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Caption Contest: Rollerblading Billionaires
Posted by Adam Frucci at 1:51 AM on September 24, 2008
Larry and Sergey from Google made a surprise appearance at the G1 unveiling today, and they arrived on… rollerblades. Hoo boy. It's time for a caption contest.
My attempt: "No, we're not crazy billionaires insulated from the real world, completely cut off from what's cool and hip. Now everybody, grab your rollerblades! Dippin' Dots and bowl cuts are on us!"
Surely, you can do better.

Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Jimmy
Posted September 24, 2008 11:18 AM
What's the hardest thing about working for Google? Telling your mother you're gay.
Rick Netto
Posted September 24, 2008 11:20 AM
Q: What's the hardest part of learning to Rollerblade?
A: Telling your parents you're gay.
Jason M
Posted September 24, 2008 1:32 PM
"Our parents were riding segways when we were conceived..."
Chaz Sands
Posted September 24, 2008 2:04 PM
Look up Brian Aragon on youtube
BWard
Posted September 25, 2008 2:17 AM
Larry - "We've decided to do our bit for the environment by commutting to work on skates. Yes question from the back."
Man at the back - "How much Co2 do Google server farms contribute to global warning"
silence
crowd grow restless "How much Larry"
Larry - "Serge, I told you the 'ooowu look google has gone all green' would be harder sell than weapons of mass destruction.
Lets make a break for it. Skate man Skate like you've never skated before.
chaosdsm
Posted September 26, 2008 1:51 AM
Larry: "Everybody... Google Nicole Begg... (pics)"
Sergey: "We thought of going that route but the PR department thought it wasn't such a hot idea"
Crowd: "Thank God for PR"
Anonymous
Posted September 27, 2008 1:29 AM
Seriously Gizmodo? Those aren't Rollerblades. They're speed skates. The World Inline Championships for speed skating were recently held in Spain this month. Recreational Rollerblades may be a thing of the past and quite laughable, but that's not what they're wearing. Comparing them to Dippin' Dots and bowl cuts just shows your ignorance.
lankysob
Posted 2:44 AM 24/9/08
@DeusExMach: This does:
lankysob
link12245
Posted 2:42 AM 24/9/08
'See how sturdy we are on these skates? That's how sturdy Android is. Even though he has his hand on my shoulder, doesn't mean anything. We still stand strong. (you may just have to call customer support every day)
link12245
Omar Mojica
Posted 2:40 AM 24/9/08
They are my techno-heroes...
Omar Mojica
thegadgeteer
Posted 2:37 AM 24/9/08
Introducing Google Skate!
thegadgeteer
mobiusmuse
Posted 2:37 AM 24/9/08
Larry and Sergey stopped to consider whether riding into a product launch on rollerblades would make them look like bigger douchebags than Steve Jobs riding a iPod branded Segway scooter, but decided that being richer than Croesus means you never have to say "I care."
mobiusmuse
aphxtwn
Posted 2:36 AM 24/9/08
it would have been better if they dressed up as R2D2 & 3CPO.
aphxtwn
Morpheous
Posted 2:34 AM 24/9/08
"Larry, do I look fatter than Steve Jobs does?"
Morpheous
EBone
Posted 2:33 AM 24/9/08
We have so much money now, we have to do stuff like this to STOP supermodels from having sex with us.
EBone
aelver
Posted 2:31 AM 24/9/08
"Rufus dude, something is wrong ... we were set to go to 1988 ..."
aelver
jibbly
Posted 2:30 AM 24/9/08
"The plasma powered engines in these roller blades are powered by our own sense of self-worth. Plus Google Maps + GPS are built in!"
(We may mock, but strangely enough I saw a gang of young punks, junior hs to high school age, rollerblading up LaFayette's bike lane this past weekend. Seriously, I was like WTF this is cool again? Well this time they had skinny jeans on - falling off their asses of course - instead of giant JNCO jeans. 90's nostalgia is creeping back, ya'll.)
jibbly
LordieLordie
Posted 2:28 AM 24/9/08
"Now everybody can find their G spot"
LordieLordie
striggity
Posted 2:26 AM 24/9/08
dude on the laptop: "man, they're such duchebags"
Asian dude in the background: "man, they're such duchebags, and hot too!! triple threat!"
striggity
ChibiKyKiske
Posted 2:23 AM 24/9/08
"Kenan Thompson was just showing us his 'Knuckle Puck' outside. We just came in for some Sunny D."
