Caption Contest: Civil War reenactment + iPhone = ubernerd

Far be it from us to make fun of people for their favorite pastimes -- that would, in fact, be the pot calling the kettle black (considering that we're both addicted to gadgets and quilting, we have little room to point fingers). However, it's possible that you might be a serious nerd if you're caught gabbing on your iPhone in the midst of a hike during a reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg. Good sir, we salute thee!

Laura: "Are you telling me I'm not eligible for an upgrade until 1865!?"
Joe: "North and South could both agree that lack of Flash support was a grave oversight"
Thomas: "Robert E. Lee!? I thought you said rob a 3G"
Josh T: "What? I said 'what's so civil about war anyway?'"
Nilay: "An app store divided against itself cannot stand."
Don: "Scurvy? Nope, not an app for that."
Chris: "Yeah, I mistook it for a piece of hardtack last week, just came back out this morning. Works great!"

Ross R.: "I like that it runs Merrimac OS X."

[Thanks, Ethan]

[whatishalo? @ Jun 26th 2009 4:26PM]

iBolish Slavery!!

[Kamaraderie @ Jun 26th 2009 6:35PM]

I don't see the problem with this photo.
He looks like every other iDiot that waited in line for a phone.
I kid, I kid.
=]

[mgsrocks1 @ Jun 26th 2009 7:41PM]

I SAID CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?!!

Nothing wrong with the photo? Think again.

[Gen Brown @ Jun 26th 2009 9:28PM]

If i'D known this would have happened, i'D have picked my own cotton

[feraligatr8 @ Jun 27th 2009 12:48AM]

well.... I'm not American and I don't know much about the civil war but if they talked in that old english way with "TH" at the end of every verb then.

Caption: Fucketh he who brakes thy olde iPhone

[go seki @ Jun 27th 2009 7:17AM]

Hi customer service .. About my bill ..

AT&T's time-roaming charge is HOW MUCH!!!??

[iphonerulez @ Jun 27th 2009 8:38AM]

That's why the North won the Civil War. They were using iPhones. Those Southern rebels were using Pres and there weren't enough of them to go around.

[xconan @ Jun 27th 2009 8:41PM]

@Kamaraderie

the only thing about the photo is that it does look a bit overexposed... the flash could have used a bit of difusion

[Aguiluz @ Jun 26th 2009 4:26PM]

That guy looks stupid.

[Aguiluz @ Jun 26th 2009 4:27PM]

Oh I am so going to regret this.

[Aguiluz @ Jun 26th 2009 4:28PM]

I am so going to regret posting this.

[pavlindrom @ Jun 26th 2009 4:29PM]

Technically, you shouldn't. He holds the phone to the ear, yelling, to the home screen. Stupid indeed. I would have done the same.

[Tuffguy @ Jun 26th 2009 7:09PM]

good point pavlindrom. I am just glad i am not as hot and sweaty as the dude to his right!

[oliver hart @ Jun 26th 2009 7:11PM]

i prefer the X11 logo on other dudes back

[ethan @ Jun 26th 2009 9:58PM]

Thanks, faceless internet commentator.

The reason it's on the home screen was because I specifically took it for a caption contest on Engadget.

It's for a laugh, not for legitimacy. As you could tell by my expression, it was purely for a photo.

And I don't do these events, normally. My Dad asked me to when I went back to VA to visit. I told him only if I could get a shot in battle on my iPhone.

And that's the end of that story.

[Xenoterranos @ Jun 26th 2009 11:44PM]

lol@ the X11 logo. You have damned sharp eyes, sir.

Also, "Thomas: "Robert E. Lee!? I thought you said rob a 3G" got me pretty good. :)

My Contrib: "AHHHHHHHHHH MY BRAAAAAIN AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!"
(I'm assuming humans from the past have a lower tolerance for cell phone radiation)

[crescentdavid @ Jun 27th 2009 1:37PM]

Virginia's good for these kinds of get-togethers ...

