Week 17 may now be a polished sheet metal memory, but the captions live on! Thanks to everyone who entered. We may never know exactly what these scientists and their ladder holding friend were up to. We do know a bit more about some of the equipment in that photo though! Astute reader Pierlu dropped a photo comment in the Blog showing some interesting lawn ornaments over at CERN. The device to the right looks quite a bit like the the device on the right side of our original image. We don't have a close-up to be sure, but chances are this part of a Cockcroft–Walton generator.

The Funnies:

• "...and six cute little kittens, too. I wonder how she got in here?Hey, hold that ladder steady, Schrödinger!" - sbi.gaijin
• "Good news: the shrink ray worked. Bad news: we have to escape the janitor's vacuum cleaner" - Cody
• "Archeology Professor Ammit Duat from the University of Cairo, assisting CERN engineer Jack Orsiris in changing the locks on the door to the Egyptian underworld" - carbonfiber

This week's winner is alj5432 with the following quote:

We're sure alj5432 will enjoy probing digital circuits with his new Logic Pirate From The Hackaday Store! Congratulations alj5432 !