December Caption Contest

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Well, somehow 2013 is drawing to a close, which means only one thing: If one of your resolutions for the year was to win a SparkFun Caption Contest, this is your last chance before a lifetime of looking in the mirror every day and thinking, "Why, self...why?" But don't despair! Unless the world comes to a sudden and unexpected end or we all win tomorrow's Colorado Mega Millions lottery, 2014 will bring a whole slew of strange new images for you to try your hand at captionizing. In case you need a refresher on the rules:

  • Leave your funniest clean caption in the comments section below. We reserve the right to delete captions that we deem inappropriate. We’re not too stingy, but try to keep it moderately PG-13.
  • Captions submitted any other way besides in the comment section will not be accepted. That means do not use the feedback form!
  • Captions will be accepted from the moment this post goes live until Friday, December 20th at 5 p.m. Mountain Time.
  • A crack team of humor experts will pick the winner and we will announce it next week.

So here we go!

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Pretty good, eh? If your caption is chosen as the winning one, you will receive $100 shiny dollars in SparkFun credit, which you can use on ANYTHING. You can even use it to buy 2,000 5/16" Phillips Head Screws. Get to it!

Update! We have a winner! Member #473378 took the gold medal with their caption "New product Friday: Acid." Thanks to all the folks who entered and there will be plenty more chances to win a caption contest in the new year!


Comments 353 comments

  • D0Cpr0ph3t / about 10 years ago / 10

    Life-size SparkFun Employees: Now fully poseable!!

  • Hackberry Jake / about 10 years ago / 10

    New product Friday: Acid

    • AdamTolley / about 10 years ago / 2

      This is funny, though I fully expect it to be applicable for several caption contests to come.

  • Karl Bielefeldt / about 10 years ago / 9

    Testers for sparkfun's new line of thinking caps uncover a few mind-altering bugs.

  • Echo / about 10 years ago * / 7

    Check the original invoice. I was sure we ordered musketeers.

    • dRudRu / about 10 years ago / 4

      I got as far as this one and decided not to enter. This is a shoe-in! +∞

  • 2BitBot / about 10 years ago / 7

    Sadly these pictures aren't staged.. This is just another normal day at Sparkfun..

  • RyeMAC3 / about 10 years ago / 7

    When HR told me that my new position may require that I wear multiple hats, I didn't think they meant it literally!

  • nebulous / about 10 years ago / 7

    Three RadioShack employees try to find the MOSFETs.

  • GeneralPHY / about 10 years ago / 6

    The crack team of humor experts that judge the submissions I take it?

  • Member #250722 / about 10 years ago / 4

    Sparkfun Interpretive rain dance......

  • OldFar-SeeingArt / about 10 years ago / 4

    Trying to blend in with the local population, three red shirts are beamed down.

  • kfitch42 / about 10 years ago / 4

    Just showing off some souvenirs acquired using the Sparkfun TARDIS* kit** (police phone box not included).

    • Temporary Arduino Reality Distortion Initiation System. ** Using the assembled Sparkfun TARDIS kit may violate the Shadow Proclamation.

    • The Doctor Doge / about 10 years ago / 1

      I'll report you when I get my hands on a real TARDIS!

  • Member #499768 / about 10 years ago / 4

    The Three Ami, Nope. Meet The Spart, Nope. The Lone Ran, Nope. Looney Tunes!

  • Member #500629 / about 10 years ago / 3

    ..and that was the last time Carl mistakenly ordered PCP's instead of PCB's.

  • Daragh O' Duffy / about 10 years ago / 3

    It's simple... we kill the batman

  • Parizival / about 10 years ago / 3

    Sparkfunion Theater Company Presents: Ingenuity In Action

  • Dragon88 / about 10 years ago / 3

    ~ When shall we three meet again? Free Day, Christmas, or Cyber Monday? ~ When the soldering is finally done, when the fumes have surely won.

  • Member #213513 / about 10 years ago / 3

    The Spark Fun Drama Club.

  • kpFerg / about 10 years ago / 3

    "Just act natural..."

  • Jess2 / about 10 years ago / 3

    SparkFun's own Mad Hatters.

  • 2BitBot / about 10 years ago / 3

    Can you tell its Double Bean Burritos day at Taco-Bell..

  • DAS01 / about 10 years ago / 3

    "It was a rough cyber Monday... all we have left are these stupid hats..."

  • zipeto / about 10 years ago / 3

    This is how disagreements are settled at Sparkfun.

  • BeerCannon / about 10 years ago / 3

    SparkFun staff debate exactly what constitutes "Gagnam Style".

  • ElegantElectrons / about 10 years ago / 3

    Engineering round table officially jumps the shark.

  • Member #364560 / about 10 years ago / 3

    Thinking Globally, Acting out Locally

  • andy4us / about 10 years ago / 3

    Nick tells the story for the 100th time how he can just feel that the pinball machine is almost ready

  • Member #356467 / about 10 years ago / 2

    They must be new hires from Nebraska

  • Member #498566 / about 10 years ago / 2

    The Hokey-Pokey ruse!

  • Qtechknow / about 10 years ago / 2

    Our supplier stopped carrying lead-free solder...

  • unmanaged / about 10 years ago / 2

    "Who let the Smoke Out."