ChibiKyKiske
simplegreen
Posted 2:21 AM 24/9/08
"and if you type in 'Too rich for sense' and hit the I'm feeling lucky button...."
simplegreen
Log1c
Posted 2:20 AM 24/9/08
"You know what is hard about being rich? Spending money on stupid things and not looking stupid"
Log1c
Lupison
Posted 2:20 AM 24/9/08
We are two wild and crazy guys!
Lupison
Log1c
Posted 2:19 AM 24/9/08
@lindsey8675: My friend loved it when I told him that joke.
Log1c
Lupison
Posted 2:19 AM 24/9/08
This is what happens when super geniuses miss out on a childhood.
Lupison
Easyrider
Posted 2:19 AM 24/9/08
"Hey ladies, check out what me and 'The Serge' just picked up at Express! Aren't they fabulous!"
Easyrider
trek1394
Posted 2:18 AM 24/9/08
"My new app tells me when I throw the device in the air, how long it takes till you I it using the integrated accelerometer. It also tells me how fast I hit the deck when some kid threw a stick in front of me while I was on my way to this press conference."
trek1394
LordieLordie
Posted 2:16 AM 24/9/08
"The blond leading the blind.."
LordieLordie
WesTheYeti
Posted 2:16 AM 24/9/08
And you'll all find in your swag bags, hot pink short shorts!
WesTheYeti
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 2:16 AM 24/9/08
"...but can you guess where we stuck our old shoes?"
92BuickLeSabre
UrIt
Posted 2:15 AM 24/9/08
"See? We can do this because we can afford Health Care."
"That's right... HEALTH CARE."
UrIt
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 2:14 AM 24/9/08
Sorry. They were all sold out of black mock turtlenecks.
OMG! Ponies!
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 2:13 AM 24/9/08
"...and I said, 'Well, if you only date men over 5'2"...'"
92BuickLeSabre
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 2:11 AM 24/9/08
"And now to the question I'm sure you'll asking yourselves....Why are we standing in a pink-lit castle?"
92BuickLeSabre
dislexiq
Posted 2:10 AM 24/9/08
the new google "androids"
dislexiq
robot-shmobot
Posted 2:09 AM 24/9/08
@Kaspir: G3: Buttplug edition, just as useless as version 1 and too.
robot-shmobot
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 2:09 AM 24/9/08
Sergey and Larry - Making Woz Look Cool By Comparison
OMG! Ponies!
FatalFlaw
Posted 2:08 AM 24/9/08
"Guess what, Larry?"
"What, Surgey?"
"I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance..."
FatalFlaw
P3nnst8r
Posted 2:08 AM 24/9/08
They see me rollin'...
P3nnst8r
oper451
Posted 2:08 AM 24/9/08
"I'm Rick James Bitch! - Now Buy Android!"
oper451
blakebell
Posted 2:07 AM 24/9/08
I LOVE THESE ROLLERBLADES!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOO
blakebell
phenderson
Posted 2:07 AM 24/9/08
Larry and Sergey were tricked into buying those new Ronco Anti-Dorkness shoes. Didn't work.
phenderson
snowy_coke
Posted 2:06 AM 24/9/08
"Lets roll over some fruit tuh-day"
snowy_coke
dirigoDIGITAL
Posted 2:06 AM 24/9/08
"What's the deal with airplane food..."
dirigoDIGITAL
DustyButt
Posted 2:04 AM 24/9/08
"We found that we laughed so hard on our way to the bank we'd often trip and fall while walking. Not anymore."
DustyButt
dirigoDIGITAL
Posted 2:04 AM 24/9/08
'What's the deal with airplane food..."
dirigoDIGITAL
lindsey8675
Posted 2:04 AM 24/9/08
"Whats even harder than rollerblading to a press conference?
Telling them you're gay"
lindsey8675
Raidah
Posted 2:03 AM 24/9/08
how do you like my V-6 twin-turbo active-suspension rollers?
Raidah
Kaspir
Posted 2:03 AM 24/9/08
"G2: Rollerblade Edition, no hands required"
Kaspir
noone1569
Posted 2:02 AM 24/9/08
Whoa dude, this phone is fast!
noone1569
agoolsbee
Posted 2:02 AM 24/9/08
they pay us extra to work in rollerblades all day. like at sonic.
agoolsbee
Odd_Thomas
Posted 2:02 AM 24/9/08
You mean they didn't just get back from playing roller hockey in the parking lot?
