This month we've decided to publish the best caption ideas for the cartoon shown at left, first published on ODM #83. Most of the new captions are from subscribers, but a few are from Softdisk employees.
To get the proper effect, replace the and "Nerd Hell" line with whatever is suggested in red below:
{I don't get it, it was fine when I went to sleep...}
-Larry Stevens - Brandon, VT
{Where the heck's the ON switch?}
-Ronny Hamida
{Darn! I can't make any more androidettes!}
-Arne Aasen - Vegrevill, AB
{Now what am I gonna do for fun around here?}
-Jay Earnshaw - Cheyenne, WY
{What a beach!}
-Richard Garrard - Ft. Wayne, IN
{Oh great... So much for "Virtual Valerie."}
-R. Edwards - Clearwater, FL
{Oh sweetheart! At least YOU'RE safe...}
-Mary K. Cummings - Yuba City, CA
{What bad luck, everything but the and instruction book...}
-Conrad Levy - Harvest, AL
{Sure, but what am I gonna do with a monochrome monitor?}
-Walter H. Arnold
{Hey Genie! I was only kidding that last time!}
-Carol A. Swan - Binghamton, N.Y.
{Great, how am I going to get by without my Personal Organizer?}
-Eugene J. DuAime - Philadelphia, PA
{Oh no! All my solitaire computer games, gone!}
-Karen Cutting - Allen Park, MI
{Just my luck... Stuck on an island with my two sisters and no AC outlet!}
-Thomas M. Gunn, III - Decatur, AL
{At least I have SOMETHING to play with...}
-C. Scott Johnson - Georgetown, DE
{So THAT'S what the F9 key does...}
-Kevin Crowell - Provo, UT
{Talk about hardware trouble...}
-Barb Wiewel - Elgin, IL
{Darn it... sand in the and disk drive!}
Jim Weiler - Softdisk
{Hey, what is this? I ordered SVGA!}
Jim Weiler - Softdisk
{Arrrgh... they shipped it with NT instead of DOS 6.0.}
Jim Weiler - Softdisk
{I ordered NES and this is all I get??}
Jim Weiler - Softdisk
{Hey honey, what's the number for Micronesia Online?}