    Who let the smoke out (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo) (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo) (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo) (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo)

    Who let the smoke out (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo) Who let the smoke out (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo)

    (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo)

    When the circuit was made, the product was sumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo) And everybody proud of it all (Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo) I tell the fellas "start the thing pumpin" (Yippie Yi Yo) And the plug goes in to the wall

    The smoke broke show brown

    Who let the smoke out (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo) Who let the smoke out (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo) Who let the smoke out (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo) Who let the smoke out (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo)

    I see a little smoke puff–makin' some toast Lights really dim in the town Get blame off me, shame off me Rollout is gon' take a bit longer

  • LightManCA / about 10 years ago / 2

    To be, or not to be--that is the question:
    Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
    The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
    Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
    And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
    No more--and by a sleep to say we end
    The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
    That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
    Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep--
    To sleep--perchance to dream

  • xsk8rat / about 10 years ago / 2

    In the waning hours, after the important heads of state return home, every G8 Summit descends into a mad interpretation of Machiavelli's "The Mandrake" by a scrappy method acting cast of second and third world despots. Until her retirement, Madeleine Albright always started early in her maneuvers to be cast as Lucrezia.

  • Member #218925 / about 10 years ago / 2

    brought to you by the LFSA (Lead-Free Solder Association)..."Don't let this happen to your engineers"

  • Member #286247 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Introducing the new Sparkfun Triumvirate!

  • n0qbh / about 10 years ago / 2

    They've discovered what caused the Boulder flood of 2013... - Spark Fun rain dancers!

  • magicSmoke / about 10 years ago / 2

    SparkFun Employess realize it IS all about the Hokey Pokey. Now if we can get the timing right...

  • sem / about 10 years ago / 2

    The Three "Wise" Men were having trouble coming up with costumes for the Christmas play.

  • Member #213513 / about 10 years ago / 2

    You can keep your hats if you like them!

  • ccbundy / about 10 years ago / 2

    Id imperfectum manet dum confectum erit!

  • John Price / about 10 years ago / 2

    The Village People at their day job.

  • What would you do with 2,500 Phillips Head Screws?

    "I bet I could decorate a beautiful sombrero with them"

    "I would strike a pose over the pile of screws that I have conquered" "I would melt them down and make one HUGE screw"

    If I win I promise to spend at a least 10% of my winnings on 5/16" Phillips Head Screws!

  • CrazyCreator / about 10 years ago / 2

    This is how Sparkfun brainstorms new widgets.

  • Member #329489 / about 10 years ago / 2

    I think we finally mastered that time and space traveling machine (aka Tardis) - Says Nick, who kind of exceeded the daily number of beers (just kinda).

  • Member #218925 / about 10 years ago * / 2

    Brain storming at Sparkfun International

  • mr_jones / about 10 years ago / 2

    The first slide of SparkFun’s court mandated cultural sensitivity training presentation

  • Member #213513 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Three Mad Hatters.

  • Hemi345 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Rock, Paper, Scissors,...again?!

  • Member #245452 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Maybe if we disguise ourselves, we won't die in this episode!

  • billblack / about 10 years ago / 2

    At this month's Mensa meeting, the Sparkfun contingent was easy to identify.

  • MirithD / about 10 years ago / 2

    We are not danger to ourselves or the community. This is our promise to you.

  • Member #15009 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Sparkfun's proof that no product testing was done on animals.

  • Bunk / about 10 years ago / 2

    Actually you could buy 2500 5/16" screws since they are 4 cents when you buy 100 or more

    • Hexagon / about 10 years ago / 1

      Haha I was about to post this and then I wasn't the first to notice....

  • Troy Johnson / about 10 years ago / 2

    The process of naming the SparkFun company softball team had many partisans.

    In the end, the three finalists (The Spanish Thinkers, The Roman Line Dancers, and The Western Thespians) battled it out on the tiny warehouse stage using only the art of interpretive dance.

  • JNM / about 10 years ago / 2

    {people speaking from left to right} Left: "What should we call the next Windows operating system?" Middle FART Right "My God! You're genius. That perfectly describes the user experience!"

  • Member #406059 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Its a "Time Bandits" reunion!

  • Brandon James / about 10 years ago / 2

    The secretive sombreroed solderer, the sassy spartan salesman and the crazy coding cowboy!

  • Member #470975 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Sparkfun takes everything to the next level, including casual Friday.

  • Member #286247 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Jefa, Would you say Sparkfun has a Plethora of products? Oh Si, El Guapo, they have a Plethora. Jefa, what is a plethora?

  • Member #286247 / about 10 years ago * / 2
    Int Amigos;
    Int Plethora;
    Int Jefa;
    Int El_Guapo;
    
    Amigos = B011;
    Plethora = 65535;
    for (Jefa = 0; Jefa <= Plethora; Jefa++){
        //count El_Guapo Birthday Gifts
        El_Guapo++;
    }
    
    • Amigos; Int Plethora; Int Jefa; Int El_Guapo; Amigos = B011; Plethora = 65535; for (Jef how do you make the "code looking" style ? :D

  • Amundsen / about 10 years ago / 2

    Hey guys, if our new invisibity cloak broke, imagine how ridiculous we'd be.

  • Rohar / about 10 years ago / 2

    Recently, SparkFun employees participated in an experiment to determine whether solder fumes really should be vented. The results are in...

  • TheRegnirps / about 10 years ago / 2

    Where's the Cop and the Chief! We go on in 30 seconds!

  • zipeto / about 10 years ago / 2

    Just another day at Sparkfun Electronics.