Odd_Thomas
DeusExMach
Posted 2:01 AM 24/9/08
...what shows up as the first entry for "Ridonkulous" in Google Image Search.
DeusExMach
Tweak
Posted 2:01 AM 24/9/08
"Hey Larry, do people like us now?"
"I don't know Sergey. We're cool now aren't we?"
Tweak
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 2:01 AM 24/9/08
"Da ha ha herrrrrrrrrrrr daaahaha"
"Weeeeeeee!"
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
ryanbish
Posted 2:01 AM 24/9/08
"We own F!@#$%^ Google.....we do what we want !!"
ryanbish
mdoublej
Posted 2:00 AM 24/9/08
Oh, sorry, caption...
"Yes that is a G1 in my pocket...but I'm still happy to see you"
mdoublej
ManoloDF
Posted 2:00 AM 24/9/08
Anyone else pissed the G1 doesn't have UMA (Hotspot@Home)?
Seems retarded from the company that wants to push the technology.
ManoloDF
Mr_Nowitt
Posted 2:00 AM 24/9/08
"We're much too rich to touch the ground you poor people walk on, BUY OUR PHONE!!! MUWHAHAHAHAHA."
Mr_Nowitt
danatoth
Posted 2:00 AM 24/9/08
"Yes the G1 IS just as cool as these roller blades, I swear on these roller blades it is."
danatoth
mdoublej
Posted 1:59 AM 24/9/08
Don't knock Dippin Dots...it's the ice cream of the future...for the last 20 years.
mdoublej
mvivas
Posted 1:59 AM 24/9/08
To differentiate ourselves from a drunk - George Clooney look alike and a horny "I just woke up, look at my hair" teenager, we are rollerblading. But it doesn't matter. We are filthy rich. See!
mvivas
dondgc
Posted 1:59 AM 24/9/08
If Steve Balmer can make an idiot of himself, so can we!
dondgc
Mr_Nowitt
Posted 1:59 AM 24/9/08
"The first of many "Android" enhancements, to come."
Mr_Nowitt
Mr_Nowitt
Posted 1:57 AM 24/9/08
"That's how we roll!"
Mr_Nowitt
godwhacker
Posted 1:57 AM 24/9/08
you mean superheros DON'T wear rollerblades? to the googlepoles!
godwhacker
nameSpencer
Posted 3:03 AM 24/9/08
Whats the hardest part of roller blading???
Telling your parents that you're gay...
nameSpencer
raoul_duke
Posted 3:00 AM 24/9/08
"they see us rollin'...
...they hatin'."
raoul_duke
JohnDeere
Posted 2:58 AM 24/9/08
"Atomic Dog"
JohnDeere
smegz
Posted 2:54 AM 24/9/08
"Now, my partner will shove his microphone up my ass. We'll see if that has any effect on my rollerblading ability."
smegz
sobadaya
Posted 2:54 AM 24/9/08
You see the lump in my pocket? Yeah? Guess what...
It's an iPhone!
Now buy the GPhone...
Fools.
Mwahahahahaha!
WEEEEEEEEEEE!
sobadaya
taylors_dad
Posted 2:53 AM 24/9/08
"Oh, and one more thing. Next week, we'll be on the new season of 'Beauty and the Geek'. Check your local listings for times and stations. Good afternoon and thanks for coming!"
taylors_dad
Nickolai_the_Russian_guy
Posted 2:51 AM 24/9/08
"In addition to Android, we're pleased to announce another new Google service : Pimp my Blades"
"We think Pimp my Ride is too closed source, so we're going to be taking open-source rollerblade designs and open-source pimping them!"
Nickolai_the_Russian_guy
jonahtaxt
Posted 2:50 AM 24/9/08
Nike + iPod? = SUX
G1 + Rollerblades = HIP
jonahtaxt
badhatharry
Posted 2:48 AM 24/9/08
"So I thought, 'no. This is a solid bet. There is no way Bill Gates can say the alphabet after eating seven crackers.'
badhatharry
MrBlahBlah
Posted 2:48 AM 24/9/08
"I'm so awkward!!!"
MrBlahBlah
Polybius
Posted 2:45 AM 24/9/08
"We have all this money and we can't even get Segways? LAME..."
Polybius
ripfire
Posted 2:44 AM 24/9/08
Gotta make a move to a Town that's right for me. doodoo doot doot too doot doo doo doot
Town to keep me movin' Keep me groovin' with some energy
doodoo doot doot too doot doo doo doot
Well, I talk about it Talk about it Talk about it..
ripfire
CYST!
