Cartoon Contest — It’s Simple!

[timoelliott]

Welcome to an experiment!

I’d like to try to tempt you to take part in a New-Yorker-style cartoon caption contest. I'm hoping that this will be an opportunity to unleash the pent-up humor genes of the global SCN community.

I’m afraid there are no prizes (legally, it’s hopelessly complicated), but you will win the undying admiration of the community, and (if you’re game) we’ll feature the winning entry here on SCN and elsewhere.

Here’s the incomplete cartoon:

Rules

• Just come up with the funniest phrase you can to illustrate the cartoon above, and enter it as a comment to this post
• You have 7 days from today to submit your entry in order to take part in the judging.
• Multiple entries are fine — but remember the goal is quality rather than quantity
• Please be nice — sarcasm is fine, but defamation and insults wouldn’t be cool...
• Don’t hesitate to (respectfully) add your own spin to somebody else's entry — the name of the game is collaboration.
• Vote for your favorite comments/captions by clicking the "like" button below each entry
• If you'd like to be notified about new entries, click on the "receive email notifications" or "track" in the Actions box to the right of this post.

And if you think this is a fun idea, please spread the word!

[UPDATE: And The Winners Are: Cartoon Caption Contest Winners] -- many thanks to all who participated!

[TammyPowlas]

First thing that comes to mind:

"Simplification ain't so simple"

Forgive the grammatical error :smile:

[caroleighdeneen]

You told me I should just follow the requirements doc.

[Former Member]

" This new release is fully integrated with mobile technologies and big data analytics, solar powered, and, as you can see, much simpler."

[Colleen]

What simple looks like to technologists

or

The dark side of simple

[former_member186155]

But, it runs simple.

[VinitaSinha]

Trust me, it's got BIG Data inside !!

[Former Member]

We are ready to start pumping from the data lake.

[Former Member]

It makes lipstick for pigs

[Former Member]

It is much more simpler than it appears from outside !!

[Former Member]

You should see the one we built for the data discovery team

[former_member183781]

"...It's called AGILE development..."

[Former Member]

"The analysis revealed that this rework was far more efficient than adapting the MES system to the existing assembly line."

[timoelliott]

"Don't just stand there! Go simplify something!"

[Former Member]

But this is just a Beta! when in production I will be so much simpler to integrate... And, in the next version...

[timoelliott]

"OK, so you can call it 'complex' if you like, but I prefer to think of it as 'guaranteed employment'.."

or

"FIX it?! But then I'd be out of a job!"

[timoelliott]

Love it! "In the next version, we're adding bells AND whistles..."

[Former Member]

"Build something new they said, make it simple. Will be fun they said! THEN they showed me the spec..."

[former_member44782]

So just like Facebook, Alibaba, Uber, AirBnB, etc. I don't want to own any physical assets but move my business modell into the Cloud. And add Hana. 

[former_member183781]

"...as requested, the new Platform is integrated with all of your Legacy systems..."

[TammyPowlas]

It's REAL SIMPLE - just like the magazine Magazine | Real Simple

[timoelliott]

"This is the platform we've been running SCN on until now -- but now we're streamlining it: The Long Run"

[Former Member]

Welcome to the team.

Meet your new colleague HANA Version 573.

Your job is to sit here and keep her company.

[DanV]

An end-to-end integrated, next generation, built from the ground up thingamajig.

[wmarcy]

Now that we know what it's like your best practices, how about imagining the future together. Runs simpler.

[Former Member]

Trust me Rube Goldberg Machines are the cutting edge of Big Data and Enterprise Business Intelligence

[Matt_Fraser]

"We're calling it 'Run Simple'."

[ChrisSolomon]

"Now, if you only agree to move to the Cloud, I can make this all go away."

[former_member91676]

We have simplified the process. From 15,942 knobs to a mere 15,937 buttons.

[Former Member]

And I can run it all from this watch, amazing this internet of things.

[Former Member]

Like you asked we stripped it down to the bare minimum.

[former_member184741]

Always listen to what developer says, otherwise this is what you get

[nomssi]

It passes ALL the tests!

[qmacro]

"... and the data cleansing is done in that washing machine over there."

[ChrisSolomon]

"I know this is what we asked for, but it's not what we want."

[qmacro]

This? Oh. After we migrated to HANA, there were so many database artifacts lying around on the floor that we decided to make something with them. We call it the "Secondary Indices as a Service" machine.

[Jelena_Perfiljeva]

1) - See, Dr. Plattner, OLAP and OLTP are now combined in one HANA platform!

2) - Yes, we also have a Simple Solution but it's additional license

and for the win:

3) - Well, this Oracle solution is obviously not working well for your enterprise. Do you have a moment to talk about how SAP can help your business Run Simple?

[GrahamRobbo]

Just show me the API

[troy_thurston2]

Before HANA, this was our EDW!

[troy_thurston2]

You should have seen our analytics infrastructure BEFORE we simplified it to this thing of beauty!

[troy_thurston2]

Who said the challenges of Big Data couldn't be solved?  I give you...Exhibit X!

[Former Member]

Dream vs. Reality

[Former Member]

Sir,,, we can help you to get that on the Cloud!!

[Former Member]

Here is the conceptual model for erp

[TomCenens]

Changes to this system are non-disruptive

[sylvie_lachkar]

Sorry, I didn't have time to make it more simple!

[TomCenens]

We went for a landscape simplification

[Former Member]

With this we provide 24x7 ONLINE support for 1 year certain, Or 30 day money back guarantee uncertain..

[Former Member]

This is the As-Is, wait until you see it Run Better and Simpler in Version 3.145923!

[Former Member]

I assume this is smart option for lazy people, and last option for smart people. But then lazy option gets too smart. So neither lazy nor last people can understand it. :???:

[leeclemmer]

"So I told my boss, we'll just have the developers user test it!"