  • Member #468395 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Its fun to stay at the YMCA. It's fun to play at the Sparkfun today

  • Levi / about 10 years ago / 2

    Crickets

  • Evil Genius jr. / about 10 years ago / 2

    The Three Amigos! Lucky Day: Well, we're just gonna have to use our brains. Ned Nederlander, Dusty Bottoms: Damn it!

  • Dont bother us now, we are having a design review...

  • ElegantElectrons / about 10 years ago / 2

    A mexican, a roman, and a cowboy walk into the sparkfun retail store. Nate looks at them and says "What is this, some kind of a joke?"

    • The Doctor Doge / about 10 years ago / 1

      The roman replies, "ill take 10000 mini push buttons"

  • ElegantElectrons / about 10 years ago / 2

    Sparkfun theater.

    "Et tu, amigo?"

  • LightManCA / about 10 years ago / 2

    No No. You make a "Y" like this, then follow with the M, C, and A!

  • 2BitBot / about 10 years ago / 2

    Speedy Gonzales, Marvin the Martian, and Yosemite Sam join the Sparkfun marketing team!

  • 2BitBot / about 10 years ago / 2

    This is a depiction of the actual process used to develop a new Break Out Board. Well now you know why it takes so long.

  • Member #409290 / about 10 years ago / 2

    The three sparkateers. All for spark and spark for all!

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 2

    As Sparkfun grew, it was only a matter of time before an Employee Behavior Manual was needed

  • cldutton / about 10 years ago / 2

    Photographic evidence that the white smoke emitted from a toasted Arduino will enhance your life experience.

  • ME heat o nator / about 10 years ago / 2

    seems the time travel shield has only worked on their minds...and hats.

  • this ; is ; code();

  • <code> this </code> just a test

  • Member #475836 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Lets have a programming hat contest!

  • Member #475836 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Hey Guys! Look at my new thinking cap!

  • werepants / about 10 years ago / 1

    Management's push for an official company hat has been abandoned due to irreconcilable differences within the Headwear Selection Committee.

  • Member #278726 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Yes folks, they actually get paid, not only as engineers but also as actors and models.

  • RFsynthesizer / about 10 years ago / 1

    We three kings, of orient are trying to smoke a rubber cigar. It was loaded, it exploded! Now we are seeing stars!

  • Fraze / about 10 years ago * / 1

    Right: "Senor Ohm, WHY DO THEY ELECTRONS ALWAYS GET SO EXCITED, JUST WHY!" Left: "Hm, you pose a good question sir. I wonder what came first, the Electron or the Proton?" Middle: "Well while you guys continue to swap shoes and ponder with each other, I'm going to accelerate my social life, pair up with my homies Hydro and Collider, drink some Gen and smash some particles tonight."

  • x3n0x / about 10 years ago / 1

    The meeting to present the year end review to the employees quickly went downhill as the presenters resorted to costumes and acting to portray the more abstract financial ideas...

  • Fraze / about 10 years ago * / 1

    The Three Ohmigos: The Sparkan, The Cowborg, and El Alambre

  • Member #279477 / about 10 years ago / 1

    We can't present at the venture capital meeting while wearing the same shirt. We need to somehow demonstrate some individuality.

  • Member #421778 / about 10 years ago / 1

    It's 5 o'clock somewhere

  • MikeGrusin / about 10 years ago / 1

    On reflection, explaining Ohm's Law via interpretive dance may not have been the best idea.

  • Chandhooguy / about 10 years ago / 1

    The new Actobotics line didn't work as well as we thought with our TARDIS...

  • Chandhooguy / about 10 years ago / 1

    Turns out we used too much of the budget for the new movie "The 3 Musketeers" on props alone. We had to improvise on the setting, plotline, and costumes.

  • Member #54198 / about 10 years ago / 1

    This is why Tequila Tuesday was canceled.

  • Nicholas2 / about 10 years ago / 1

    So a Mexican, a Roman, and Nick Poole walk into a bar...

  • Gary D. / about 10 years ago / 1

    what do Tequila, Captain Morgan, and Whiskey have in common? You will still end up in an empty room not knowing how you got there.

  • Gary D. / about 10 years ago / 1

    "Well... that's not exactly the Macarena."

  • otto454z / about 10 years ago / 1

    Feliz dies Nativitatis, y'all!

  • Gblaze / about 10 years ago / 1

    Donning their 'thinking hats' Lucas, Mike and Fred still couldn't come up with a good idea for 'New product Friday'!

  • Pegasus / about 10 years ago / 1

    The RoHS Directive DOES have a purpose...

  • dRudRu / about 10 years ago / 1

    "Black Shoelace" (may not make any sense, but hey, the arrow is pointing to it, so it must be the correct answer.....)

  • Jade / about 10 years ago * / 1

    In hindsight, maybe using a quick set epoxy for a Halloween costume prank wasn't such a good idea.

  • Polarwind / about 10 years ago / 1

    Note to Legal: The instructions for the time machine and the do it yourself shock treatment kit where accidentally merged during testing, will this be covered by workman's comp?

  • Member #15009 / about 10 years ago / 1

    yo quiero Sparkfun

  • twarrior15 / about 10 years ago * / 1

    This is what happens when you let the magic smoke out of the engineers. Next time we'll check for shorts before we apply power to the caps.

  • Member #71928 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Not pictured: REDACTED's girlfriend, after another suggestion to role play goes greatly misunderstood.

  • RoboRake / about 10 years ago / 1

    The inmates will begin there attack with very little warning. The first signs to look for maybe very subtle.

