Caption contest: Bing bus goes searching for search results

Bus. Ice cream truck. Personal space invader. Vessel of illicit speaker transport. It's all semantics, anyway.

Darren: "Man, this smoke is great, but damn if I'm not suddenly craving an orange Push Up."
Joe: "Unlike the Street View car, the Bing truck is equally at home on the street or at a rave."
Chris: "In the event the authorities get too close for comfort, Bing is prepared to take its entire operation mobile for weeks at a time, stopping only to refuel."
Don: "At last, the real decision engine is revealed."
Richard Lawler: "Ok, so the plot is, we pick up "models" off the street... and find low cost plane tickets, product reviews or a nice restaurant for them. That's it."
Ross: "Creative Picture Framing" indeed, Microsoft. Creative picture framing, indeed.
Joanna: "Didn't we just do a sketchy tech van caption contest!?"
Richard Lai: "For the last time: we don't sell froyo here."
Tim: "Creative Picture Framing was a front for GHOST: Google Hating Operatives with better Search Technology. Jeeves had already arrived in his blacked out Benz, but the Altavista boys were nowhere to be found."
Myriam: "Oh, I see! It's an art car for Burning Man... Right."


[Thanks, Hosain]

[Yankee Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:45AM]

LOL. What city is this?

[NortherngeekUK Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:52AM]

@Yankee I believe that is Baker Street London, Sherlock Holmes' lived in Baker St, there are no Bakers left on Baker st... wait I'm beginning to sound like a Bing advert.

[Yankee Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:00AM]

@NortherngeekUK

I was gonna say I see English writing but it doesn't look like an American city.

[kid300 Just admit androids ugly Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:07AM]

@Yankee

looks like a parked bus with a vinyl bing advertisement on it. I dont get it, Why is this supposed to be funny? Other than the google fanboys who are blindly emotionally invested in a search engine, this really doesnt matter in the world.

[Soul7963 Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:36AM]

@Yankee

It's London.
Media Owners (someone who can sell advertising space for the thickos reading this) will often launch a new service or promote their channel / site / magazine by driving around to different Media Agencies, in rented ice cream vans, and delivering free ice cream along with promotional materials.

In this case, the agency is not in this picture. On the other side of the road, is Publicis' London office: http://bit.ly/dgb4Xm

Elementary, dear Watson.

[markolic Posted Jun 28th 2010 8:45AM]

@Soul7963 The pubis office? Whaaa

[Joseph Mama Posted Jun 28th 2010 9:02AM]

C'mon baby take a chance with us... meet me at the back of the... Bing Bus.

[Hosain Posted Jun 28th 2010 9:04AM]

@Yankee Yep, its Baker street, London. I took the picture :)

[Cobra4455 Posted Jun 29th 2010 8:08PM]

Balmer's Party Van!!!

[Anay Posted Jul 1st 2010 11:34PM]

I think Richard wins.

[Independence76 Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:45AM]

I don't know if it's just me, but, how can you possibly caption this photo?

[Teslanaut Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:23AM]

@Independence76 DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS?

Here's something I made long ago: http://img.skitch.com/20100628-pbwuk8ff274e578e1qrjgr4dwu.jpg

[sinai Posted Jun 28th 2010 5:46AM]

@Teslanaut
please never open photoshop again

[TinWard Posted Jun 28th 2010 6:59AM]

@Independence76

I think the guy on the right is thinking:

"hmmm, perhaps I shall try binging something today"

but will probably just go home and use Google like the rest of the world.

[mitchumpalooza Posted Jun 28th 2010 8:19AM]

@Independence76

mum always said not to take search results from strangers...

[robott Posted Jun 28th 2010 9:01AM]

@Teslanaut I actually think it's awesome - your photoshop work i mean.

[Firehazel Posted Jun 28th 2010 2:20PM]

@Independence76 "We only stopped here to see if Creative Picture Framing could point us to a place where we could get more awesome photos for our homepage. We're running out of ideas..."

