Caption Competition: Win a Pack of Wine Gums
8:52 am, October 9th, 2008, Giles Turnbull
Your captions, please, for this lonely G5 as it sits watching the world go by in a quiet Danish street. According to Google Translate, “PÃ¥ gÃ¥tur” (the photo’s title on Flickr) means “on the walk.”
Clean and funny please. Extra points for poetry, flowery language and use of puns. Lolspeak is banned.
Winner (as chosen by me) will be sent a small packet of Wine Gums. Deadline for entries is midnight (GMT) tomorrow (Friday 10th October 2008).
Photo used under Creative Commons license; thanks to Kofoed on Flickr
Posted by Giles Turnbull in Humor, News, Quickies | Comment on this article
What? No Starbucks???
Kate Warren, on October 9th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Where’s a boy scout when you need one?!
Chilly, on October 9th, 2008 at 9:35 am
“I never had my own special event.
Goodbye, cruel world…”
Camillo Miller, on October 9th, 2008 at 9:44 am
I need a router.
Andy, on October 9th, 2008 at 10:00 am
“Why did the Mac Cross the Road?”
“Because Steve was parked in its spot.”
Leigh McMullen, on October 9th, 2008 at 10:01 am
“I swear that new Apple store was on this corner! Oh man, I am so lost… Steve is gunna be so mad at me…”
Church of Apple, on October 9th, 2008 at 10:09 am
You might say the G5 has a “corner” on the market.
Nick, on October 9th, 2008 at 10:19 am
G5 standing by…
Shane, on October 9th, 2008 at 10:20 am
I’m just waiting for the front side bus.
Andy, on October 9th, 2008 at 10:24 am
“You feel bad for the G5. This is because you are crazy. It has no feelings, and the computer that replaced it is much better.”
Lou, on October 9th, 2008 at 10:26 am
G5. It moves you, and your ideas.
Roberto, on October 9th, 2008 at 10:52 am
There are more G5’s on Madison Ave. than any other type of computer.
Rob, on October 9th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Which way?
Your decision.
Apple. Think flexible.
Bjoern, on October 9th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Damned my arms hurt, I really need to buy myself a MacBook instead.
Maarten, on October 9th, 2008 at 11:14 am
…to get to the other side.
Mythical, on October 9th, 2008 at 11:30 am
My Mac likes to ‘moon’ passing cars.
Spyboycod, on October 9th, 2008 at 11:46 am
apple’s new ‘green’ policy – use old macs to create new, stylish postal boxes!
izzyorion, on October 9th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I’m sooo shiny…
I stop traffic!
izzyorion, on October 9th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
“No, Romana, I said to bring _K9_…”
Matt Gibson, on October 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Look at all those Windows…They sure look empty.
Tvaw, on October 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
“Google street view my ass!”
James, on October 9th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
how many Mac Pros does it take to cross the road?
R, on October 9th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Ahhh, the vista!
jeffreyp, on October 9th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
“damned macBook Air…….do you have a coin?”
carsau, on October 9th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
“Sadder than a pizza in the rain.”
Holland, on October 9th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I’m so lost. I should’ve never relied on those PC directions…
Erin, on October 9th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
If I’d designed this, it would have been a lot better looking!
Steve Turner, on October 9th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
It’s lonely at the top.
Flunky Carter, on October 9th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
i’MACtually PROfoundly Lost
cathal, on October 9th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
I can remember when this was all cornfields.
luftmensch, on October 9th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Not a user friendly cross street. Need some Cocoa cross flow.
Nils, on October 9th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I have a liquid cooling too!
Davor Pasaric, on October 9th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Is this where the Frontside BUS stops?
AlanH, on October 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Left behind…
Bill, on October 9th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
To avoid benzene hazard, keep in a well-ventilated area.
John Handelaar, on October 9th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Hey! I’m a PC too!
Can I have a ride to
the Apple Store?
Please!
(See website for picture)
DCJ001, on October 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Hey! I’m a PC too!
Can I have a ride to
the Apple Store?
Please!
(See website for picture)
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3616/cultg5mactowerwn1.jpg
DCJ001, on October 9th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
G… I was only 5 minutes late, where did they all go?
JohnJohn, on October 9th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
If I only had a heart…and maybe some wheels.
Dann, on October 9th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Another beneficiary of George W. Bush’s “no mac left behind” program.
(sorry bill @ october 9th, 2008 at 4:24 pm)
jeffreyp, on October 9th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
You know, i used to run around the intel processor but now where are the Core 2 Duo Mac Pro..
L C Y, on October 10th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Will compile for food
El Vez, on October 10th, 2008 at 3:21 am
Mac Pros, despite doing much work in the country, are denied some aspects of citizenship, such as driver’s licenses, so they must walk to work.
Micheal, on October 10th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Which way did he go, which way did he go?
Gregg Palmer, on October 10th, 2008 at 5:50 am
They wait patiently,
sweaty and quiet inside their aluminum disguise.
And when night falls…
jacob jones, on October 10th, 2008 at 7:44 am
“I wish I’d been nicer to everyone on the way up.”
Joel Engel, on October 10th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Mac Pro contemplates suicide on news of new Macbook Pros.
Graham Stevens, on October 10th, 2008 at 9:17 am
It’s 2006, the Power Mac G5 sits at a crossroads.
To the left, the status quo. Power PC all the way, 3 GHz must be just down the road. Not too far ahead.
To the right, the unknown, a jump to Intel. Surely he won’t will he? It has to be Power PC!
Lets look at the roadmap…
Graham Stevens, on October 10th, 2008 at 9:24 am
AFter its arduous journey across the continent, through rain, snow, and barely fending off Alienware abduction, the forsaken G5 is determined to find its way back home. He knows, deep down to his core(s), that one of these streets is where it all started for him. One of the streets is where the warmth of family and friends awaits. One of these is the street named MacAlly.
imajoebob, on October 10th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Those wine gums look dangerously close to Jujubes. I think parents would rather find apples hiding razor blades than Jujubes in their kids’ Halloween bags. But I’m pretty sure wine gums a soft, so they don’t rip out healthy teeth, never mind bridgework.
imajoebob, on October 10th, 2008 at 10:20 am
…and I don’t have built in WiFi…?
No wonder I can cross over.
Mike, on October 10th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
If you take everything out of me, I CAN be as light as a macbook air….
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee… I can fly!
Mike, on October 10th, 2008 at 1:35 pm