  • Parizival / about 10 years ago / 1

    This is just the testing phase.

  • Parizival / about 10 years ago / 1

    Remember kids, this is what happens when make Sparkfunions count out 2000 individual Philips Head screws.

  • lingomaniac88 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Looks like somebody took the "Halloween is the same as Christmas because Oct 31 = Dec 25" joke a bit too seriously.

  • Funhough / about 10 years ago / 1

    Yipeycayee, Sparkfunners! Ay Ceasar! Appy Christmas And Mechanical New Year

  • Member #218925 / about 10 years ago / 1

    early tests validate claims of the new Arduino Stupefy

  • dphalen / about 10 years ago / 1

    Throw down your hat, Jose. We want to dance !

  • Dteck / about 10 years ago / 1

    We three kings of questionable smarts, Bearing gifts we traverse afar. Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Hacking the cars onstar.

    O spark of wonder, spark of night, Spark with RGB beauty bright, Longmont leading, still proceeding, If you pass the resiviour you've gone to far.

  • Member #500855 / about 10 years ago / 1

    The mexiCAN, the ROMan and the Ohm law enforcement a.k.a. the sheRIV!

  • kanurys / about 10 years ago / 1

    "My fart is the border."

  • razor_sparks / about 10 years ago / 1

    "Nope, still can't hear anything, I don't think the hat's helping" "Here, let me try it again..." "DUDE! WHY ARE YOU ENCOURAGING HIM!?"

  • Sciencez / about 10 years ago / 1

    Nathan was so angry he was going to fire the guy. The other guy just didn't want to be noticed.

  • Blacklab1 / about 10 years ago / 1

    SparkFun's Version of Larry, Moe, and Curly.

  • xsk8rat / about 10 years ago / 1

    When the sparkfun volunteers for her first freeze ray experiment did not "un-freeze" after the predicted 17 minutes, Millicent gave them all festive hats (as agreed in the contract), coded dramatic poses (as was her whimsy), and thanked them for their contribution to science. She then boarded the bus back to Las Vegas where she would raise more capital as an exotic dancer and return six months later to finally release them. Our trio, brought closer by their shared brush with mortality, swore a blood oath to construct a shrine to Nikola Tesla in each of the fifty states.

  • Member #498566 / about 10 years ago / 1

    The Hokey-Pokey ruse!

  • gadgetdad / about 10 years ago / 1

    Never mix Cuervo, Captain, and Jack.....

  • LightManCA / about 10 years ago / 1

    Now lets do it one more time, this time with feeeling! Remember be the Arduino!

  • Damn it man! What's the answer? He can't keep stomping the question forever!

  • Member #67636 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Spark engineers muse new Stamp board

  • unmanaged / about 10 years ago * / 1

    :)

  • Member #67636 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Tea party mulling new Stamp act

  • JohnathanN. / about 10 years ago / 1

    A mexican, a spartan, and a cowboy walk in to Sparkfun...oh you've already heard this one.

  • Member #360838 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Thinking about it won't help!!

  • Member #99604 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Oh man; Which one of you guys stepped in it?

  • dave / about 10 years ago / 1

    Memo to employees: While we replace the extractor fans in the Testing department, we ask all workers to limit exposure to magic smoke. In addition: the Free Burrito program in the breakroom has been temporarily suspended, due to budget overruns.

  • docspark / about 10 years ago / 1

    Design team Now we know why Sparkfun's long-awaited flying car is long-awaited.

  • Whoops! I guess those 3 extra 0's weren't a misprint, I guess you really can buck-boost a AA battery to 20,000 volts!!!

  • While testing the new line of Sparkfun Hat shaped Exo-Brains, they seemed to almost immediately fail.

  • Member #484855 / about 10 years ago / 1

    There's a fine line between genius and insanity. Not that you're toeing the line or anything.

  • BeerCannon / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sombrero boy: "I can name it in ONE". Cowboy: "Name that Toot!" Roman: (*toots)

  • tcmichals / about 10 years ago / 1

    The cowboy is attempting to convince a roman and a Spanish bandit how easy it is to use an arduino and several LED panels to cover the back wall. The roman is stead fast high on his horse and will not consider any idea from this cowboy. The bandit thinking about taking a sesta and does not care about what is being said by either. Bottom line, it is hard to be a technical cowboy at any point in history.

  • denbo68 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun employees perform famous scenes from Mel Brooks movies left to right: "We don't need no stinking badges", "Have you seen a pack of Trojans?" "Howard Johnson is right!"

  • Pokey / about 10 years ago / 1

    Behold! Invisible Christmas ham!!

  • Meanwhile at the Sparkfun Palace: King Duino XIII: It's holiday season, let's spark joy and make this open source world a fun place to live. Minister: Why not giveaway free stuff and get them hacking!?

  • Member #15009 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun has decided not to put Brain implantable ICs on a break out board. For the following reasons: I'm trying to think but nothings happening, probably 3.3v to 5v problems. (guy on left) Un-expected downloads. (guy in middle) Texas mentality everthings bigger and better. (guy with cowboy hat)

  • I want 2,000 5/16" Phillips Head Screws NOW!

  • Cramming (and failing) for the Acting Natural class final.

  • Chad E. / about 10 years ago / 1

    Truly hardcore fans, the Hartunian brothers are seen here filming their Kickstarter appeal for a third Bill & Ted's movie.

