Caption CERN Contest Week 17

Week 17: 5/27/2015 - 9pm PDT 6/3/2015

Coils, gleaming metal, giant domes, now this is a proper mad scientist image! The CERN scientists in this image seem to be working on a large metal device of some sort. It definitely looks like an electrode which would be at home either at CERN or the well equipped home lab of one Dr. Frankenstein's. We don't have a caption, but we do have a rough date of August, 1961. What is happening in this image? Are these scientists setting up an experiment, or plotting world domination?

You tell us!

This week we're giving away a Logic Pirate from The Hackaday Store.

Add your humorous caption as a comment to this project log. Make sure you're commenting on this contest log, not on the contest itself.

As always, if you actually have information about the image or the people in it, let CERN know on the original image discussion page.

Good Luck!

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liberty wrote 05/29/2015 at 14:29

Dr. Lizardo urges scientists John Smallberries and John Yaya to; "Hurry up and install the Oscillation Overthruster. I want to leave this planet, now!"

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Lothar wrote 05/29/2015 at 13:21

No, I don't know why there's a skeleton in the furnace. Harold didn't annoy me THAT much.

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mike wrote 05/29/2015 at 13:19

This years Christmas party will be one Tesla him self would be proud of!!!

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md_reeves wrote 05/29/2015 at 12:38

I told you that this prototype for the Darlek eye might be too big...

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davedarko wrote 05/29/2015 at 12:31

Two guys, one cap.

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Nick Sayer wrote 06/03/2015 at 19:52

Win.

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milestogoh wrote 05/29/2015 at 12:18

CERN technicians put the finishing touches on one of the sets for "Forbiden Doughnut" the legendary "lost" sci-fi film, rumored to have been destroyed by the gentleman holding the ladder during a union dispute over credits.

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Tentoes wrote 05/29/2015 at 12:18

"A little more to the left!"

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Chris Herrick wrote 05/29/2015 at 12:16

"... And now we slowly add the hops..."

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HighLander wrote 05/29/2015 at 11:38

Sorry, mea culpa, but it has to be made...

The janitorial staff was having a day off.

"How many CERN scientists does it take to change a lightbulb? "
"Helicity, loosey, Chirality tighty. Right?"

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Andre Esteves wrote 05/29/2015 at 09:48

".. CERN's safety regulations were so ahead of their time, that no ladder had been designed to be that safe. CERN had to employ a lone Portuguese migrant called Fernando, to hold the ladders steady and insure there were no accidents..."

(NOTE: The author is portuguese and the humour is not racist but self-deprecating.)

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m wrote 05/29/2015 at 09:10

The unstoppable locomotive of scientific progress threatens the researcher hierarchy.

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Muphins wrote 05/29/2015 at 08:41

"The final piece goes here... And voilà, we made it ! The wolrd's fisrt room-size micro-wave oven. We can finally cook the giant chicken Chris "accidentally" made the last week !" he said tuning toward Chris with a judging gaze.

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The Feature Creep wrote 05/29/2015 at 08:13

Larry, look here, I'm getting tired of explaining this. This is where the greasy light bakes the gravity particles to coagulate the electrons in the blue smoke. Every time you open it we have to give a unicorn a vascectomy. And nobody wants that, do they?

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The Green Gentleman wrote 05/29/2015 at 17:17

Nice.

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The Feature Creep wrote 05/29/2015 at 22:02

Thanks. I was going for Professor Farnsworth there.

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surubarescu wrote 05/29/2015 at 07:52

Now, witness the power of this fully operational battle station.

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Theo wrote 05/29/2015 at 07:37

"I tell you guys, nobody will find the egg here. Last Easter it worked quite well until my boss found it in august because signal going through was bouncing like a bunny..."

"...and it has the advantage to cook it."

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rpdox wrote 05/29/2015 at 07:30

"Bob is demonstrating how an aluminum ladder can hold two bodies (Aaron and Carl) in the Aluminum foil Cartesian Geometry Laboratory (AFCGL) when Aaron
and Carl is discussing the correct pronunciation of the word 'Aluminium'. "

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bryguy1231 wrote 05/29/2015 at 06:46

Never one to let a clever trick go to waste, Janitor Tom Sawyer giggled as the scientist begged for his permission to let THEM change the filter on the giant Hoover.

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david_omalley wrote 05/29/2015 at 06:12

I'm telling you... if we can just find a piece of rope we can tie the ladders together and then we won't need the neanderthal any more...

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Keith Olson wrote 05/29/2015 at 06:06

Sadly, this is the only photo still in existence of the CERN-sponsored 'Uber Daleks', as they ended up being too heavy for the golf carts in the base to move.

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John Thompson wrote 05/29/2015 at 05:57

Frank: "The bacon goes here."

Jim: "And how long do we apply power?"

Frank: "About 6 minutes."

Ed (holding the ladder): "Hurry up, guys, I'm getting hungry!"

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