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Zombie Robot Caption Contest

In case you have not heard the breaking news, our beloved Instructables Robot and its beloved family member Instructables-Robot have been captured by a dancing zombie horde. As we looked over the zombie's ghoulish celebratory pictures, we can only wonder what must be running through our poor robot's mind.

Perhaps you can look at this picture and figure out what our poor robot is saying. Post the caption as a comment in this forum.

All are eligible to enter. Contestants are limited to three (and we mean three!) entries. The winner of this contest gets a copy of Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius. The contest will be judged by Bilal's Undead Severed Zombie Head on Friday and the winner will be announced shortly thereafter.

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Aug 30, 2008. 9:14 AMlamedust says:
Caption Winners!
There were a few good ones, so I think we'll send the runners up a patch:

The winner was }{itch with:
robot : "Please do not respond to this email, the Instructables Robot already has its arms full of zombies, and it might drop yours!"

Patch for, Momo!:
"All we need now are the Sith, Pirates, and Werewolves, and then our Facebook Convention feels so much more complete!"

Patch for DoItOrDie:
Girl Scouts, Jehova's Witnesses, Salesmen ... of all the pests Robot had to deal with, the undead were, by far, the most persistent.

Thank you all for giving the robot a voice!
-bg
Sep 7, 2008. 7:56 AMking duct tape says:
1. every body dance now 2. did you fart or are you just decomposing 3. and c3-po thought he had it rough
Aug 28, 2008. 3:33 PMFreshPineSent says:
1: "That white chain is so tacky." 2: "Too bad zombie bites don't affect robots." 3: "Save me GLaDOS!"
Aug 29, 2008. 8:06 PMInstructi-Guy says:
Lol'd!
Aug 29, 2008. 10:32 PMFreshPineSent says:
Rly?
Aug 30, 2008. 10:06 AMInstructi-Guy says:
Ya RLY! lol
Aug 30, 2008. 11:15 AMFreshPineSent says:
Cool!
Aug 30, 2008. 4:24 PMInstructi-Guy says:
Aug 27, 2008. 4:04 PMKentsOkay says:
Entry 1: Robot: You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped with a bunch of crazed, dazed, man-eating zombies with a giant felt Architeuthis, and at risk of rusting or running low on power, that I really wish I'd listened to what my robot mother told me when I was young. Giant Felt Architeuthis: Why, what did she tell you? Robot: I don't know, I didn't listen.
Aug 28, 2008. 12:04 PMKeith-Kid says:
Darn, that one was hilarious, yet a bit totoo perfect, as in, something that couldn't possibly been have said before.

Aug 30, 2008. 6:21 AMKentsOkay says:
I'll admit, it was based off of a line of dialogue in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. I highly recommend it.
Aug 30, 2008. 6:33 AMKeith-Kid says:
I know. And the movie too.
Aug 27, 2008. 4:07 PMKentsOkay says:
Entry 2: We're doomed... Oh master Eric! You've come to save me! Oh my... how horrible...
Aug 28, 2008. 6:23 AMKiteman says:
Walter?
Aug 30, 2008. 6:22 AMKentsOkay says:
C3-P0
Aug 30, 2008. 6:35 AMKeith-Kid says:
The Oh my really should have given it away.
Aug 30, 2008. 8:24 AMKiteman says:
Not if you've ever read any old Judge Dredd stories featuring Walter the Wobot.
Aug 29, 2008. 8:53 PMsuggsugg says:
LEAVE ROBOTS ALONE! ALL YOU EVER WANT FROM THEM IS MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE!!!!
Aug 29, 2008. 10:28 PMbomberman3 says:
i lol'd
Aug 29, 2008. 8:56 PMsuggsugg says:
Zombies are going down. Do they have their own dance move? i don't think so.
Aug 29, 2008. 8:50 PMsuggsugg says:
If I don't get out of here soon I'm gonna be soooo dead. Literally!
Aug 29, 2008. 8:08 PMiman says:
ALLL they wanna do is eat my brains, they are not unreasonable its not like there goina to eat my eyes
if you dont get the joke click here

Aug 29, 2008. 5:27 PMKeith-Kid says:
Who won? I'm aching with curiosity!!!
Aug 29, 2008. 2:33 PMsqueakpickle says:
Jabba the Hut gets Carrie Fisher in a bikini, and I get these guys?
Aug 29, 2008. 5:02 PMGoodhart says:

:-)

Aug 29, 2008. 2:38 PMsqueakpickle says:
MacGyver should be here any minute now...
Aug 29, 2008. 2:36 PMsqueakpickle says:
"Next time, I take a taxi."
Aug 29, 2008. 2:33 PMKeith-Kid says:
Who won?
Aug 29, 2008. 12:07 PMlamedust says:
Competition ends soon, if anyone wants to post their final entries, now is the time. Wheee!
Aug 29, 2008. 12:45 PMLithium Rain says:
Will everyone's entries be considered?
Aug 29, 2008. 8:04 AMnabzaf says:
And Now For A Classic Sings " If I Only Had A Brain"
Aug 29, 2008. 8:11 AMnabzaf says:
#1
Aug 29, 2008. 8:02 AMnabzaf says:
When they Said AI I thought it was a Brainy soft drink. Not tasteless Robot.
Aug 29, 2008. 7:57 AMnabzaf says:
Instructables Robot " 'Zombie The Musical' who would pay to see that" Instructables-Robot " Well everyone went to see 'Cats' and it was a hit"
Aug 29, 2008. 7:05 AMBPD3 says:
IN THE VOICE OF MARVIN
FROM THE ORIGINAL RADIO BROADCAST;

