Last Week's Weekend Caption Contest™ Winners (Wizbang)

Last week's Weekend Caption Contest™ was another smash hit, since computer nerd makes good is a pretty good demographic sweet spot for us here... The assignment last week was to caption the following picture:

Chairman of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates stands to accept an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the 356th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts June 7, 2007. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

Here are the winning entries:

1) (Rodney Dill) - "iRule"

2) (Jeff Blogworthy) - "Sorry, but Genuine Advantage has determined that this is not a genuine diploma. Would you like to resolve this issue now?"

3) (Mikey60) - "Harvard graduation 1.0 projected release date, 1977. Actual delivery date, 2007."

Honorable Mention

4) (brainy435) - "Grueling years of study for an ivy-league degree: 4
Years to repay student loans after graduation: 10
Being a college dropout with more money then everyone else assembled: priceless."

5) (-S-) - Thought bubble: "I can has cheezburger?"

6) (DJ Drummond) - "Your careers all belong to me."

The "Hey, I See What The Submitter Is Doing There" Award goes to:

(SILVER BULLET) - "I finally realized I couldn't get anywhere in this world without a college degree!"

Winners for the current contest will be posted shortly...

Credits

Section Editor: Maggie Whitton

Editors: Jay Tea, Lorie Byrd, Kim Priestap, DJ Drummond, Michael Laprarie, Baron Von Ottomatic, Shawn Mallow, Rick, Dan Karipides, Michael Avitablile, Charlie Quidnunc, Steve Schippert

Emeritus: Paul, Mary Katherine Ham, Jim Addison, Alexander K. McClure, Cassy Fiano, Bill Jempty, John Stansbury, Rob Port

In Memorium: HughS

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Comments (5)

Oh, it was just an honorary... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by 89 | June 18, 2007 4:16 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

89:

Oh, it was just an honorary degree. :-(

Posted on June 18, 2007 04:16

w00t!... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by Rodney Dill | June 18, 2007 6:15 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Rodney Dill:

w00t!

Posted on June 18, 2007 06:15

Thanks.... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Jeff Blogworthy | June 18, 2007 7:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Jeff Blogworthy:

Thanks.

Posted on June 18, 2007 07:59

stripes would be more appro... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by steak111111 | June 18, 2007 5:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

steak111111:

stripes would be more appropriate.

Posted on June 18, 2007 17:22

"Harvard graduation 1.0 pro... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by Eric | June 21, 2007 4:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Eric:

"Harvard graduation 1.0 projected release date, 1977. Actual delivery date, 2007."

That's funny.

Posted on June 21, 2007 16:46

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