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Comical Processing: You Write The Cartoon Caption Winner December 13, 2009

Dec. 13, 2009
Congratulations to Robert Andrew. Robert submitted 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.

It's my retirement fund . . . according to my broker it's the only

thing guaranteed to go up in value.

Honorable Mentions

"It's for a Government-sponsored project." Submitted  by  Tim Van Dyke, Medina, Ohio

" No, I'm not compensating for something else." Submitted  by  Kirby Hostetler

"It's left over from our Y2K plans so I thought we could use it for our pandemic planning." Submitted by Tom Dingo


Click here to see the current Comical Processing cartoon.

Other Submissions

"This is the gas tank for my new hybrid." Submitted  by  Mervin Archer; Grove, Okla.

"After Cap-and-Trade I wont be able to afford any." Submitted  by  Mike Resetarits; Stillwater, Okla.

"My wife just bought a Hummer." Submitted  by  Mike Resetarits; Stillwater, Okla.

"As the dollar goes down, gasoline goes up!" Submitted  by  Larry Addington; Quapaw, Okla.

"This "Jerry" lives life "King" size." Submitted  by  Jatin D. Shah; Mumbai, India

"We're gonna need a longer hose." Submitted  by  Lynn Wheat; Collierville, Tenn.

"It's only a Smart car under there, I just want everyone to think I earn enough to drive a real gas guzzler." Submitted  by  Simon Brown

"Yep, last time we jump started it, must've blacked out most of the east coast." Submitted  by  W. Carroll Fox, Jr.

"Actually, getting the cap off is pretty easy. The real trick with this thing is to not open the air vent to better control the flow when pouring." Submitted  by  David Debari

"You think that's big, you should see my lawn mower!" Submitted  by  Thomas Spence; Dayton, Ohio

"OK, so my lawn mower is not exactly what you would call Green." Submitted  by  Greg Morgan

"Yeah, King Kong. He just dropped it by and said he'd be back next week to pick it up." Submitted  by  C. Elwell, Lees Summit, Mo.

"I know, I know, but it was the only size they had left!" Submitted  by  Reid Yeargan; Valdosta, Ga.

"She was kinda' cute and had run out of gas, so I told her we'd give her enough to fill a Gerry can . . then this thing showed up." Submitted  by  George R. Litwinski

"Please hurry, I've got a long walk back to my car." Submitted  by  Willy Wilson; Austin, Texas

"Everybody and everything gets downsized . . . but not the oil industry."  Submitted by Jatin D. Shah; Mumbai, India

"The dealer said with their SUV I would get 1,000 miles on 1 jerry can of gas." Submitted  by  James Davidson

"Al Gore ran out of gas down the road. He needs to fill his SUV." Submitted  by  James Carlock

"The Grand Prize was a free can of gas. Fill-er-up!" Submitted  by  Bo Getty

"Do you think this will help the economic stimulus plan?" Submitted  by  Ronald Dixon

"We're ready for Green House Gas Emissions taxes, are you?" Submitted  by  Tom Williams; Richmond, Va.

"What’s the big deal . . . I drive a Hummer." Submitted  by  Robert Andrew

"Some guy from Dubai gave it to me for free, can you believe it?" Submitted  by  Jay Sheerer

"Don't just stand there looking at it. Fill it." Submitted  by  Donald Drummond; Clarksburg, W. Va.

"Gulliver's run out of gas again." Submitted  by  Rob Falconer; Lakeland, Fla.

"But don't tell anyone what Obama told me - I don't want to start a panic." Submitted  by  Rob Falconer; Lakeland, Fla.

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