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Thank god I am away from those dreadful people. And by saying thank god I am just speaking in the hypothetical, only to be used as a figure of speech because of the fact that god has already been dissmissed by a puff of logic, but now I find myself in the middle of a bunch of even more mind numbingly witless creatures, me with my virtualy endless cornucopia of knowledge, I who could take on the likes of the staffs of Instructables, Make, and the Straight Dope, and dwarf their collective intellects without batting and eyelash. Ooooooooo woe is me I don't even have eyelashes.
Aug 29, 2008. 6:50 AMBrennn10 says:
Little do the zombies know that robots do not have a brain.
Aug 29, 2008. 12:57 AMDoItOrDie says:
Girl Scouts, Jehova's Witnesses, Salesmen ... of all the pests Robot had to deal with, the undead were, by far, the most persistent.
Aug 29, 2008. 12:44 AMBillCor says:
Hey Junior, I think my robofarts are finally gettin' to 'em... ...Junior?... ...you there, Junior?...
Aug 27, 2008. 11:38 AMmomo! says:
SAN FRANCISCO - Calvin Klein, American fashion guru, plans to release his new unisex fragrance Cerebellum. When asked about his new edgy marketing campaign, he said "I'm so totally over heroine-chic. Over it. Zombies and robots are so hot right now... they capture the whole lifeless thing so much better."
Aug 29, 2008. 12:25 AMmomo! says:
"All we need now are the Sith, Pirates, and Werewolves, and then our Facebook Convention feels so much more complete!"
Aug 29, 2008. 12:03 AMDoItOrDie says:
The zombie with the big white chain around his neck says: I like my women like I like my brains ... cold and unattached!
Aug 29, 2008. 12:00 AMDoItOrDie says:
OK! OK! But did you hear THIS one? What's Black and White, and Dead all over? A zombie in a tuxedo!!
Aug 26, 2008. 10:04 PMn8man says:
I know, you got back at my friends, but could you please stop nibbling on me.
Aug 28, 2008. 9:01 PMn8man says:
#1
Aug 26, 2008. 10:09 PMn8man says:
(removed by author or community request)
Aug 27, 2008. 6:48 PMn8man says:
Eric,
if your watching this,
GET US OUT OF HERE
(the zombies keep trying to get us to teach them the robot)
Aug 28, 2008. 9:01 PMn8man says:
#2
Aug 28, 2008. 8:52 PMGorillazMiko says:
How do you make font size smaller than normal?

Eggs.

Aug 28, 2008. 9:00 PMn8man says:
GorillazMiko doesn't know. *gasp*

,,^,,Tiny text,,^,,,,^,,^,,Makes even smaller text,,^,,^,,keep repeating this and it gets smaller and smaller.

smaller text

microscopic text
Aug 28, 2008. 10:08 PMgoeon says:
wee ,e, e ,e, e ,e,
Aug 28, 2008. 10:11 PMgoeon says:
we e
Aug 28, 2008. 10:14 PMgoeon says:
sorry :D
Aug 28, 2008. 9:17 PMLithium Rain says:
No, multiple commas don't make it even smaller.
Aug 28, 2008. 9:29 PMn8man says:
comma comma carot comma comma Small text comma comma carot comma comma
Aug 28, 2008. 9:53 PMSpl1nt3rC3ll says:
Lol. All I have to do to read that text is hit "Shift-Command-S". The computer reads it for me! Speech function FTW!

(Your small text reads "microscopic text.")

I can write subliminal messages!
May 16, 2009. 6:53 PMMadrias357 says:
And yours is "I can write subliminal messages" However, they do not work if the being cannot read them...
Aug 28, 2008. 8:56 PMLithium Rain says:
>How do you make font size smaller than normal?

YOU DON'T KNOW?!

Use two "," s before and after your text.
Aug 29, 2008. 10:26 AMGorillazMiko says:
I know that.

I'm talking about the super small one that uses the & , symbols.

Aug 29, 2008. 12:27 PMGorillazMiko says:
Woops.

"^" and "," symbols..
Aug 29, 2008. 10:28 AMLithium Rain says:
? &&testing&& Nope, doesn't work. What are you talking about? Did I miss something?
Aug 29, 2008. 12:27 PMGorillazMiko says:
& meant and..

,,^,, Tiny Text ,,^,,,,^,,^,, Even Smaller Text ,,^,,^,,
Keep repeating, and it'll get smaller.
Aug 31, 2008. 10:10 AMpuffyfluff says:
Ahh. TinyText. I guess it works!!
Copy and paste that. See what it is.
Aug 31, 2008. 10:11 AMpuffyfluff says:
It's there. Copy the surrounding text. It will show up.
Aug 31, 2008. 10:16 AMpuffyfluff says:
Maybe this is better.

