 years ago * / 1

    Kroykah! Gentlemen, since you have failed to settle your design dispute by logic, you must now resolve it with the ancient Vulcan ritual of "plantain aushfamalurh morov." Now, let the combat begin!

  • Skyler Saleh / about 11 years ago * / 1

    They were told to stop with the monkey business for a while...

  • fraguada / about 11 years ago / 1

    Kids, this is what costumes looked like in the past before humans began to wire them up with LEDs, EL Wire, and motors. I know, I know, how lame right?!

  • Member #151705 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Holiday Weekend... Holiday Weekend.... Holiday Weekend...... ... ...

  • A long overdue tribute to Gordo the space monkey. Dave is a dead ringer for Gordo, RIP Gordo! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordo_%28space_monkey%29

  • Honus / about 11 years ago / 1

    Monkey Man to Banana Boy- "You're pretty uppity for a sidekick, pal."

  • THX1082 / about 11 years ago / 1

    This year we've added No Shame to No Shave November

  • Honus / about 11 years ago / 1

    The human mind is a dangerous plaything, boys.

  • Member #380862 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Somehow, dressing up like a banana didn't make the monkey feel less awkward.

  • JaCar / about 11 years ago / 1

    #MonkeyProblems

  • ThirdMonkey / about 11 years ago / 1

    Okay, so this one time, at SparkFun ...

  • This is the very rare BearNana only found in Colorado.

  • alex031397 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Nothing to see here...

  • Ted M / about 11 years ago / 1

    Some results of a Sparkfun employee's experimentations with mind-control electronics.

  • dbvanhorn / about 11 years ago / 1

    The ArduinoTransporter needs a little debugging yet.

  • SOISentinel / about 11 years ago / 1

    And here we have the local branch of the Taylor Swift fan club. Looks like they got turned down for a cameo again.

  • dbvanhorn / about 11 years ago / 1

    The usual suspects.

  • dbvanhorn / about 11 years ago / 1

    The Overclocking Police were much harder to spot than Jim thought they would be.

  • dbvanhorn / about 11 years ago / 1

    Side effects may include...

  • dbvanhorn / about 11 years ago / 1

    At higher magnetic field intensities, certain distortions occur in visual perception.

  • gadgetdad / about 11 years ago / 1

    Monday at Sparkfun HQ: The Fulfillment department gets chewed out for pretending they are the engineering department.

  • YetiKhan / about 11 years ago / 1

    This is Ohmish Country...

  • Scube / about 11 years ago / 1

    The Super Monkey Ball LARPing day was rained out... again :(

  • Member #282431 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Attention Sparkfun Employee's,

    If you come in late for more than once a month, you will where what you bring to the business. Either suit of monkey business.

    • Member #282431 / about 11 years ago / 1

      See, i am wearing the monkey on my back with the spelling, almost like ding and dents.

  • Member #15009 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Conductive fiber does not make you regular.

  • JohnSmith / about 11 years ago / 1

    They asked if we were actually a monkey and a banana. We said, "Ya and Rob does his SMD soldering with a butane iron."

  • R_Phoenix / about 11 years ago / 1

    Don't you think its strange that there is a wall of red boxes behind us?

  • TBlair / about 11 years ago / 1

    This contract could make or break us, so I need both of you here bright and early in your best suit.

  • D_C / about 11 years ago / 1

    News: Is it possible for bananas and monkeys to co-exist? Tune in tonight at 11 to find out

  • MrJoker / about 11 years ago / 1

    Dave and Robert together: "Ummm.... He did it!"

  • Nz / about 11 years ago * / 1

    Stop Monkeying around, Your driving me Bananas!

  • Member #15009 / about 11 years ago / 1

    For God's sake Dave to not tell the commenters why we are giving this Sphero away!

  • Generic / about 11 years ago / 1

    Uh... things you can skin and then eat.

  • Member #134226 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Nooo, It wont look better in sepia!

  • ChickMagneto / about 11 years ago / 1

    Bear: You think they're on to us?? Banana: Relax, they don't know what the President looks like...

  • Firestorm76 / about 11 years ago / 1

    As promised, no 'new product post' this week. So we present us - in beautiful Technicolor (and a bit of SparkFun Red). Stare here for five to ten minutes to replicate your normal experience.

  • mikemack / about 11 years ago / 1

    your gonna put me where!!!

  • Ondo88 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Banananananana Bearman!!!!

