Caption contest: WiMAX hits store shelves in Bosnia

Sometimes, you want more than just wide-area broadband. Sometimes you want the downy softness that only "WiMAX" can bring. We're not totally sure what this is, but we're almost positive it will not deliver speedy downloads and near-limitless connectivity.

Paul: "Sprint's brilliant plan for rolling out WiMAX coverage on the cheap only had one fatal flaw..."
Chris: "Considered key to XOHM's success, Sprint's first stab at a steampunk Hello Kitty WiMAX router yields mixed results."
Josh T: "WiMAX: use color-safe bleach only, tumble dry."
Josh F: "For those lighter 2-bar days."
Ittousai: "WE DEMAND MORE PAMUK!"
Nilay: "17.45 for WiMAX? Outrageous!"
Dante: "Suddenly, that failed Australian WiMAX rollout, makes much more sense..."
Richard: "Because really, who buys their WiMAX off the rack?"

[Thanks, Srle]

[bccbaron Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:12PM]

i'm not completely sure what Plahta is, but i can tell you "s gumom" means with rubber, and 100% pamuk means 100% cotton. This isn't WiMAX, it's probably a table cloth or something

[Blacklight Posted Apr 17th 2008 7:02PM]

Plahta = sheet.

"Sheet with rubber, 100% cotton"

???

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 7:17PM]

It's a cotton sheet with a rubber under-side so it doesn't fall off your table easily?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 7:19PM]

It could mean it's a fitted table cloth... Or maybe even a fitted bed sheet?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 7:42PM]

Wait, this isn't WiMax? phew! I was so confused for a second.

thanks for the heads up.

[Lowest Ranked Posted Apr 17th 2008 8:06PM]

I don't know where you guys are from, but here in mirror land it clearly says, "Mom, Ug's at Halp!"

Just need to figure out where exactly Halp is, to complete this riddle.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 9:22PM]

This may be of some halp to you:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=halp&near=&jsv=107&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.095668,82.265625&ie=UTF8&latlng=30321915,-81632734,16352508115760965799&ei=fPcHSPn0PJPmqQKEx_iACg&sig2=eUPjhsueZxtuCCYW8tDNfg&cd=1

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 9:55PM]

Plahta s gumom is literally "sheet with rubber" but it really just means "fitted sheet.

Yes, pamuk is cotton.

Bok.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 11:29PM]

I found Ug, but it seems I was too late...

http://www.ipak.org/mostar/photo/image/ug-mostar-001.jpg

[aard Posted Apr 18th 2008 2:59AM]

It's just a bed sheat, 100% cotton.

[dziban303 Posted Apr 18th 2008 11:46AM]

It means elastic, people.

[rafer Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:12PM]

Nilay it says $17.45

[psyclotron Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:13PM]

This isn't really e-gadg's best day, is it?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:14PM]

rofl,

and it is made entirely out of cotton. You just must love Bosnia :)

Oh, and FIY it is a bed sheet with some sort of rubber :?




_________proud citizen of nSk______________

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 9:29PM]

i love me some rubber bed sheets

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 11:10PM]

Perfect for kids who still have bed-wetting problems. Just hose 'em down and you're good to go!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:14PM]

We ALL demand more PAMUK!

[Richard Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:17PM]

Those days with EDGE must have been very painful...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 9:30PM]

win

[CptnDriveThru Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:20PM]

WIMAX arrives in Bosnia under heavy sniper fire, snipers drop weapons to cuddle.

[ronin691 Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:20PM]

( Another name change )"...The New AT&T is now Plahta S Gumom...and you get more bars with Plahta S Gumom"







*Plahta S Gumom restricts "unlimited" data to 2 GB a month

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:21PM]

England gets WiMax, Launches right next to jersey

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:23PM]

"Plahta s gumom" means "Rubberized Sheet"

[sinai Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:26PM]

this photo isn't funny enough to be captioned.

[3rdsun Posted Apr 17th 2008 8:56PM]

We could run a caption contest on your photo.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 9:12PM]

@3rdsun

Something like... 'Halp! It's trying to suck out mah brainz!!'

JK sinai

[sullivan504 Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:26PM]

WIMAX: blanket coverage for any area... about as much as a king-sized bed.

[3rdsun Posted Apr 17th 2008 8:52PM]

Our WIMAX covers like a blanket. No literally.

[Kabong30 Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:30PM]

So long as it's 100% Pamuk, I hate that Ploy-Pamuk blend Wimax, it makes me itchy.

[Kabong30 Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:31PM]

That should have been "poly" :(

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 7:27PM]

Don't worry, I read it as poly anyway :)

[Micanos Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:34PM]

WiMax, the Shower Curtain: To increase your broadband experience in your shower! For the Most Intense Broadband Enthusiasts only!

[kptran2 Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:39PM]

WIMAX will give you all the coverage you need!, I think...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:42PM]

We have Wi-Max to the north in Canada with Bell, I have to say it's one of the coolest technology's ever, you can bring it everywhere hotels, cottage, friends etc. and it works great. I even bring it downstair to my 360 works great too. :)

[Ethan Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:45PM]

Yet more WiMAX plans shelved.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:49PM]

Two-ply WIMAX absorbs more internet without tearing!

[Toadlet Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:52PM]

Hmm, should I get Wimax? I'll sleep on it...

[Hotrod Posted Apr 17th 2008 7:20PM]

Funniest post ever. Prime example of a turbo-pun

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:57PM]

Not only is the uBot-5 picture more caption contest-worthy, its comments actually have more captions...

[Blacklight Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:59PM]

Connect to that special other under the coverage of WiMax

[Zorque Posted Apr 17th 2008 7:25PM]

I don't think this is what anyone had in mind when they said "coverage".

[Mushroooshi Posted Apr 17th 2008 7:29PM]

WiMAX. Descreetly look at porn!

(The joke is you use your wimax to look at pr0n, jack off, and clean the mess up with the cloth)

[psyclotron Posted Apr 17th 2008 7:52PM]

that's an awful lotta fail ya got there

[arkansized Posted Apr 17th 2008 8:21PM]

EWWWW, just EWWWWful

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 18th 2008 4:12PM]

@granny down east...


Yeah, like you DO think that. Chances are you aren't granny, you aren't down and you aren't east...

[tonyn84 Posted Apr 17th 2008 7:41PM]

WIMAX has 100% PAMUK! don't be fooled by just the 50% Edge offers

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 7:44PM]

The only place Sprint didn't look was the amazon.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 8:15PM]

Don't squeeze the WiMax!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 8:02PM]

you have to watch out in bosnia....
there are SNIPERS everywhere.
:-p

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 8:07PM]

Look up see that in the sky? What is it? UMTS? 3G? CDMA? WIFI? HSDPA? no It's WIMAX! WIMAX FTW It's here to do your laundry walk your dog, pay your bills, give you net access, pay you, help you win the lottery, and also grant you three wishes!

"Ooh look at that we should buy some and only 299.99 we cna afford it! we NEED Wimax after reading the label"!!

"What's wimax"? "I dont know but rea dthe label and see what ti does we NEED this!!"

That's my caption