  • The Doctor Doge / about 10 years ago / 1

    ...Rory's roman with a gun inside his hand...

  • Dan60 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Do you think this would be a viable hacky sack?

  • chartle / about 10 years ago / 1

    Guys we need to rethink this re imagined Village People revival.

  • R_Phoenix / about 10 years ago / 1

    The Sparkfun Mariachi band didn't work out so the boys went for a rendition of the Village People.

  • Member #425607 / about 10 years ago / 1

    hmm, Sparky ...?

  • Flokos / about 10 years ago / 1

    You wanna buy something awesome for Christmas ? Check our brand new collection of collectible employees. They come in different sizes and shapes and with a variety of accessories. Your kids will love them !!!!

    ps accessories are not included and are sold separately .

  • Member #115363 / about 10 years ago / 1

    The idea for the movie "A night at the museum" is born.

  • Member #412762 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sneak peek at the Character select screen for the first new game of 2014. Sparkacus

  • Pato / about 10 years ago / 1

    "where the heck we are going to find 2k screws?"

  • Member #329489 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun decide to have some improv lessons in order to help their employes relax and be more creative. This photo was taken BEFORE said announcement was done.

  • Member #218925 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun International engineers "don't need no stinkin' reflow station"

  • Member #105131 / about 10 years ago / 1

    I dunno. You've got Kirk down cold, but that's NOT how I remember "Bread and Circuses"

  • Member #105131 / about 10 years ago / 1

    I dunno, Ensign McGee. You have Kirk down cold, but that's not quite how I remember the landing on 892-IV (TOS: "Bread and Circuses" -- bonus points if you caught the hidden Wil Wheaton reference)

  • elmartin76 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Rock, paper, scissors? Nah, Mexican, Roman, Cowboy!

  • Member #105131 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Señor, I think you have a misapprehension of which of us is The Good, The Bad or The Ugly.

  • Member #105131 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Welcome to WestWorld where nothing can go wrong... wrong... wrong... (Let's see how many of you are old/geeky enough to really get that one)

  • Madboy #82637 / about 10 years ago / 1

    vuja de: the feeling that this has never, EVER happened before

  • SuperCrackMunkey / about 10 years ago / 1

    A hipster, a Trojan, and conquistador walk into a warehouse...

  • Jalockit / about 10 years ago / 1

    POWER!!! I need more power if this chicken is going to lay a golden egg! mwhahaha

  • Jalockit / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun's new Arduino Mindcontrol shield for use with e-textile products has no side effects claims CEO Nathan Seidle.

  • dead-eye / about 10 years ago / 1

    I wear sombreros, now. Sombreros are cool.

  • dead-eye / about 10 years ago / 1

    Maybe we shouldn't have waited till Halloween afternoon to go to the costume store.

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Preparing the Retail Display Planogram that Sparkfun is rolling out in 2014

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Did somebody say "5/16" Phillips Head Screws"? Hold that thought...

  • airspoon / about 10 years ago / 1

    It's fun to stay at the YMCA... It's fun to stay at the YMCA-A... They have everything, for you men to enjoy; you can hang out with all the boooooys, it's fun to stay at the YMCA-A...

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago * / 1

    See no eval, Hear no eval, Say no eval. Sparkfun's New Product evaluation team works in secret.

  • beagle.fan / about 10 years ago / 1

    Another day at the office trying to figure out why the Roman and Cowboy animatronic figures froze up in these positions again.

  • Member #500415 / about 10 years ago / 1

    z

  • Member #500415 / about 10 years ago / 1

    That idea is crazy....I'm confident it's crazy....Embrace the CRAZINESS!!!

  • Xykon / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun's newest product: automatic hat recognition (currently in the idiot proofing stage).

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    First Washington State and now Colorado. It's 4-20, people!

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Hats? What's next? Light bulbs? (oh, already been done)

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    A quick game of Spot The Ball

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    The fourth Amigo was late (again)...

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago * / 1

    Freeze Alert tonight. Sparkfun Style!!

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Really? We can be in this month's Caption Contest..?

  • beagle.fan / about 10 years ago / 1

    Disney's Three Amigos: The Early Years

  • Dukeinaf / about 10 years ago / 1

    "With is unseen power source we can finall return you to your proper time"

  • chienline / about 10 years ago / 1

    We have started "Gold Dance Ritual", so better cover your heads ...

  • Webby / about 10 years ago / 1

    "I've heard of dancing for rain, but for a lottery win?? And are these hats necessary?"

  • d w / about 10 years ago / 1

    Age of Empires taking a break back stage.

  • Member #405287 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Worst showing for the "Best Santa Hat" competition.

  • Webby / about 10 years ago / 1

    (right) "I need more power!!" (center) 'I have a jig that might work' (left) facepalm

  • Webby / about 10 years ago / 1

    Unfortunately the employees who tried to divide by zero were blasted back in time and returned with alternate mindsets

  • One of these is not like the others.... One of these just doesn't belong....

  • Davemaster / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pancho Villa, Leonidas, and Roy Roggers in search for a Laser Gun

  • Davemaster / about 10 years ago / 1

    The three "Amigos"

  • wald1dan / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun Employee Hand book Section C sub part 133.7 : Before testing a new project for the first time, employees must drink an equivalent number of Amp energy drinks to the amps required by the project. This insures power requirements have been carefully considered.