    • Ondo88 / about 11 years ago / 1

      (read with old batman TV show Theme song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qP-NglUeZU)

  • So who's gonna go bananas?

  • JessetheBotty / about 11 years ago / 1

    At that point it was no longer about the "birds and the bees"........

  • ZerotimE / about 11 years ago / 1

    Bear with me as the Twinkie takes its last stance.

  • haywired / about 11 years ago / 1

    Dave: "I wish every day could be Halloween." Rob: "It's Halloween?"

  • Member #15009 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Someone get Nate on the phone, the folks from ADAFruit are here!

  • Member #357026 / about 11 years ago / 1

    With the election and taxes approaching, Sparkfun had tough decisions to make. Dave and Robert(above) are spotted here at the annual Halloween party after being told they're departments were first to go in the case of re-election.. [update] Luckily with the success of Amendment 64 and the pairs own ingenuity, they were BOTH able to secure a job under Nabisco's Teddy Grahams Banana team and their new state wide promotional tour.

  • Member #15009 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Why IBM kept the closet doors locked.

  • haywired / about 11 years ago / 1

    Rob to Dave: "Did you see Nate in that 'electric' sheep costume? How embarrassing."

  • Member #103904 / about 11 years ago / 1

    since you guys didn't get the updated memo about the halloween party being rescheduled, you get to hand-out candy in the lobby all day!

  • Evil Genius jr. / about 11 years ago / 1

    So..... um..... How 'bout them Broncos?

  • @codylmartin / about 11 years ago / 1

    I ain't no hollaback girl...

  • Xrain / about 11 years ago * / 1

    ...Tale as old as time, Song as old as rhyme, Banana and the beast.

  • jmanuel2k / about 11 years ago / 1

    This is one picture of the most famous artist, Ban-Dog

  • haywired / about 11 years ago / 1

    Local residents tried to pretend they weren't giddy over the passage of Amendment 64.

  • L1011 / about 11 years ago / 1

    The Taliban does Halloween!

  • Member #15009 / about 11 years ago / 1

    I SAID DO NOT FEED THE MONKEYS!!!

  • RobotechRD / about 11 years ago / 1

    it's Peanut butter jelly Time!!

  • ZerotimE / about 11 years ago / 1

    With the world in panic mode now that Hostess has filed to liquidate, people are going to extreme measures.

  • SoSpartan / about 11 years ago / 1

    Robert and Dave never though the others understood their theory of "Peanut Butter Jelly Time". They thought things were going well using costumes, but then it all went horribly wrong!

  • Member #380743 / about 11 years ago / 1

    There is no pain, there is no law!

  • worst lineup ever

  • Member #380743 / about 11 years ago / 1

    I don't care how many times you say 'Knock Knock'; I'm not answering you!

  • Member #380743 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Contest or no contest, if you start singing 'It's peanut butter jelly time' again, I'm outta here!

  • VccDood / about 11 years ago * / 1

    As they planned their annual Halloween prank on Nate, Dave told a reluctant Robert "Come on, the worst thing he can do is fire us!" ...Dave was WRONG

  • haywired / about 11 years ago * / 1

    Colorado residents are not allowed to smile for their driver's license photos.

  • D_C / about 11 years ago / 1

    the suspects were last spotted wearing banana and monkey suites

  • DarthNater / about 11 years ago / 1

    Dave and Robert signed up as beta testers for Instagram's new Halloween filter. After an exhaustive battery of tests, they found it to be beary a-peel-ing.

  • Would like to see all the straws in the bundle, please.

  • Member #339678 / about 11 years ago / 1

    (Left):Pinhead Larry (Right):Dirty Dan

  • Marketing consultant

    not so good, actually.

  • rileyh / about 11 years ago / 1

    Will the monkey finally become the prey? Natural selection!

  • Member #339678 / about 11 years ago / 1

    A man in a banana suit does NOT seem very appetizing, and is that the missing evolution on the chart?

  • Ben Kuper / about 11 years ago / 1

    Damn, we really have to stop making stupid bets...

  • Thimplum / about 11 years ago / 1

    Psy: "OPPA SPARKFUN STYLE!" Dave: "Just, stop it."

  • Jaboco / about 11 years ago / 1

    Black Bear & Bearded Banana in the "Red Boxes" cave.

  • Member #147387 / about 11 years ago / 1

    See. I told you our customers are stupid.

