Caption Contest: Civil War reenactment + iPhone = ubernerd
By Laura June 
posted June 26th 2009 4:22PM
posted June 26th 2009 4:22PM
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!"
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]
[Thanks, Ethan]
So I assume he doesn't soak his buttons in pee?
ew. my brother is such a dork.
My wife is doing what???!?!?
So, I actually know this guy. :) Yeah, that's not a comment, but it's funny to see him.
"It's OK guys, they're sending Terminators!"
From a time when bullet wounds meant amputation, and soldiers had to wait days for their data over EDGE.
Mammay....I can haz cheezburger....it dun jailbreaked
I can't find the Gettysburg address on google maps? I wish this thing had VZ navigator.
Going to war against your own country... there is an app for that.
"guess what my left hand's doing"
Great Gatsbys, I've downloaded enemy troop movements as GPS coordinates to Maps... so everyone load up Loopt to avoid friendly fire and CHARGE
Jennaaay!!...I was running and runnin'gah...with no particular place to go..when all of a suh'denn...it felt like sum'thin jus jumped right up...and bit me in the but'tocks
They told us to go to the south for better 3G!?
NERD:: Call for fire, call for fire: Fire for effect.
PHONE:: [Bravo 3 Zulu, call for fire acknowledged, fire for effect in 2 mikes]
NERD:: Hey! We Got mortars incoming!...
AT&T are such tyrants.
"HEELLPPPP"
What do you mean it's an extra $5 delivery charge for crossing the Mason-Dixon Line?
"And the plane will be overhead…now!"
"What's a plane?"
"I don't know, I saw it on M*A*S*H."
"What's M*A*S*H*?"
Fruit company stocks? no thank you very much.
"First the Hottest Girls app gets removed and now they're taking away my iBayonet app!"
General, they’ve got us surrounded! Twitter the cavalry!!!
"Well you tell Sherman that if he's gonna do that, then he's gonna be burning the bridge in our relationship!"
We must free the enslaved black iphones!!
HELLOOO?!? YEA, I'M DOIN THE CIVIL WAR THING. WHA... YEAH I SAID I'M DOIN THE CIVIL WAR THING. RIGHT....YEAH.... CIAO!!!! /trigger happy tv guy voice
" I'm Bill S. Preston, Esquire! "
No sir, I'm not pee shy - not even with 2 of my buddies watching - And I can talk on the phone at the same time!
"HELLO! ...... WHAT ....... NAW, I'M AT A CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTMENT.... YEAH ...... YEAH..... ALRIGHT........CHOW"
(trigger happy tv)
"Who invited that guy?"
"Scotty! Beam me the hell out of here! I'm sick of hardtack!"
"Please designate which side you are fighting for by saying North or South"
"North"
"I'm sorry, I didn't understand your response. Please try again."
"NORTH!"
"King Michael Jackson what?!! SAY IT ISN'T SO!!!!"
Even in the 1800s it fails to wow anybody.