  • pi guy / about 10 years ago / 1

    Back to The Future Four: The Three Musketeers

  • Sorescale / about 10 years ago / 1

    The Unfortunate Side-effect of Sparkfun's New Time Machine (Simulator)

  • Sorescale / about 10 years ago / 1

    "Okay, who burned out the hat machine... AGAIN??"

  • Member #477733 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Cultural stereotypes meet temporal stereotypes

  • Ted M / about 10 years ago / 1

    Inside the new Sparkfun World Headquarters employees discuss their plans for world domination.

  • Member #213513 / about 10 years ago / 1

    The Three Spark-a-Funnies.

  • restifo / about 10 years ago / 1

    "I understand the 'shake it all about' part, but is this really what it's all about?"

  • Chippey / about 10 years ago / 1

    Engineers take the "silly hats only" directive very seriously.

  • dksmall / about 10 years ago / 1

    So this Mexican, cowboy, and a Trojan walk into a bar......

  • Rog / about 10 years ago / 1

    Smell this . . . Seems to have a fruity boquet . . . . I'm not sure about that. . . .

  • Member #500364 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Captain Morgan's attempted many poses and even more hats before deciding that a pirate and the associated hat looked the least like they had been drinking the rum for four days straight.

  • Member #495325 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Open source at its finest.

  • cigamit / about 10 years ago / 1

    Apparently the next remake of Night at the Museum is even lower budget then the last.

  • Member #477953 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Code: Compiling

  • Member #282936 / about 10 years ago / 1

    No, a western themed Sparkfun shop is the way to go!

  • ThomasFletcher / about 10 years ago / 1

    Who else can we get for our Village People Re-boot?

  • JGuthridge / about 10 years ago / 1

    o/' Do you fear what I hear... o/'

  • ManDrake / about 10 years ago / 1

    The creative process at Sparkfun sometimes involves costumes and interpretive dance.

  • EmployeeOfTheMoth / about 10 years ago / 1

    After a disappointing turnout at the SparkFun fancy dress Christmas party, employees discuss better ways to meet girls.

    • There's never a disappointing turnout at our fancy dress holiday party. I swear there are pictures around here somewhere....

  • ManDrake / about 10 years ago / 1

    THIS IS SPARKFUN!!!

  • Hoobert / about 10 years ago / 1

    Introducing the new Sparkfun Game Show!

  • chienline / about 10 years ago / 1

    Do you believe that it takes 2,000 5/16" Phillips Head Screws to put those hats on their heads? I do.

  • chienline / about 10 years ago / 1

    Soon in theatre : Night In SparkFun's Garage

  • Hoobert / about 10 years ago / 1

    Alright who played with the time machine again?

  • Hoobert / about 10 years ago / 1

    To counter the rising cost of living, Sparkfun has turned to reanimated employees.

  • Hoobert / about 10 years ago / 1

    How are we going to ship 2500 Phillips head screws!?!

  • Member #457220 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Should I fart? - I'm already farting - Y u fart!!

  • Hoobert / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun's "crack" team of humor experts at work.

  • Hemi345 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Got a little Captain in you?

  • NicoSimon / about 10 years ago / 1

    Clearance sale... Sparkfun's failed standoffs!

  • tag hag / about 10 years ago / 1

    SparkFun cowboy builds two life-like robots, controls them with invisible device.

  • Member #497353 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Tutorial: How to construct automatons using only an arduino, 3 pieces of string and a funny hat

  • Member #119987 / about 10 years ago / 1

    There has to be a way to run 'Conquest of the New World' on an Arduino!

  • Gizmoguy / about 10 years ago / 1

    With the leg up the safety was removed and testing was about to begin on sombrero sailing. One must contemplate the strength of the chin strap vs. the strength of the wind soon to follow...

  • laptopman / about 10 years ago / 1

    We think the time machine worked. We're not quite sure.

  • GCF / about 10 years ago / 1

    Introducing SparkFun's new improv troupe: Haberdashing!

  • SpinStabilized / about 10 years ago / 1

    Tribus amigos, y'all!

  • Gizmoguy / about 10 years ago / 1

    Breezes wafted me from Ilion unto the Ciconian land.

  • Colecago / about 10 years ago * / 1

    Clearly their programming has gone into the weeds, we can only hope they were programmed with a watchdog to bring them back to their senses.

  • Member #1928 / about 10 years ago / 1

    The gesture interface seems a bit coarse ....

  • Bp103 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Did I leave the reflow oven on?

  • NorthernPike / about 10 years ago / 1

    Going from left to right we have, input, processing and output, the standard architecture of todays embedded microprocessors.

  • TechnoWiz2Cubed / about 10 years ago / 1

    The incorrect visualization of wearable electronics.

  • TechnoWiz2Cubed / about 10 years ago / 1

    The time warp trio.

  • Member #494464 / about 10 years ago / 1

    International Open Source Conference, Day One Ice Breaker: Represenatives from Spain, Italy and Texas play charades. What should be the future of robotics? Spain: Think for themselves, Italy: Explore new lands, Texas: CONQUER THE WORLD!

  • Member #494464 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun's Excellent Adventure - A Broadway Musical Opening Christmas Day!

  • SlyVixsky / about 10 years ago / 1

    (from right) Noooo! Why did I not think of the neo-roman river stomp mexican-hat thinking dance!

  • TheRegnirps / about 10 years ago / 1

    I lived in the days of heroes! I lived in the days of .... Achilles?