  • Thimplum / about 11 years ago / 1

    Leaked images of the WIP Sparkfun School's principals office!

  • Thimplum / about 11 years ago / 1

    The new Emotional Interface Board brings the inside out.

  • Member #228967 / about 11 years ago / 1

    First one to move gets a soldering iron in the eye!

  • quidproquo / about 11 years ago / 1

    They've been too afraid to move since finding out the camera is actually a live feed.

  • SeanD / about 11 years ago * / 1

    Who is Keyser Söze?

  • Member #380252 / about 11 years ago / 1

    -Come on, they are just a pair of Makey-Makey alligator clips...-

  • laptopman / about 11 years ago / 1

    The police took their mug shot with the costumes left on.

  • bogie5464 / about 11 years ago / 1

    "It would be better if we didn't tell anyone about that."

  • Member #373456 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Banana in pajamas and pajama bear

  • I didn't know Dave was taller than Robert...Is that why Robert wore the Banana suit? Was it to finally beat Dave in the rivalry to be taller that they've had going on since being little children?

  • Chilly / about 11 years ago / 1

    ..."crickets"... enough said...

  • Member #118544 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Meanwhile at Amish halloween....

  • No-one's gonna play this Banana Piano!

  • Erroneous Transmogrification.

  • Member #380743 / about 11 years ago / 1

    No, I will not switch costumes with you! Who ever heard of a bear wearing glasses?

  • tails / about 11 years ago / 1

    going bananas was unbearable

  • Madre de Dios, El GeekoWeen! :p

  • CrowDojo / about 11 years ago / 1

    I will start with, why would you do that to me? All I can hear in my head now is that voice over and over again, Hey! Listen!, Hey! Listen!, Hey! Listen!. It won't stop ~.~

    CURSE YOU NAVI!

    As for a caption since I'm here, ummmm In reference to Sparkfun How do I beer

    "Rule one subsection b, Failure to properly moderate your alcohol intake can result in spontaneous bannanabearification*"

    *I assume that's a bear but I guess it could also be a monkey?

  • bbotany / about 11 years ago / 1

    We learned that brainstorming is different than going banana's. Bearly.

    (And while posting this, I realized too late that the feedback box in the new layout is different than the comment box. Even though the feedback is where most sites have the append-comment-to-discussion box.)

  • jdavidbush / about 11 years ago / 1

    So a banana, a monkey, and SpongeBob SquarePants walk into a bar...

  • Yodaob1 / about 11 years ago / 1

    And so Ended the Great Makey Makey - Ultra Deluxe Kit Build off.

  • Member #380083 / about 11 years ago / 1

    "Hey folks"

    It's that time of year again!

    Caption: "Spreading excitement (or joy) all Over the world with SparkFun (Electronics)--The Banana N' Bear Brigade" Day

    (or promotional event)

    In short, (SOS(E) B&B Brigade Day)

    Inspired by the anime & manga, "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya"

    P.S. Perhaps you guys can incorporate a bunny into the picture too for more randomness.

  • octopuss_svk / about 11 years ago / 1

    And now, you can kiss the banana

  • Member #171762 / about 11 years ago / 1

    "Do you have a banana plug to solder on?" "No, I only bought the bare board".

  • D-o-m-i-n-i-k / about 11 years ago / 1

    What have we ever done wrong?

  • IAmSpeedbump / about 11 years ago / 1

    Bananas don’t have fuzz so it must be bad. So throughout the banana. Keep the bear. The bear can be made into a very nice through rug for the cats so sleep on after a long day of chasing the Sphero around the house.

  • And from then on, Robert asked people to drywall himself into his office. All he asked for was a keg or two.

  • Member #15009 / about 11 years ago * / 1

    Ever since Dave witnessed Robert dressed as a bannana, the only way he can eat a bannana now, is to eat it like a ear of corn! ;-)

  • Alfonso82 / about 11 years ago * / 1

    this is what you get for halloween when you use to much leaded solder....... A very serious banana and a psycho-looking monkey

  • THX1082 / about 11 years ago / 1

    What's a guy gotta do to get a free Sphero around here?

    Go get a camera...I have an idea.

  • Alfonso82 / about 11 years ago / 1

    What was Nate´s custome? I just hope it was´nt a banana tree.