Posted 3:21 AM 24/9/08
@OMG! Ponies!: Finally! Someone was bound to say it.
CYST!
bpapa9013
Posted 3:21 AM 24/9/08
We heard that ACL reconstruction is really expensive, so we had to get some. After some brief research we decided on rollerblading as the most likely avenue toward blown knee ligaments!
bpapa9013
Dilznoofus
Posted 3:21 AM 24/9/08
ripfire FTW!
Dilznoofus
Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->
Posted 3:16 AM 24/9/08
We are two wild and crazy billionaire guys!
Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->
Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->
Posted 3:15 AM 24/9/08
@Odd_Thomas: They were playing on the roof of Google till someone knocked the only ball off and into a sewer. Now they want to know where all the gatorade went.
Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->
Kajo
Posted 3:15 AM 24/9/08
"We put our roller blades on one at a time, just like every one else. It's just that when our blades our on we control the flow of information to all people of the Earth."
Kajo
yourfaceisjon
Posted 3:08 AM 24/9/08
"After the Seinfeld fiasco Microsoft decided it needed two younger billionaires to connect with real people in their new ad campaign."
yourfaceisjon
godwhacker
Posted 3:06 AM 24/9/08
@badhatharry:
lol
godwhacker
hothstudios
Posted 3:43 AM 24/9/08
"first you get the web company, then you get the rollerblades, then you get the khakis, then you get the women."
hothstudios
ksat
Posted 3:42 AM 24/9/08
"You Rock - We Roll"
or...
"Welcome to Sonic - how can I help you?"
ksat
CYST!
Posted 3:34 AM 24/9/08
@ChibiKyKiske: nice.
CYST!
CYST!
Posted 3:33 AM 24/9/08
@akacrash: rollerblading, though? c'mon!.......C'MON!
CYST!
akacrash
Posted 3:30 AM 24/9/08
Oh, and for the caption contest:
"What is this 'segway' you keep asking about?"
akacrash
akacrash
Posted 3:29 AM 24/9/08
Hey! I still rollerblade! In face I'm going out skating tonight with my club.
www.landskaters.org
Just cuz you rotund, pasty-white geeks think Halo = exercise doesn't mean the rest of the world can't go outside to play.
:p
akacrash
Xavoc
Posted 3:28 AM 24/9/08
"At least we're not screaming 'Developers' repeatedly while attempting to start an inappropriate slow clap in a sweat laden haze on stage."
Xavoc
CYST!
Posted 3:26 AM 24/9/08
2SWM. Billionaires. We never got invited to Malibu Grand Prix. Still loves Twisted Metal 2 on PS1 and streethockey. Hit us on our Androids. Love to meet you soon.......LAY-DEEEEEZ.
CYST!
Whisssper
Posted 4:00 AM 24/9/08
"The guy who sold us these insisted that they were segways"
Whisssper
im2fools
Posted 3:54 AM 24/9/08
We'd like to take this opportunity to also unveil our "Do you feel lucky?" personal grooming and wardrobe button, exclusively available from the Google Android Store.
*Rollerblades NOT Included.
im2fools
strider_mt2k
Posted 3:44 AM 24/9/08
That one Billionaire appears to have lipstick on his teeth.
-or maybe he's eating an orange or something.
Either way I can get that look for pennies.
strider_mt2k
raoul_duke
Posted 4:16 AM 24/9/08
"They see us rollin'...
...they hatin'."
raoul_duke
zero1
Posted 4:11 AM 24/9/08
"We would like to announce that we are funding and staring a 2.0 updated of Starlight Express."
zero1
Toshie
Posted 4:05 AM 24/9/08
"The whole Microsoft rivalry is way overstated. Bill Gates sent us these cool skates! Sure, I almost fell and broke my neck several times, but it's the thought that counts..."
Toshie
Digo
Posted 4:42 AM 24/9/08
Those are actually the new GoogleBlades. Google has partnered with industry leaders to change the face of rollerblading.
Digo
TheLoneGod
Posted 4:50 AM 24/9/08
"I wear roller blades and I'm a PC and we are not gay!"
>
"Come on Ballmer and Seinfeld, next ad we are going to be in roller blades damn it."
>
"Damn It! Its not roller blades that Billionaires ride, its Segways dude. We look so gay right now!"
TheLoneGod
J. Shirley
Posted 4:47 AM 24/9/08
What is better and more respectable than a Segway?
The G1!