[hasbaz Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:51AM]

Introducing Bing mobile 2.0!

[ch4s3r Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:51AM]

Ice cream is always a good decision.

[nikonelite Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:54AM]

"Bing Van Get towed by black 4x4"

[Herr Synnberg Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:56AM]

So this is where Microsoft purchases the Bing home page pictures from, eh?

[SaggyBalls Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:57AM]

"I would've gotten away with it if it hadn't been for those meddling kids."

[ChazClout Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:57AM]

http://www.bingbus.com


Wait, wrong url! :o

[buoy Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:01AM]

@ChazClout yeah. make sure it's "i" not some other vowel. otherwise... well...

[ChazClout Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:04AM]

@buoy
a? :P

[buoy Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:11AM]

@ChazClout shhhh!

[rederikus Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:01AM]

Bing = Fail

[kid300 Just admit androids ugly Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:05AM]

@rederikus

how does it fail, because its not just a list of 10 blue links like google? do you really think thats the epitome of web search forever? Youre really sad and pathetic.

[untersucher Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:03AM]

@Richard Lai LOL

[robamb2002 Posted Jun 28th 2010 8:01AM]

@untersucher
Agreed... this was by far my fav!

[dansus Posted Jun 28th 2010 12:06PM]

@untersucher

Richard Lai wins.

Mine wouldve been simular.. 'Sorry, sold out of Froyo.'

[buoy Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:03AM]

Bing it to the left,
Bing it to the right,
Bing it to the front,
Bing it to the sides...
so what have you got? You got a front side bus.
Font side bus, front side bus
We travel really slow because we're on a front side bus.
Font side bus, front side bus
Font side bus. Bing bing!

[TC Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:03AM]

Creative Picture Framing owner: 'Erm, who are you? Where is my usual delivery guy?'
Bing Truck driver: 'Don't worry about them! Use us! We're really great!'
Creative Picture Framing owner: 'I'm sure you are, but erm, can you please leave? My usual delivery guys were just fine.'
Bing Truck driver: 'They were OK, but I will give you some flowers with each delivery!'
Creative Picture Framing owner: 'That's...cool, but I really don't need any flowers, please can you just leave?'
Bing Truck Driver: '....'
Creative Picture Framing owner: 'Ok leave now or I'm calling the police.'
Bing Truck Driver: 'No'

[derviskemal Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:08AM]

It shouldn't have parked there, theres a parking suspension!

[sinai Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:08AM]

"I would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids and your mystery machine!"

[icon808 Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:43AM]

@sinai
I'd BING Daphne...

[DougieBear Posted Jun 28th 2010 9:16PM]

@icon808

I'd google velma.

[onQ Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:16AM]

We are lost maybe we should have used Google

[DougieBear Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:16AM]

Hmmm.. not particularly funny.

[pmrs88 Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:17AM]

"It's a trap!"

[icon808 Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:17AM]

Cheech & Chong bus stops by an art store looking to correct their lettering on the bus to read "Bong" not "Bing."

[MastrCake Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:18AM]

PUSH-UPS? Man, those things were DA BOMB!!!

Do they still make them? And if so, do they still make the Scooby-Doo variety?

[CraigT Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:24AM]

The Bing Bus as it was cruising for for some wireless data to compete with the big names.

[Dead Man Inc Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:28AM]

Bing Flavored Ice Cream Truck!

[Eric77lv Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:31AM]

"I told you not to use Mapquest"

[myengadgetcom Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:33AM]

I think we lost that Verizon van. Someone pull up Google Maps!

[myengadgetcom Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:34AM]

So THAT'S where the Bing home page artwork comes from.

[Devhux Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:41AM]

With all the privacy issues raised over Street View, Google knew it had to take drastic measures to disguise their cars.

[Rubbinz Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:48AM]

"Bing Bus" now part of the Bang Bros Network

Can MS get any more obvious?

The "Bing Bus". Uh huh... squirting, male sexting and now a roving "bing" bus.

[abedinthehouse Posted Jun 28th 2010 5:08AM]

@Rubbinz
LMAO