Winner
"Ah, only 4,726 more valves to check..." By Scott Shepherd
Honorable Mentions
"The map says Waldo was found after several months." By Marvin Sager
"My P&ID says there's a check valve here somewhere..." By David Wolff
"Steve designed the world-class plant to cover 10 acres, but due to budget cutbacks, he was limited to 2." By Kenneth Russell
"White smoke? Do we really have a new Pope?" By Pedro Angeles
"Which pipe? And I thought AI would do everything!" By Kambal Rao
Submissions
"This new escape room has bested Dale." By Jade Northridge
"Following the sinking of the last submarine, Phil gets a behind the scenes look at the new proposed toilet flushing system." By Stephen Miller
"I have got to talk with engineering about these As-Builds piping blue prints." By Allan O'Briant
"Dave's job was to demo all the decommissioned lines while maintaining production targets." By Kenneth Russell
"If this represents the future of Continous Processing, I will vote to stay with Batch Processing." By Aloysius Anaebonam
"Newly appointed Department of Efficiency head, Elon Musk tackles his first governmental waste project by inspecting the White House plumbing." By Chuck Lewis
"After reviewing the schematic and looking at the plumbing nightmare all around him, the inspector surmised this was done by The Three Stooges." By Chuck Lewis
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave..." By Jatin Shah
"Suddenly realizing that the tangle of pipes reminded him of a snake hibernaculum, Henry’s ophidiophobia kicked in, freezing Mr. Jones in place, not to be found for days." By Robert Bauer
"Stressing out over his upcoming P.E. exam, Jose finds himself once again in his recurring dream about one of the problems to be solved… An actual ‘plumber’s nightmare’…" By Robert Bauer
“Harry was hoping the hissing sound near him was from a steam pipe and not the six foot Cobra snake that escaped from the company testing lab next door." By Chuck Lewis
"Chemical Engineers fellows, now that the whole project is totally completed, as you see it. The main question is, what the heck are we going to do if the flow goes in the wrong direction?" Jose G. Vega
"I hope there's cheese at the end of this maze." By Arwen Bauer
"I wish they would have listened when I said PSM was important." By Karl Seper
"The drawings look so much simpler on paper than the actual. I think I should rather stick to my office and not venture in the plant." By Sudeep Roy
"The day Jerry was asked to calculate the recycled loop ratio..." By Stephen Miller
"The AI generated virtual reality was not what Jerry had pictured on his 2d drawing." By Stephen Miller
"While the shortage of standard pipe looked like it would move back startup, procurement was able to find a sale of 90° bends and we are now back on schedule." By Stephen Miller
"#PiperackProblems." By Tom Richardson
"Tell the new engineer to field verify the P&ID. It's just a transfer line." By Daniel Houghton
"Warning: only open the valve on the GREY PIPE!" By Topher Taylor
"Sure wish I got Bluetooth!" By Meg (Mary E) Grant
"The questions for the pipes and myself are the same: 'How do we come and how we go?'" By Poppy Dase
"After navigating through Atlantis, Narnia, and Pangea, Tom was getting fed up with not having found V-101" By Alex C
"Why do I have to do the as-built again?" By Ole Raadam
"Just check the digital twin basis are OK." By Amelia Suarez