Tom LaRock (Blog – @SQLRockstar) built a web site for his upcoming book, DBA Survivor, and he’s running a contest. Take a look at the banner photo of the site, and caption it:
My captions are:
- “Somewhere out there, a database is crying out in pain. I can feel it.”
- “So this is what an Oracle DBA’s office looks like?”
- “I wonder if I could throw a developer through this window.” (Inspired by @SQLDumbAss.)
- “Is that the SQLBatLight in the distance?”
- “I finally found a view in this company that I don’t have to maintain – the Access guy washes the windows.”
Here’s how to enter the caption contest. Comments are disabled on this post because I don’t want people thinking they can leave a comment here and enter the contest.

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