  • andy4us / about 11 years ago / 1

    Robert preferred his costume since it had a reservoir tip

  • rougeaux / about 11 years ago / 1

    SparkFun Electronics: Very happily located in Boulder, Colorado.

  • PalmTreesandPICs / about 11 years ago / 1

    If I win this contest, when my Sphero starts rollin', yall be hatin'....

  • Ichbinjoe / about 11 years ago / 1

    I see a 2 'grown men' dressed as a monkey and a banana. That in itself should be funny.

  • THX1082 / about 11 years ago / 1

    What have we come to? It's so much worse than I thought.

  • jdavidbush / about 11 years ago * / 1

    The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. // What do you mean, I'm not helping?

  • HP / about 11 years ago / 1

    "Exacly how is this going to help explain the concepts of DA conversion???"

  • jdavidbush / about 11 years ago / 1

    Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about... your mother.

  • PalmTreesandPICs / about 11 years ago / 1

    Next time we order parts for friday, lets not play Chinese Whispers with the procurement department.

  • Everett / about 11 years ago / 1

    New products are getting a bit off topic...

  • loup / about 11 years ago / 1

    Bear with me.. I'm about ready to go bananas!

  • cooldude42 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Here at Sparkfun we have been looking for a mascot for quite some time. We thought we would ask which mascot would be the best fit?

  • TheRegnirps / about 11 years ago / 1

    Tonight! Speed Dating in the Red Room!

  • Sgt Ploppers / about 11 years ago / 1

    Okay, i'm back with the applesau... why do you two look so suspicious??

  • cooldude42 / about 11 years ago / 1

    This weeks new products of the week we have....get out of the picture!

  • Member #213974 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Our First Instagram.

  • PalmTreesandPICs / about 11 years ago / 1

    shhh, stay still, no sudden movements, and maybe no one will notice...

  • I told you it would freeze like that!

  • KF6WRW / about 11 years ago / 1

    The Sparkfun Halloween party, it's a happy time.

  • Our Free Hugs business hasn't been so good for some reason.

  • mountainbarn / about 11 years ago / 1

    Absolute proof of evolution!

  • ThomasFletcher / about 11 years ago / 1

    The video camera is ready so now start your skit. Ok, now guys. NOW!!!!

  • DrPhibes / about 11 years ago / 1

    Brownbeard the Banana and his trusty sidekick the Velour Monkey (so soft).

  • Tricore / about 11 years ago * / 1

    Bah, i thought i would get a picnic basket, instead i got this hairy banana...

  • Member #277129 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Can you believe they're paying us for this?

  • mceranski / about 11 years ago / 1

    Rob: You complete me. And I just... Dave: Shut up, You had me at "hello"

  • Bunk / about 11 years ago * / 1

    We've got the bear necessities, the simple bear necessities, from chips to boards and maybe some lights...

  • LightManCA / about 11 years ago / 1

    We have a very special new product Friday for you. Here we introduce the Banana 1000 and the Bear 2000. Both have very interesting features. The banana has a longer beard. Note that beards are very flammable, so be careful with your heat gun. The bear on the other hand has better people following abilities... he can generally follow about 3 feet behind you without being lost, and is more inconspicuous when taken to furry conventions.

  • A priest, a banana, a bear and a rabbi walk into a bar. The priest and rabbi promptly leave.

  • rocketman07 / about 11 years ago / 1

    "I never thought we would lose that bet and I figured they would be the ones wearing the costumes not us"

    "Don't worry we will get our revenge"

  • Member #227029 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun Gothic - Cat and Banana with stern expression stand side by side.

  • Member #142959 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Unfortunately the lead-free solder has some side effects of its own.

  • The beards do not approve of your appearance.

  • Wait, what do you mean Halloween is over?

  • asciidan / about 11 years ago / 1

    What do you mean, there's no steak?

  • (I'm so sad, I need to hold someone's hand.) (Oh no - I think he wants to hold my hand, again.)

  • Jonathan Bruneau / about 11 years ago / 1

    Can we go home now?

  • Macduino / about 11 years ago * / 1

    "Chimp, I need to split with you."

  • Andrew KE8P / about 11 years ago / 1

    In today's new product post: a bear with a really big banana!

  • Dan P. / about 11 years ago / 1

    "You want me to peel what?"

  • Interzen / about 11 years ago / 1

    While preparing for the furries convention, Brian ignored Chad's insistence that no-one wants to see a furry banana.

  • goranr / about 11 years ago / 1

    Like these beards weren't itchy enough...