[kal326 @ Jun 29th 2009 9:49AM]

@Ethan

Well that explains the miss match blue then. Seems it might have been photo'choped since the only person in the picture that didn't have the same hue also had the iPhone.

[CT @ Jun 26th 2009 4:27PM]

Can you hear me now?

[keeheon @ Jun 26th 2009 5:57PM]

Nope, I still get no signal!

[a ham sandwich @ Jun 26th 2009 4:28PM]

"And I thought AT&T's 2009 coverage was poor..."

[TFrazier @ Jun 26th 2009 4:28PM]

How about: "It's the future calling. They want their phone back."

[PGP-Protector @ Jun 26th 2009 4:28PM]

Did The Doctor mod their phone to get temporal reception ?

[P.J. Caps @ Jun 26th 2009 4:28PM]

I'm sure this is a dead zone

[Fadakar @ Jun 27th 2009 1:23AM]

God dammit I ctrl+f'd dead zone hoping no one took it. Someone did. FML

[chucky3456 @ Jun 26th 2009 4:29PM]

holy crap I know that guy! I used to work with him!

[Ethan @ Jun 26th 2009 10:01PM]

Who are you? Where did we work together?

[Jordan Biffle @ Jun 26th 2009 4:30PM]

One of the overlooked features of the new iPhone 3GS is that it has the ability of time travel.

[iKrolm @ Jun 26th 2009 4:43PM]

Time travel? There's an app for that!

[IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (BarCODE) @ Jun 26th 2009 5:16PM]

Apple's Time Machine does much more than was advertised.











http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/time-machine.html

[Montusama @ Jun 26th 2009 8:44PM]

Maybe this guy is with the Doctor. The Doctor can fix cell phones to work anywhere in time and space.

[Linhares @ Jun 27th 2009 2:51PM]

We must go back to the island.

[Maisum @ Jun 26th 2009 4:30PM]

Can you hear me now?

[dTondro @ Jun 26th 2009 5:21PM]

Nice, but the guy CT above you already said it... so don't go commenting on others about how you were original when you weren't...

[Brdystyls @ Jun 26th 2009 4:30PM]

I knew the reception was going to be bad in 1865, I really shouldn't have to yell. Damn Iphone.

[andy @ Jun 26th 2009 4:30PM]

"Ma, that dude behind me is looking at me funny again"

[Steve @ Jun 26th 2009 4:31PM]

"So ... the blue soldiers get and iPhone and the gray soldiers get a Palm Pre?"

[Erik @ Jun 26th 2009 4:41PM]

Steve who?
could you please be more specific?

[Look_Around_You @ Jun 26th 2009 5:30PM]

I hear Stonewall Jackson was very fond of his Blackberry.

[Steve Grissom @ Jun 26th 2009 4:41PM]

"So ... the blue soldiers get an iPhone and the gray soldiers get a Palm Pre?"

[Erik @ Jun 26th 2009 4:42PM]

Okay, thanks.

[jtupeck @ Jun 26th 2009 4:35PM]

What about the guy who used a digital camera to take the picture of the guy on his technologically advanced iPhone?

[Wwhat @ Jun 27th 2009 11:38AM]

He used a pinhole and everybody was standing still like that for 5 minutes, I'm sure.

[Brian @ Jun 26th 2009 4:37PM]

I am going into an ACTUAL dead zone, call me back.

[Jon Acheson @ Jun 26th 2009 4:37PM]

"Naw, they couldn't hit an elephant from that dist-"

[Jay Voorhees @ Jun 26th 2009 4:37PM]

It's the South. They said they're sorry. We can go home now.

[Henry @ Jun 26th 2009 7:34PM]

"Aaaaaahhhcchhoooooooo"

[ohpleaseno @ Jun 26th 2009 4:38PM]

What do you mean tethering to my iRifle isn't allowed on AT&T?

[spodi @ Jun 26th 2009 4:38PM]

"Any one know how to get google maps to work on this thing?"

[Erb @ Jun 26th 2009 6:05PM]

I managed to, and according to this... There should be a McDonald's 200 feet south.