I am puffyfluff!
Aug 31, 2008. 10:20 AMpuffyfluff says:
Okay, wait.
"TinyText again!"
Yes, it's there. In between the quotes.
Aug 29, 2008. 12:44 PMLithium Rain says:
testing
Aug 29, 2008. 12:45 PMLithium Rain says:
testing regular small
testing teeny tiny small
Aug 29, 2008. 12:44 PMLithium Rain says:
I dunno, it dosen't work for me...
Aug 29, 2008. 12:44 PMLithium Rain says:
Okay, testing...

testing

testing
Aug 28, 2008. 6:12 PMn8man says:
Guys, get off, you are ruining my drum solo
Aug 28, 2008. 9:01 PMn8man says:
#3
Aug 27, 2008. 9:17 PMn8man says:
I removed my own comment yet it says (removed by community request). Looks like a bug.
Aug 28, 2008. 6:21 PMGoodhart says:
I have seen that when you have a reply attached to it before deleting it.
Aug 28, 2008. 6:18 PMn8man says:
mega glitch
May 16, 2009. 6:53 PMMadrias357 says:
Ew. I don't like Windows Vista. Though, I also don't see a glitch.
May 16, 2009. 10:11 PMn8man says:
Is this what it looks like the whole time for you? There is a giant glitch there because the css styles were not loading correctly
May 17, 2009. 11:49 AMMadrias357 says:
Must not have been paying much attention.
Aug 28, 2008. 6:18 PMn8man says:
it used to be (removed by poster)
Aug 28, 2008. 8:57 PMLithium Rain says:
So what did you say?
Aug 28, 2008. 9:22 PMn8man says:
"Hey use a coaster" for robot on bed. (not official entry)
Aug 28, 2008. 6:27 PMGoodhart says:
If you put in a post, as I have done a number of times....saw that it was badly written, delete it, and repost, it won't even say anything. But now and then, the "removed by poster" message gets replaced by the removed by community request msg.
Aug 28, 2008. 8:31 PMMEMJIM says:
beezzzzzzzrpp...i'm gonna have ta' think outside the box on this'n!
Aug 26, 2008. 8:20 PMSpl1nt3rC3ll says:
Robot begins to regret his choice in cologne.
Aug 27, 2008. 8:24 PMSpl1nt3rC3ll says:
Can I keep them?
Aug 28, 2008. 6:26 PMSpl1nt3rC3ll says:
Robot decoy did not work...Sadface.
Aug 28, 2008. 5:58 PMJamesRPatrick says:
I'm a stinky!
Aug 28, 2008. 4:38 PMpuffyfluff says:
"I fit perfectly! I am not alive, and I'm surrounded by dead people!"

although I never really decided whether it was alive or not, especially after getting pregnant from Billy...
Aug 28, 2008. 4:23 PMlidzy says:
Awright, Awright, tell George Romero I'll sign on to the next one, "Night of the Jiving Dead"
Aug 28, 2008. 11:50 AMMcPhystal says:
(Spoken in a somber tone of voice...) "For only 30 cents a day, you can feed a starving zombie."
Aug 28, 2008. 4:03 PMinkstainedheart says:
Nicely done!
Aug 28, 2008. 2:53 PMgimmelotsarobots says:
My first entry: "I wish I had my cell phone." Second: "This place is much more fun than Instructables." I'll think about the third one.
Aug 28, 2008. 2:58 PMgimmelotsarobots says:
Ok, here's 3. "I miss the servers in Dallas."
Aug 28, 2008. 2:17 PMstinkymum says:
The Robot says "I wish I was back in Kansas!"
Aug 28, 2008. 2:17 PMjakee117 says:
"braaaiiiins, ahem I mean... I am the instructables robot welcome to instructables!"
Aug 28, 2008. 2:12 PMSinner3k says:
Zombies: Positronic BRAAAAAAAINS!!!!!
Aug 28, 2008. 12:44 PMLithium Rain says:
OH! OH! OH! I've got the perfect caption, and it's from Monk, too!

Ready?

*clears throat*

My second entry is:

"Wipe! Wipe!"
Aug 28, 2008. 1:45 PMKeith-Kid says:
AH, clever!! But since its from a tv show, some people might not get it. HEY!!! LAMEDUST!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! NOW LOOK AT MY CAPTION!!! Shameless.....
Aug 28, 2008. 1:01 PMlamedust says:
Voting comes tomorrow! I'm finding a few that I'm leaning towards now, but there's still time. Also, enough with the brain feasting argument, I think if I //was// going to pick it, it was originally bumpus's, skate simply corrected the spelling ; D. -bg
Aug 28, 2008. 12:42 PMdodger53589 says:
We were the world, We were the people ...
Aug 28, 2008. 12:22 PMKABUKISTAR says:
I hope they don't realize I'm a soft, pink human under this costume.
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