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Comical Processing: You Write The Cartoon Caption Winner June 27, 2010

June 27, 2010
Congratulations to Kirby Hostetler of Barberton, Ohio, for submitting the winning caption to the Comical Processing cartoon. A new cartoon has been posted.
"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.

What do you mean you couldn’t find the shutoff valve?

Honorable Mentions

"When did Shaquille O’Neal start working in our Design Department?" Submitted  by  Richard Gauthe

"Loose lips sink ships . . . no, that's not it, Red skies at night, sailors delight . . . no no . . . Simmons, I remember the magic passwords, Lefty loosey righty tighty! " Submitted  by  Chuck Lewis"The agitator should be on the inside." Submitted  by  Cameron WattClick here to see the current Comical Processing cartoon.

Other Submissions

"This is what happens when you have a 6' 8", 300-lb engineer writing your valve specs." Submitted  by  John Aiken; Monroeville, Pa.

"Really? A MOC was done on this UPgrade."  Submitted by Jeanette DeGennaro, Fair Lawn, N.J.

"Instead of diverting flow to the targeted tank, we found a more direct way to divert the pipe itself using this wheel!" Submitted  by  Sebastian Thomas; Sharjah

"Hey! Do you have a driving license for 5000000L reactors?" Submitted  by  Nídia Sá Caetano

"This is what they call the wheel of fortune!" Submitted  by  Nídia Sá Caetano

"This new aerogenerator is quite portable!" Submitted  by  Nídia Sá Caetano

" No, No, No. The labels are all wrong. It's 'righty tighty'." Submitted  by  Kirby Hostetler; Barberton, Ohio

"They were supposed to 5S this, but this is ridiculous." Submitted  by  Mervin Archer

" Will you look at that. I specified a blue hand wheel. I told them BLUE!!!" Submitted  by  David Debari

"Turn oh magic valve, turn I say!" Submitted  by  Rick Staley

" Remember, when I yell NOW!! . . . The maintenance crew on the inside will pull the pin and you and are to catch the valve." Submitted  by  Chuck Lewis

"It was designed at corporate headquarters." Submitted  by  Wilfred J. Robin

"Call BP! I think we found the valve that shuts off flow from Deepwater Horizon!" Submitted  by  Jim McDow; Augusta, Ga.

"A field corollary to the Big Red 'EASY' Button." Submitted  by  Bob Vaughn

"I don't know which way is open and which is closed, do you?" Submitted  by  Michael Akins

"Harry's roulette addiction was getting all too obvious." Submitted  by  Rob Falconer; Lakeland, Fla.

"How do they expect us to turn this wheel without a ladder?" Submitted  by  Donald Drummond; Clarksburg, W. Va.

"Whose signed off on this?" Submitted  by  Cameron Watt

"Where's the other half of the Ezekiel valve?" Submitted  by  Cameron Watt

"Health and safety won't let us use just one man to open that." Submitted  by  Cameron Watt

"The operators here in Nairobi are tall men." Submitted  by  Cameron Watt

"How much wind will THAT catch?" Submitted  by  Cameron Watt

" Don't you know that OSHA requires a safety harness above 4 feet." Submitted  by  Larry Donaldson; McIntyre, Ga.

"It looks cleaner than the water in the Gulf of Mexico. . . ." Submitted  by  Goran Zarkov

"It seems everything in my life is just out of reach." Submitted  by  Traci Lynn; Olmsted Falls, Ohio.

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