  • tomabot / about 10 years ago / 1

    OK... my final offer... 2,000 5/16" Phillips Head Screws, AND my snazzy hat. All for your sister. Don't make me put my foot down!

  • TheRegnirps / about 10 years ago / 1

    Freeze! Ready..... Now! Throw the cats and the bucket of water!

  • Improv simulation of the pick and place machine.

  • Member #201756 / about 10 years ago / 1

    The three dorketeers

  • SebastianT / about 10 years ago / 1

    Quantity discount for the win. We just bought 2,5k screws

  • Member #482974 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Really ?

  • DAS01 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Boulder Colorado auditions for "Night At the Museum 3".

  • Member #500261 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Red hat Linux got boring, we decided to try some Arduino powered thinking caps

  • listsp / about 10 years ago / 1

    SparkFun Presents: The History of Engineering - Part One

  • Amundsen / about 10 years ago / 1

    Come on, it was a joke: Sparkfun won't be sold to Adafruit !

  • Member #293819 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Brainstorming session for the perfect gift for that lucky lady this holiday season.

  • KM4HPK / about 10 years ago / 1

    So apparently the Persian, not Spartan or Roman, knows what he is doing after he gets home.

  • SgtJake / about 10 years ago / 1

    In the 80s we had the Village People, in 2013 we have the...oh well, you guessed it.

  • haseo / about 10 years ago / 1

    But these outfits didn't work on Halloween, why on earth did we think they would work for Christmas.

  • SgtJake / about 10 years ago / 1

    In the 80s there were the village people, in 2013 we have the... oh well you guessed it.

  • Member #211083 / about 10 years ago / 1

    OK lets see if Taco Bell will give us some free tocos as the three Amigos

  • KM4HPK / about 10 years ago / 1

    Remember when you pulled the pin out of the illogical grenade, waited seven seconds, and did not throw it?

    Well, this is what you caused.

  • GreenLite / about 10 years ago / 1

    What,... I thought all Mexicans knew how to milk an bull. Just kick em here and grab em there!

  • KM4HPK / about 10 years ago / 1

    In SparkFunia all reasonable logic goes out the window to blow up a cute vicious bunny with the Holy Hand Grenade.

  • DAS01 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun version of YMCA?

  • DAS01 / about 10 years ago / 1

    The Sparkfun remake of the Three Amigos failed to be nominated for an Oscar (not sure why...)

  • DAS01 / about 10 years ago / 1

    The Sparkfun remake of the Three Amigos failed to be awarded an Oscar (not sure why?).

  • KM4HPK / about 10 years ago / 1

    Now all we need is a Boba Fett to collect the 1,000,000,000 credit bounty on The Three Confuse-ed Gang

  • FiveFeet / about 10 years ago / 1

    The three amigos are trying to line dance.

  • KM4HPK / about 10 years ago / 1

    Here in the world of SparkFunia, we have a very perplexed member of the Three Amigos contemplating the threat of the Persian version of Captain Morgan and Clint Eastwood.

  • customerX / about 10 years ago / 1

    There's always drama involved when the warehouse crew is directed to wear their safety hats.

  • MetabolicCloth / about 10 years ago / 1

    For the Sparkfun Christmas card this year instead of doing the typical ugly sweater we decided to have ugly hats instead!

  • Member #494744 / about 10 years ago / 1

    By Jove, I think he's got it !

  • It works! The time travel shield works!

  • TheRegnirps / about 10 years ago / 1

    Look, we got the rack and the red shirts. We can turn this place into an ACE Hardware before lunch! Now who took the planograph for the light bulb section?

  • Member #27199 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Yep! we did say cross-platform.

  • zipeto / about 10 years ago * / 1

    Hat day at Sparkfun is never a normal day at Sparkfun.

  • Dan P. / about 10 years ago / 1

    Titans of industry? Nailed it!

  • Levi / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pictured: The eventual effects of soldering without a fume extractor.

  • BeerCannon / about 10 years ago / 1

    "Um guys, today is: act out your favorite emoticon day. So, if you want to go ahead and ham it up, that'd be greaaat."

  • jma89 / about 10 years ago / 1

    SparkFun's Christmas Pageant is always an... interesting.. site to behold.

  • ameyring / about 10 years ago / 1

    Cool hats left by the UPS guy for giving them good business!

  • sixvolts / about 10 years ago / 1

    The battle for open hardware: the last of the moh-geek-ans

  • Member #86565 / about 10 years ago / 1

    MANAGER #1: "Look, a diverse workforce is a laudable goal, but this new hiring initiative is clearly hurting productivity." MANAGER #2: "YOU VILE RACIST!"

  • Pistachio / about 10 years ago / 1

    So, a cowboy, a Mexican, and a Spartan are stranded on an island...

  • D0Cpr0ph3t / about 10 years ago / 1

    NEW ITEM - Limited Edition Weirdos. Hats not included, some assembly required.

  • GeneralPHY / about 10 years ago / 1

    OSHA eat your heart out

  • Crawdad / about 10 years ago / 1

    "Si, vaya con queso, mis amigos!"

  • Member #235199 / about 10 years ago / 1

    "To build or Not to build, that is the real question."

  • GeneralPHY / about 10 years ago / 1

    this story is one twist shy of becoming M. Night Shyamalan's latest production

  • Member #489837 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Of course a cowboy can wear Flip-Flops. They are Texas Instruments man!

  • horack / about 10 years ago / 1

    In the eighties, we had "Men Without Hats". The 2010s bring us "Some Guys With Hats". The resulting music was equally as forgettable.

