Comical Processing: You Write The Cartoon Caption Winner May 16, 2010

"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.

I think we've found the bottleneck!

Honorable Mentions

"Hey, you can't go straight from Paperwork to Chemicals. Where is the Review Column, the Approval Day Tank, and the Recycle Loop?" Submitted by David Debari

"Let's see them audit us now!" Submitted by Kirby Hostetler; Barberton, Ohio

"It must be the paperwork that is clogging up our chemicals production." Submitted by David Sloan; San Antonio, TexasClick here to see the current Comical Processing cartoon.

Other Submissions

"Hypothetical question: In which tank would you rather drown the boss?" Submitted by Christine Banaszek; Hauppauge, N.Y.

"This is so much more versatile than the algae to biodiesel process." Submitted by Larry Cummings; Henderson, Nev.

"Wow!! A quantum jump in sustainability!! We can now make all our products using only the paper we generate!!" Submitted by Sebastian Thomas

"So. . . what does that mean???" Submitted by Nancy Gooding; Port Jervis, N.Y.

"I heard we're selling off the chemicals production so we can get down to our core business." Submitted by John Sharp; Houston, Texas

"Behold, the new way of slowing down violent chemical reactions." Submitted by Femi Eruja; Lagos, Nigeria

"You're right -- these tanks aren't compliant with HazCom! Make sure you get a "toxic" sign on that paperwork tank right away!" Submitted by Robin Avery

"P&IDs . . . we don't need no stinking P&IDs." Submitted by Kirby Hostetler; Barberton, Ohio

"Are you sure that the Paperworks tank is going to stand all this engineering knowledge . . ." Submitted by Nidia Caetano; Porto, Portugal

"If we could only get paid by the pound for the paperwork we generate . . . " Submitted by Orlando

"This guarantees an MSDS goes with every order." Submitted by John M. Patterson

"I was afraid this was going to happen one day . . . our paperwork has finally exceeded our production capability!" Submitted by Jim McDow; Augusta, Ga.

"For some reason, this tank never finishes processing before the other one. I guess it's not finished until the paperwork is done!" Submitted by Jim McDow; Augusta, Ga.

" See, I told you the amount of paperwork was greater than our product output." Submitted by Mark Behrens

"We had no choice but to install a larger tank. They just keep adding more and more paperwork to the process." Submitted by Larry Haines; Ashtabula, Ohio

"When did we start making chemicals?" Submitted by Peter Malone

"I don't understand why one is marked paperwork and the other is marked chemicals. Is it because you are trying to save office space?" Submitted by Donald Drummond Clarksburg; W. Va.

"We're hoping this process will start paying off when we get more people to work in the new paper recycle program." Submitted by R. T. Mueller; Hertford, N.C.

"There is really nothing in there. This is just our way of keeping the EPA out of our documents." Submitted by Mervin Archer; Grove, Okla.

"You know, nothing is finished until the paperwork is done." Submitted by Mervin Archer; Grove, Okla.

"It is amazing how much business picked up once we started recycling our paperwork." Submitted by Robert Andrew

"One's for toilet paper, the other Loo-Bloo." Submitted by Rob Falconer; Lakeland, Fla.

"Press one button, and all our accounts are liquefied." Submitted by Rob Falconer; Lakeland, Fla.

"We need to run in another line from central filing." Submitted by Cameron Watt

"They sure dumb things down for the operators in the de-inking plant." Submitted by Cameron Watt

" De-inking simplified." Submitted by Cameron Watt

"We had to design it this way since we extract all that red tape." Submitted by Trudi Lynn; Berea, Ohio