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Comical Processing: You Write The Cartoon Caption Winner July 31, 2011

July 31, 2011
Congratulations to Gus Allen of Cary, N.C., for submitting the winning caption. See if you've got what it takes to be the next winner -- 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.

I think Schultz is ready to retire. I told him to prepare a vessel
with water and this is what he gave me.

Honorable Mentions

"I think we need a little recalibration for our Basic Engineering Design Data. . . " Submitted  by  Shahid Mahmood; Saudi Arabia

 "Who said anything about a SHIP...I said lab-on-a-CHIP" Submitted  by  Jatin D Shah

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OTHER SUBMISSIONS

"I can't believe the guys in Marketing pulled it off. So what was the bet again?"Submitted  by  Steve C; New York

"You do realize old sailing vessels don't have sewage treatment!"Submitted  by  Joseph Romano

"I get the 3-D printing of the ship in the bottle. How did you do the water?"Submitted  by  Joseph Romano

"Since there is no wind, the chemical transfer in this process never happened. "Submitted  by Bruce Rigsby

"Hey Charlie, that looks like you and me! Do you think that the boss is trying to say something?"Submitted  by  Robert Valeri

"It's pretty simple actually. Just place an inverted funnel lined with hydrophobic silicon grease over the ship and place it over the model...add some water and Voila! A sonicator creates the ripple effect required for waves. "Submitted  by  Jatin D Shah

"I thought I told you to take the pirate movie out of the laptop before starting the nanobot program!"Submitted  by  Terry Mackin

"This is a neat trick, but you would have thought those R&D guys could get these new self assembling nano things to make a speed boat!"Submitted  by  Craig Watkinson

"The budget was for a sloop. . . "Submitted  by  Robert G. Hughes

"Phil, I'm sorry about you losing your job. Who knew your gift would make the CEO sea sick! "Submitted  by  Chuck Lewis

"Anybody can make a ship in a bottle. Re-floating a sunken one using a salvage crew of trained brine shrimp takes it to another level."Submitted  by  Cameron Watt

"This is how we're getting the tadpoles out of the cooling pond."Submitted  by  Cameron Watt

"My Sea-Monkeys were never so interesting."Submitted  by  Cameron Watt

"How does this fix our shipping problem?"Submitted  by  Jack Uncle; Sandusky, Ohio

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