We received a lot of very funny caption contest entries this week, but none that cracked us up quite like The Toast in the Machine's circular career path. For making us (and hopefully you) laugh, he'll be receiving a $25 Amazon gift card.
The winning caption
Well... The bright side is that you can SEE that your career is going nowhere.
by The Toast in the Machine
The orginal cartoon
Honorable mentions
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by mulderjoe - Watch what you say to our engineers here... they seem to have misunderstood when I told them I wanted a big wheel for my son.
by rmanning - This is our programmer "stimulus" package - if you write enough code, you don't have to power servers all afternoon.
by ahndymac - New from Nintendo the "Wii Exersize Wheel". We call it the "WEW" for short.
by Archerdude - It's simple, really. The programmer goes in here, the coffee pot in front, and voila! Reduced power and healthcare costs.
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Wow!
Thanks a million, IT World! I'm honored and very happy that you got a little chuckle out of that... Phil is a great cartoonist, and this contest was a lot of fun. Thanks again!:)