"Comical Processing" features drawings by award-winning cartoonist Jerry King. It’s our way of letting you take a break from all the serious stuff you deal with at work — by coming up with appropriate light-hearted captions.
Watch what you wish for. I just asked if I could monitor it from my desk.
Honorable Mentions
"Behind this calm exterior, Perkins, is a huge machine working like the blazes!" Submitted by Steve Mcghie
"Coffee is ready in 10 seconds!" Submitted by Michael L. Dunn
"They can fiddle with the thermostat all they want, but "I" control the HVAC!" Submitted by Kent Moraga; Indianapolis, Ind.
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Other Submissions
"Yes, I have instant hot water for my tea." Submitted by Barry Weissman; East Millstone, N.J."I'm a very hands-on controls engineer." Submitted by Christine Banaszek; Hauppauge, N.Y.
"Cost optimization in the plant brings my room here." Submitted by Parthasarathi Subramanian; Chennai, India
"I'm checking how the heat is escaping." Submitted by Parthasarathi Subramanian; Chennai, India
"It's the boss's way of emphasizing safe operation!" Submitted by Don Kennedy
"To save my time, they put me closer to the Suggestion Box." Submitted by Jatin D. Shah
"I take recapturing waste heat seriously!" Submitted by Chip Palmer; Greenville, S.C.
"Joe has the condenser and bottler in HIS office!" Submitted by Ed Steve; Philadelphia, Pa.
"I don't think this will reduce global warming." Submitted by Ron Strybos
"So . . . They wanted me to heat the place up a little!" Submitted by Robert Andrew
"Doesn't everyone have their own personal boiler?" Submitted by Robert Andrew
" Yeah, the wife and kids bought me the commercial model. I can whip you up an espresso or cappuccino in just a few seconds." Submitted by David Debari
"I'm holding it here until the department recharge comes through from the plant." Submitted by S. Mackey; St. Paul, Minn.
"How do you like my new espresso machine Jenkins?" Submitted by Lynn Wheat; Collierville, Tenn.
"You really think my new pencil sharpener is just a tad 'over-engineered'?" Submitted by Jonathan W. Cahill; Perrysburg, Ohio
"The lives of 20 million people depend on you telling me what this thing is!" Submitted by George Cernigliaro
"If they move my desk one more time, I will quit! Or burn the building down." Submitted by Mervin Archer; Grove, Okla,
"I was building up so much steam that my boss put me in the boiler room." Submitted by Donald Drummond; Clarksburg, W. Va.
"I like my coffee brewed the proper way." Submitted by Rob Falconer; Lakeland, Fla.
"My doctor finally found a solution to my trapped wind problem." Submitted by Rob Falconer; Lakeland, Fla.
"I told the boss I needed to blow off some steam. He moved my desk here." Submitted by Traci Lynn; San Francisco, Calif.