Caption Competition: It's behind you

A chip off the old blockÂ…

By silicon.com, 23 May 2008 10:30

This competition is now closed. The winning caption from reader Tony Sibley was "It was a novel approach to finding the needle but Derek had his doubts."

Photo Credit: Rackspace Hosting

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  1. 1. Valerie Ganne

    Harry was about to regret agreeing to let his mother-in-law learn to drive a JCB

  2. 2. Robert Lindsay

    The Sun reporter was about to get his biggest scoop

  3. 3. P Dragon

    John forgot the golden rule – if your wife wants to learn to drive a dump-truck, don’t stand in her way

  4. 4. Rob Falconer

    The driver’s name may be Baskin –Robbins, but he’s only got one scoop

  5. 5. Nick Fowler

    Rackspace only uses natural fuel, such as wood chips and engineers in hard hats

  6. 6. Audrey

    Even though the engineer hadn’t tipped the driver, he was about to get one himself

  7. 7. Guy Reynolds

    On checking his till receipt Fred became all too aware of the immensity of his wifes chocolate addiction.

  8. 8. Tony Sibley

    It was a novel approach to finding the needle but Derek had his doubts

  9. 9. Ian Sargent

    The wood-chip audit was taking longer than expected.

  10. 10. anonymous

    14,647,21? B******s, cut that engine. Now where was I ?

  11. 11. anonymous

    F*** - 63.3 m3 of chips - still not enough to charge up this palmtop - where the hell am I going to get the next forest!!

  12. 12. Lee Finlay

    Digger driver: Shhh... Be verwy qwiet. I'm hunting men with clipboards.

  13. 13. Mary Hullah

    The Highways Agency finally gets the gritting machines ready for the winter weather

  14. 14. David Bowen

    Chip manufacturer's inventory woe as recession begins to bite IT industry.

  15. 15. James Nash

    Harry's boss had said he could be relied upon when the chips are down.

  16. 16. anonymous

    "This is not what I meant when I said I fancied chips!"

  17. 17. anonymous

    Despite wearing his hat in an attempt to contain it, Eric's dandruff problem was getting out of control.

  18. 18. Denise Soos

    He started to question if wind turbines were such an eyesight after all.

  19. 19. anonymous

    Cor Blimey how much kitty litter do they need? how big did they say that cat was!!!!

  20. 20. Andrew Dommett

    Two scoops or three?

  21. 21. John Ray

    Big job for bean counter as power-hungry machine awaits.

  22. 22. Tim Ware

    Larry Ellison models the sort utility for Oracle 12

  23. 23. Mr Brian G Faulkner

    One scoop or two.

  24. 24. kenneth wilkinson

    Crufts take delivery of their new Poopa Scoopa.

  25. 25. Richard

    Now, which button will transform this heap back into a living tree?

  26. 26. Richard

    Sorry Guv, it says here that each chip must be stamped and serialised to prove that it's from a sustainable forest.

  27. 27. kenneth wilkinson

    "Brown promises bigger portions for pensioners who use the Meals on Wheels servicw."

  28. 28. David Devine

    Arthur patiently kept check on the Woodpeckers bonus sheet.

  29. 29. gwilym rhys-jones

    Nigel was starting to regret going short in the cocoa market.

  30. 30. anonymous

    Bob decided that it was time to declare war on the moles...

  31. 31. anonymous

    Yippee! No more splinters now I have a big digger!

  32. 32. anonymous

    While the foreman worked out how many trips would be needed to clear the site, the digger driver just wondered if he could scoop his boss into the wood chip.

  33. 33. anonymous

    "Its been a long time since wood chip has been in fashion" thought Dave as he struggled with his designs to make it fashionable again.

  34. 34. anonymous

    Burt and Ron were on standby ready for the 10 am coffee break!

  35. 35. S Acton

    Tommy was going to be in trouble when mum saw he'd crumbled all the Weetabix to play factories again.

  36. 36. anonymous

    Bob can you fix me!

  37. 37. anonymous

    They`ll all need to be barcoded, put into the system and then moved to unrestricted before you`re even going to start your digger!

  38. 38. joanne davis

    7 million 3 hundred thousand and fifty two.............

  39. 39. anonymous

    Don't anyone move! I think I dropped my contact lens!!

  40. 40. anonymous

    Oh Damn ! I'll have to count them again !! According to my records their's 443 missing !

  41. 41. Lauren Brown

    Cleaning the giant hamster's cage was becoming an increasing struggle!

  42. 42. anonymous

    I think we miscounted, call the digger quick, we'll have to recount!

  43. 43. anonymous

    We're gonna need a bigger truck...

  44. 44. anonymous

    Mummy I've shrunk my dad! : He's in my sandbox...

  45. 45. anonymous

    The world's largest pooper scooper attacks man at the Rackspace Hosting's data centre in Slough.

  46. 46. steven holland

    The new trainee is given the task of stock taking the chips.

  47. 47. anonymous

    Just 1 engineer left to bury, then lunch!

  48. 48. Dave Devine

    Well you did say get oven chips.

  49. 49. Chris Sanderson

    Damn, I knew I should have got the tractor out before the delivery arrived!

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