J. Shirley
saruxiii
Posted 4:46 AM 24/9/08
"These are the new Segway prototype, all the billionaires are wearin' 'em. They're throwbacks to the way commoners used to travel."
saruxiii
aeroworks
Posted 5:03 AM 24/9/08
Looks like a new age bar mitzvah
aeroworks
laio
Posted 5:28 AM 24/9/08
"great news folks, we are just rolling out the supa-dupa Android, or is it the other way around?"
laio
Segador
Posted 5:28 AM 24/9/08
Introducing Googleblades- they're free!*
*by wearing Googleblades, you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to all life lived while wearing Googleblades. Google, inc. may adapt, modify, or terminate all life lived during stated wearing period.
Segador
Krrong
Posted 5:57 AM 24/9/08
Skates > Segway! Nuff Said!
Krrong
Bdlevin
Posted 5:55 AM 24/9/08
"ROLLIN ON 22's (in centimeters)"
Bdlevin
ttrimble
Posted 5:53 AM 24/9/08
Forget UPS and FedEx! We're going to personally deliver each and every phone to our customers.
ttrimble
BruzeWayne
Posted 5:46 AM 24/9/08
"...but our favorite feature of the G1 is the ability to transport yourself back in time to the year 1994! No, sorry, it ONLY goes to 1994."
BruzeWayne
Skinnebrew
Posted 5:44 AM 24/9/08
"They see us rollin...they hatin..."
Skinnebrew
The Nemrel
Posted 6:16 AM 24/9/08
"We're sorry for the roller blades - Amazon repossessed our Segways!"
The Nemrel
Faslane66
Posted 6:33 AM 24/9/08
Billon Dollar Fruit Booters!
Faslane66
SirDrinksalot
Posted 7:00 AM 24/9/08
Our Segway's are in the shop.
SirDrinksalot
subryu
Posted 6:57 AM 24/9/08
In an effort to correct society on the pronunciation of their company's name, executives of Google (pronounced go-ogle) made their latest product announcements on rollerblades, so that people would properly judge and leer at them, in the sprit of their company's namesake.
subryu
Tmacfan4321
Posted 7:29 AM 24/9/08
"We can take over the entire internet, on rollerblades."
Tmacfan4321
Hackintosh
Posted 8:49 AM 24/9/08
Larry: "We even have new suits! That's hip, Right?"
Sergey: "Mens Warehouse. Your going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."
Larry:"Ads by us. By the way, Ads will go on the phone as well!"
Hackintosh
merebito
Posted 8:49 AM 24/9/08
"Our Google Analytics polled the journalists in this office and found that you would be more receptive to our message if we wore the rollerblades."
-Larry
"Yeah, it was either that or Manga Cosplay outfits - our PR department made that choice for us. Ha-ha-ha. No but seriously folks, check out android"
-Sergey
merebito
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Posted 9:09 AM 24/9/08
snowplow, snowplow.......
BiZarRroBALlmeR
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Posted 9:06 AM 24/9/08
Rollin in my six four.
BiZarRroBALlmeR
DaSmith
Posted 8:59 AM 24/9/08
"It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A! It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A!"
DaSmith
theweakonomist
Posted 9:59 AM 24/9/08
"Who is shaving on the plane?"
theweakonomist
hellomms
Posted 11:58 AM 24/9/08
"Let incompetent, close-minded Gizmodo bloggers write crap on us - we dont give an eff"
hellomms
Oakland510
Posted 12:45 PM 24/9/08
The original two Google Androids play chase followed by a rousing tickle fight to find the new phone.
Oakland510
Trowble (XBL/PSN)
Posted 12:34 PM 24/9/08
Larry: "Sergey, they all look like ants from up here."
Sergey: "They are ants Larry, THEY ARE ANTS!"
Trowble (XBL/PSN)
chinapat
Posted 2:06 PM 24/9/08
"Now as we roll down the aisle please remain very still, we will be collecting DNA samples from everyone whether you like it or not."
(Sergey)"Come on people, I showed you mine now you show me yours."
chinapat
Jraktal
Posted 12:09 AM 25/9/08
"Money can't buy me love"
Jraktal
enchantedgoose
Posted 10:57 AM 25/9/08
"they are stealing this post as we speak"
enchantedgoose
bmocbarker
Posted 2:27 AM 25/9/08
Have fun picking your feet up and putting them back down, plebs!
bmocbarker
bmocbarker
Posted 3:07 AM 24/9/08
Yeaaah! That's right ladies. Uh-huh. We're billionaires too!
bmocbarker