Vote Now on Ceiling Cat Cartoon
Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 08:17:16 AM PDT
Yesterday I posted a diary for a contest to put a caption on a Ceiling Cat cartoon for my teaching philosophy. ("My head hurts!" does not work, as jlms_qkw pointed out, since we all know Ceiling Cat is "infallible, omnipotent, omniscient, etc.")
Originally I was going to just select the entry in the comments with the most recs. But that seems to give preference to the earliest submissions, just because of how people visit diaries. SO...I have decided to put the top entries in a poll and let people vote...
Here is the cartoon:

Note that in the final cartoon, the "bubble" will be replaced by the normal way for Ceiling Cat to talk (the big block lettering at the top and at the bottom).
So in the poll below please vote for your favorite caption for Mathematical Ceiling Cat!
Note: While I really liked these, I didn't include them in the poll for various reasons:
- "I like Pie...but what is all that other crap?" by TKH is good, but I decided "crap" is inappropriate for a high school classroom, and I didn't see a substitution that would be as funny. (Sorry!)
- Wee Mama suggested changing the equations to Maxwell's equations, with the caption, "Ceiling cat said...[Maxwell's Equations]...and there was light." Unfortunately, Maxwell's equations are too advanced for high schoolers.
- Betty Black suggested changing the equation to Schoedinger's wave equation, and then i) Peoplz r live n ded til i seez them; ii) I seez ded peepols... ervywherz; iii) Silly maths haz no powerz over me! I would add another choice, "Schroedinger! Pfft! Ceiling Cat has nine livez!" or something along those lines. Unfortunately, Schroedinger's equation is too advanced for high schoolers.
Thanks to all for the great suggestions, and for voting in the poll!
UPDATE: It looks like we have a winner: welso's great submission, "Ceiling Cat looks down on ur eezy maff!" pulled in the most votes (at least so far, and I'm calling it). THANKS welso! And, again, thanks to everyone else who contributed suggestions, as well as everyone who voted! Here is the final product (note I spelled "looks" as "luks" and added fairly standard Ceiling Cat exclamations):
