--- title: “Not So Smart” Irrigation Photo Caption Contest Winners! description: "We've tallied up the scores, and chosen our favorite captions in the \"Not So Smart\" Irrigation Photo Caption Contest." image: https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Logo-SIM1-Mar-02-2022-04-56-35-74-PM.jpg --- ### Resources [![Ewing Outdoor Supply Logo V 4 Color](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Ewing%20Outdoor%20Supply%20Logo%20V%204%20Color.png) ](https://www.ewingoutdoorsupply.com/) [![Login/Register](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/20200354/5d045e9a-574a-4a92-a8cc-1ce2a4352784.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/20200354/5d045e9a-574a-4a92-a8cc-1ce2a4352784) 0 You have no items in your shopping cart ### Shop Products Shop Products # Irrigation & Landscape supply Blog # “Not So Smart” Irrigation Photo Caption Contest Winners! 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Check them out: **[Photo 1](https://www.ewingirrigation.com/news/photo-1-not-so-smart-irrigation-caption-contest/)** [![Not So Smart Irrigation](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-1-Corwin-300x225-1.jpg?width=300&height=225&name=PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-1-Corwin-300x225-1.jpg)](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-1-Corwin1-4.jpg) **Bryant Traylor:** New meaning of MPR - "Mixed Precipitation Rate". **Jeff Miller:** “Two heads are not always better than one.” –Proverb on Matched Precipitation Rates **Scotty P.:** The long and the short of it is YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG! **Mark Lyle:** Listen you little punk, this is my turf, you go spray somewhere else! **Scott Thompson:** Papa (rotor) showing Jr. (spray) what it will be like when he gets older. [**Photo 2**](https://www.ewingirrigation.com/news/photo-2-not-so-smart-irrigation-photo-caption-contest/) [![Not So Smart Irrigation](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-2-300x225-1.jpg?width=300&height=225&name=PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-2-300x225-1.jpg)](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-21-4.jpg) **Randy:** “...and you can even have a community vegetable garden.” **Mark:** 'cuz digging is too mainstream. [**Photo 3**](https://www.ewingirrigation.com/news/photo-3-not-so-smart-irrigation-caption-contest/) [![Not So Smart Irrigation](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-3-300x225-1.jpg?width=300&height=225&name=PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-3-300x225-1.jpg)](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-31-4.jpg) **Richard Hall:** "We like to put everything in one place, just in case...?" **Chris Lanier:** You might be a bad irrigation installer if: You put anything in that resembles this. **John Buchholz:** Army irrigation: Left, right, left, right. [**Photo 4**](https://www.ewingirrigation.com/news/photo-4-not-so-smart-irrigation-caption-contest/)   [![Not So Smart Irrigation](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-1-Soph-300x224-1.jpg?width=300&height=224&name=PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-1-Soph-300x224-1.jpg)](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-1-Soph1-4.jpg) **Brandon Lengtat:** "Ya, I think they're gonna eventually build a shed right here so toss a flag up in the air and see which side of the sidewalk we'll put the controller." **Matt Torres:** Naa don't worry about it. I made sure to lock it. [**Photo 5**](https://www.ewingirrigation.com/news/photo-5-not-so-smart-irrigation-caption-contest/) [![Not so smart irrigation](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-5-300x300-1.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-5-300x300-1.jpg)](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-51-2.jpg) **Janice Carnley:** I said I wanted a low maintenance landscape...wasn't expecting this! **Miguel G.:** St. Asphalteus, easily the most low-maintenance ground-cover variety on the market, requires very little water to keep its sheen - one spray head will suffice. [**Photo 6**](https://www.ewingirrigation.com/news/photo-6-not-so-smart-irrigation-caption-contest/) [![Not So Smart Irrigation](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-6-300x225-1.jpg?width=300&height=225&name=PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-6-300x225-1.jpg)](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-61-4.jpg) **Matt Torres:** I don't want my little babies to get too cold. **Raul:** "Valve boxes?.....VALVE BOXES?!....WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' BOXES!!!"   [**Photo 7**](https://www.ewingirrigation.com/news/photo-7-final-not-so-smart-irrigation-caption-contest-photo/) [![Not So Smart Irrigation](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-7-300x225-1.jpg?width=300&height=225&name=PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-7-300x225-1.jpg)](https://ewingirrigation-20200354.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PRIMG-Misc-Not-So-Smart-71-2.jpg) **Jeff Miller:** Finally, a sprinkler system you mow under and not over! **And the winners are....   ** - First place goes to Matt Torres! Matt will receive a $50 Visa gift card. - Second place goes to Jeff Miller! Jeff will receive a $25 Visa gift card. All the other contestants with captions listed here will also receive our "honorable mention" prize, a $10 Visa gift card, if eligible. Please [**contact us**](mailto:lory@ewingirrigation.com) to claim your prize, if you do not receive an email from us today. Thank you to everyone who participated! Keep watching out for “not so smart” irrigation, and let’s promote **[smart irrigation](http://www.ewingirrigation.com/smart)** this July! 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