  • GeneralPHY / about 10 years ago / 1

    This is why you never overclock your CPUs

  • Member #235199 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Y M C A

  • Member #235199 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Y M C A

  • Kaius / about 10 years ago / 1

    "You're right. A Cowboy vs Spartan fight would be an interesting match."

  • Welcome to another edition of Bad Musical. Today's title is "Who put the Beagle Bone Black in my Raspberry Pie", scene 1 starts out bad and gets worse.

  • horack / about 10 years ago / 1

    Cowboy: Alright Centurion. When I drop the invisible trout, kick it hard. We must eat or else we perish.
    Hombre: Yes, yes, that is a tasty looking invisible trout.
    (Moral of the story, better feed your engineers before they get in a low blood-sugar state.)

  • AdamTolley / about 10 years ago * / 1

    The release date for sparkfun branded thinking caps will have to be pushed a little farther back.

    edit: facepalm this is kindof a dupe.

  • Another late night rehearsing for Sparkfun’s entry into the Mexi-Roma-Cow Boy Band competition.

  • PalmTreesandPICs / about 10 years ago / 1

    THIS..... IS..... SPAARKFFUUUN!!!!

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Cross-functional Team Training? The Sombrero role is tough...!

  • marmarti / about 10 years ago / 1

    "Los tres amigos" starting "Nacho" the the thinker , "Pontius" the pretentious and "Marshal" the dramatic

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    How is that new "Arduino Taser Shield" testing going?

  • Interzen / about 10 years ago / 1

    Just hide the new SparkFun remote brain wave reconfigurator in your friends' favorite head gear and you can make them act out your every command. The modules have an I2C interface and come pre-programmed with this great demo skit already loaded.

  • North Alabama PC / about 10 years ago / 1

    SparkFun employees go a little crazy at break time after twenty cans of Jolt cola!!!

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Rock, Scissors, Paper... Hats? Games at Sparkfun evolve quickly!

  • Colin_C / about 10 years ago / 1

    But why is all the rum gone!?

  • horack / about 10 years ago / 1

    To be an employee of Sparkfun, you must be willing and able to wear many hats.

  • tayken / about 10 years ago / 1

    New product Friday! Here we have the Spaky Time Machine in the background. And in front of it 3 guys we got from different time periods.

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Rain Dances have seldom worked for "Warehouse Shelving Assembly" - but its worth a try!

  • D0Cpr0ph3t / about 10 years ago / 1

    Introducing the NEW Village People performing "Almost Macho-Macho Man"

  • Member #15009 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sorry guys the Mexican Leviation Hat only works half way. Rise! Rise!

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    My hats off to the "Black Friday" team - They make it look easy!

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun training includes traditional 'Geek Dance' lessons

  • Tomasreabe / about 10 years ago / 1

    Three Sparkfun employees walked into a bar, And the Bartender said...

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun success comes from everyone wearing many hats!

  • 2BitBot / about 10 years ago / 1

    The 3 wise men tour Sparkfun on their travels..

  • RadioDoctor / about 10 years ago / 1

    Hat trick - no balls?

  • 2BitBot / about 10 years ago / 1

    Its fun to play at the Y. M. C. A......

  • Member #15009 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Well lift my leg the mind reading hat works!

  • horack / about 10 years ago * / 1

    Centurion: (makes raspberry sound, NOT using mouth)
    Cowboy: How could you not hear THAT ?
    Hombre: Maybe if he does it again.

  • healthyfatboy / about 10 years ago / 1

    This is how three SparkFun employees test out the newest fart detector.

  • Jamster / about 10 years ago / 1

    A Centurian, a Cowboy and a Mexican walk into a bar... Ouch...

  • Member #15009 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Ok the joke goes like this, there was a mexican, roman and a cowboy.

  • RedBassett / about 10 years ago / 1

    Are we limited to one entry?

    • Chelsea the Destroyer / about 10 years ago / 2

      Nope! We just pick the best of all the entries. Go crazy!

  • RedBassett / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun warehouses running at full efficiency.

  • I'm telling you guys...This new Sparkfun Hat Spacetime Relocator Shield will be a hit!!!!! Our customers will finally be able to get the best headgear from Anywhere/when!!!!

  • roysjosh / about 10 years ago / 1

    Hmmm, maybe we should just lock the doors in the evening instead?

  • schwal / about 10 years ago / 1

    There was some confusion when Nick said they would be acting out the conquest of the west.

  • NotDavid4JustDavid / about 10 years ago / 1

    And THESE are the guys you hired to clean up the place?!

  • Joel_Q / about 10 years ago / 1

    We said they could plan the Christmas party this year... What have we done!?

  • HairlessBaboon / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sparkfun's new Drama group got off to a flying, albeit surreal, start

  • FlowerAskew / about 10 years ago / 1

    Looks like Night at the Museum all over again. All we need now is a shrink ray. Think these TTL lasers will work?

  • neko5tail / about 10 years ago / 1

    sorry, Colorado Cultural Clash of Civilizations Creativity Crew

  • neko5tail / about 10 years ago / 1

    Cultural Clash of Civilizations Creativity Crew?

  • Please help Sparkfun choose their new mascot! They are trying to appeal to college students, and have narrowed the options down to: 1) Jose 'Pensive' Cuervo 2) 'Mechatronic' Marlboro Man or 3) Captain 'Odysseus' Morgan, the C++ crusader

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