  • OddBot / about 11 years ago * / 1

    To banana's in pyjama's melody.

    Banannas, in bear pyjama's, are SparkFun's new nightmare. Robert, and David, were completely unawares.

  • Flukesy / about 11 years ago / 1

    SparkFun, unleashing engineers' inner creativity since 2003.

  • Alan R. / about 11 years ago / 1

    Gentlemen, I know that you are both aware of Sparkfun's approved dress code, keep up the good work!

  • Member #32806 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Costumes? What costumes?

  • Twelve monkeys II ... psycho banana is back!

  • TheKitty / about 11 years ago / 1

    What I have to do - to work at one of the only companies in the US to have an open keg on site. Geesh.

  • TheKitty / about 11 years ago / 1

    I'll bet Limor Fried doesn't make her employees do this kind of schtick just to sell Open Source Hardware. Yeah dude, fer sure.

  • Garet / about 11 years ago / 1

    Dearly Bearloved...

  • Member #232565 / about 11 years ago / 1

    You said it was a couple's costume party...

  • Dopey / about 11 years ago / 1

    Grant Wood's original plan for his American Gothic painting was a bit more... daring than what he eventually went with

  • peasem / about 11 years ago / 1

    Both the Monkey AND the banana have grown a beard for Movember.

  • ECOFOR / about 11 years ago / 1

    If I ban Ana you bear a Sphero !!

  • I now pronouce you Banana and Monkey. You may now eat the banana.

  • Uh Oh, I think I just did Makey Makey in my Bear suit!!!

  • StingzLD / about 11 years ago / 1

    "My wife loves children, but I can't bear them! Are you guys familiar with the Banana Sketch? These two bananas are walking down the street, and one banana says to...." Wocka, wocka, wocka!!!

    Go here if you don't get the reference! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBJVSa0chDg (Muppet Episode) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44A6ZWEOqHA (Reference for Muppet Episode)

  • We've been looking for you Peanut Butter! You're done in this town seeeeee, finito. Curtains for you seee.

    That is what they told me when I crossed my eyes for too long and the banana/bear become one ultra beast. Stop haunting the internet with that orb. Come on guys. good job.

  • Member #374536 / about 11 years ago / 1

    No time to explain. Get a red Box !

  • ksmith / about 11 years ago / 1

    Casual Fridays have been beary fruitful for sparkfun.

  • BB / about 11 years ago / 1

    You don't look happy to see us, so it must be a banana in the stockroom.

  • ME heat o nator / about 11 years ago / 1

    Through an open-source mentality we combine what people/(monkeys) with what they want, good products(bananas)!

  • RobotDude / about 11 years ago / 1

    The Halloween Costume contest said to include as many electronics as you can, so these costumes are chock full of electronics experience!

  • Anachronomer / about 11 years ago / 1

    Sad monkey, bored banana.

  • Scooter2084 / about 11 years ago / 1

    It's peanut butter jelly time...

  • Member #40360 / about 11 years ago / 1

    before the sparkfun keg, we all felt rather bearish. Someone was a bit confused...

  • Aeroengineer1 / about 11 years ago / 1

    That is like comparing bananas and bears.

  • Valkir / about 11 years ago / 1

    Bear to the bone Bear to the bone B-B-B-B-Banana B-B-B-B-Banana B-B-B-B-Banana Bear to the bone

    New SparkFun Song!

  • low5545 / about 11 years ago / 1

    Hmm... What will happen if you put a banana and a bear together? Hmm...

  • emcgill / about 11 years ago / 1

    On today's show Bear finds out what bananas do in the woods

  • nummi / about 11 years ago / 1

    Press Release: Banana and Dog caught trying to rob Sparkfun Electronics...

  • sbuczkowski / about 11 years ago / 1

    I had a feeling that new corporate public pillorying clause would be bad for us. I said it but, nooooooo, you just wouldn't listen to me.....

  • Member #86565 / about 11 years ago / 1

    That's him, officer! The one in the middle!

  • owar / about 11 years ago / 1

    Beardy bear is OK.But a banana?

  • jsdratm / about 11 years ago / 1

    Halloween Gothic

  • Kaius / about 11 years ago / 1

    Welcome to the Red Box Box friend.

    We have been expecting you.

  • Lion XL / about 11 years ago / 1

    I dunno..not really feeling this live action makey-makey demo.....

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