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Comical Processing: You Write The Cartoon Caption Winner May 31, 2009

May 31, 2009
Congratulations to Ed N. of Houston, Texas, who 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.

George! You're a major roadblock on the
path to a paperless society.

Honorable Mentions

"Gesundheit!!" Submitted  by  Glenn M., Longview, Texas

"Hey Bill, I see you’ve received my maintenance request forms." Submitted  by  Adrien S.

"Do you want me to bring you the Shop-Vac?" Submitted  by  Sherry J., Rouses Point, N.Y.


Click here to see the current Comical Processing cartoon.

Other Submissions

"eek: What a mess. Cant find a thing." Submitted  by  Donald D., Clarksburg, W. Va.

"I volunteered you to host a meeting on “time management skills.” Can you put some slides together for me to review by COB today?" Submitted  by  Kelly L., St. Charles, La.

"Perseverance doesn't equal worthiness, you are fired." Submitted  by  Ashwin R., Houston, Texas
 
"See what a three-day weekend does for you?" Submitted  by  Ron D., Hastings, Neb.

"Hey Al, boss said your report still has some format problems."  Submitted  by  Morteza A., Tehran,Iran

"The boss says to stop you working on that project he gave you last month, he has a new one for you that he needs by the end of the week!" Submitted  by  Dave L., Singapore

"Hey Mike! Good news! The government extended the compliance deadline for documentation." Submitted  by  Tyrone R., Norwood, Ohio

"Thanks for volunteering to upload these into our new Document Management System." Submitted  by  Kim F., California

"Fred, did I leave my origami art in here?" Submitted  by  Craig E., Lees Summit, Mo.

"Hey Al, have you seen my hamster?" Submitted  by  Craig E., Lees Summit, Mo.

" The Boss wants 15 copies of your plan for developing a paperless Document & Records Control System." Submitted  by  L. O. Howard, Russellville, Ark.

"Wasn’t Spring Cleaning fun?" Submitted  by  Cecile E., California

"Well, I told you the electronic project handover is much easier." Submitted  by  Abhijeet M., Vadodara, India

"Good morning, and how was your weekend?" Submitted  by  Graham B., Pegia, Cyprus

"The avalanche filing system just isn’t working for you, is it?" Submitted  by  Ron S.

"IT called! They want to know what you think of their new paperwork-reduction software!" Submitted  by  Norm R.

"I see your file clerk is on vacation again." Submitted  by  Mark B., Fort Dodge, Iowa

"I see your not busy, I’ve got a project I need done right away!" Submitted  by  Rob A.

" I grabbed the report off your desk yesterday. Hope you don't mind." Submitted  by  Brian B., Corpus Christi, Texas

" The job isn't finished until the paperwork is completed!!" Submitted  by  Ted O., Shanghai

"Be very polite when responding to the complains… by the amount of letters the company future depends on you!" Submitted  by  Carlos P., Jubail, Saudi Arabia

"We will use hardcopy just wile our network is down!" Submitted  by  Carlos P., Jubail, Saudi Arabia

"Yeah, and I'll need that report for my 9:00 meeting tomorrow with the client." Submitted  by  Donna Y., Aiken, S.C.

"Wait! I have the SOP here." Submitted  by  Roberto M.

"Are you ready to see the ISO Auditor?" Submitted  by  Pam N.

"Hmmm, it seems you started scale-up with documentation..." Submitted  by  Darius L., Utena, Lithuania

"You could stop worrying about the raw material for our bioethanol project, Rolf." Submitted  by  R. Shanthini

"Yikes: What a lot of paper work." Submitted  by  Donald D., Clarksburg, W. Va.

"Just coming, as we planned to sit on data sheets now." Submitted  by  Noor M.

"Hey Jim, it's almost time for lunch break." Submitted  by  Donald D., Clarksburg, W. Va.

"One of life’s true paradigm. There are only 3 sure things in life: Taxes, Death and Paperwork. Not necessarily in that order and they all lead to more of the same." Submitted  by  Craig S.

"Maybe next year you'll shorten your vacation!!" Submitted  by  Jim H., Chicago

"Hey, did you ever reply to that chain letter?" Submitted  by  Rob F., Lakeland, Fla.

"Well, at least you’ve stopped complaining about email spam now." Submitted  by  Rob F., Lakeland, Fla.

"Did you see the report I left on your desk?" Submitted  by  Nate V., Valley City, Ohio

Click here to see the current Comical Processing cartoon.

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