By silicon.com, 28 November 2008 10:49
This competition is now closed. The winning caption, from reader Danny Magill was: "The bin man was happy with his find, then he saw the Vista sticker!"
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Caption Competition: You lightweight!
It ain't heavy it's my laptop...
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1. Rob
Even if it was light, the whole city was still tilting
2. Valerie Ganne
Derek hoped somebody could help him get his little finger out of the USB port
3. Audrey
Twenty-first century pirates no longer have hooks for hands
4. P Dragon
The IT Help Desk staff were always sloping off early
5. Radical Meldrew
The advert said 'this laptop really flies'. Here's proof that some people take things far too literally!
6. Robert Lindsay
As yet another laptop floated away, Bill began to wonder whether this new helium processor was such a good idea
7. Nick Fowler
Suddenly, a hole opened in the sky and God looked out
8. Karen Challinor
"wimax means never being far from the office" thought jim, just before hurling his laptop at the wall
9. Nick Fowler
Harry decided to shut the flap in the sky quickly before anybody noticed
10. Christian
Another David Tennant wannabe...
11. John Ray
Shall I compare thee to a P(seudo) C(ityscape) ?
12. Mike Parmley
Trying to get a stable wireless connection.
13. anonymous
Despite the innovative location, the latest hi-tech production of Hamlet seems somewhat less credible without the skull.
14. Sonia
How high up do I have to raise this thing to get internet access?
15. anonymous
Alas poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fine facebook profile
16. Robin Jones
It hasn't got integral GPS but you can use it as a sextant.
17. Ken Worthington
All John had to do was key in the code and escape his dodgy job in the City through the secret hatch in the sky!
18. Paul
We convinced Jim didn't need a psu he could get enough transient power from the overhead tram cables to charge his laptop!
19. Christopher Grigg
I didn't think wireless browsing was supposed to give you arm ache!
20. Kevin Beer
New "pinnacle" WiFi aerial signal frustrates laptop users.
21. anonymous
Every thing's bigger in the states, just look at my flip phone. Huuu yeah!
22. kenneth wilkinson
"In a cafe somewhere in town, a sales rep was trying to send his order on a waiters tray."
23. Dr Duncan Druhl
...and if you hold it a little higher, you'll be able to achieve that 10 Mb signal we promised.
24. Steve Kirk
Raised in captivity, now ready to return to the wild, Joe hoped 2GB of memory would be enough for his notebook to find its family again
25. Lee Finlay
Must... update... Facebook...
26. Janet McKitterick
Derek realised to access his mobile broadband, he couldn't reach the keyboard and have connectivity at the same time!
27. Matt Horwell
"I'm on top of the worl.... Oh, Vistas crashed again!"
28. Stuart Fawcett
Virtual ventriloquism soon became a compulsion for Alex
29. Stuart Fawcett
Dave found that using his laptop for semaphore was more stimulating than email.
30. Ralph Pruitt
I've been using my notebook for too long - I've now got one growing out the end of my arm!
31. Peter Foster
With a mast that size you would think I would be able to get broadband reception from here.
32. Karen Challinor
I have to get a smaller cameraphone
33. Richard
Second Life for a notebook... even after being dropped from 5 feet?
34. Danny Magill
The bin man was happy with his find, then he saw the Vista sticker!
35. John Crosher
Oh... my God!
36. Bob middleton
Directors.!!......It was the Blackberry you were supposed to take, not Autoroute.
37. Ian
No one wanted to buy a Big Issue even with a new laptop thrown in....
38. Ian Sargent
I hope that this is what the boss meant when he said that I should indulge in some Blue Sky thinking.
39. Dave Brown
You have to hold it this high for the Wi-Fi to work!
40. Chris Goodman
Come out sun my photo voltaic cells need to give me power.
41. dave devine
It's earthquake proof and has the richter scale too.