Winner
Jim here wrote the ultimate caption for Comical Processing, I had no choice but to blow up the lab. by Kevin SummHonorable Mentions
"We were wondering what would happen if we mixed everything we found in your purse. We won’t be doing that again anytime soon!" by Michael Palmosina
"All I’m saying is Mentos and Coca-Cola!" by George M. Hudak
"Too noisy?" by Dale Stout
Other Submissions
"On paper it was a sure thing. . ." by Judith Craft
"We promise to read the directions next time." by Jeanne Clark
"OK Sara, how much do you want to keep this near miss a secret from the Safety Dept." by Harold Paine
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you....!" by Craig Watkinson
"We made a slight miss-calculation when we converted the formula from English units to SI units…." by Robert Andrew
"Did you notice there is no smoke??" by Jatin Shah
"Look on the bright side. That least the flask didn’t blow up." by Harold Paine
"We had a minor incident in the lab." by Robert Andrew
"Look on the bright side, that stain on the carpet is completely gone!" by Kirby Hostetler
"Jim copied this great espresso recipe from an infomercial, but we didn’t have quite the right ingredients, so we improvised on a couple items." by Robert Andrew
"Harry didn’t believe the Mythbusters and wanted to try it ourselves." by Robert Andrew
"I said stirred not shaken." by John Opiola
"We might have tried to brew the coffee a little strong this morning." by John W. Street
"WOW! That sure has a kick." by George M. Hudak
"Have you seen my safety glasses?" by George M. Hudak
"We were trying science!" by George M. Hudak
"You said you wanted to redecorate." by Jack Burdette
"I thought H2O2 was just fancy water…" by Larry Shade
"We ran out of Acetic so I used Sulfuric Acid instead…" by Larry Shade
"Aahh…. Sorry Boss…" by Robert Andrew
"WHY you two quit fighting and clean up this mess before you get fired." by Donald Drummond
"Larry's formula for "Liquid Desk Organizer" needs some fine-tuning!" by Ken Oldham
"Larry's formula for "Desk Organizer In A Bottle" needs some fine-tuning!" by Ken Oldham
"Please NO more cabbage salad for lunch!" by Dennis Adams
"So you say you heard a loud rumble…. No can’t say as we heard anything like that. Sorry!" by George M. Hudak
"Cindy…that is a beautiful blouse you have on today! What brings you up to our lab?" by George M. Hudak
"You said you wanted to shake things up." by Dale Stout
"I was demonstrating an exothermic reaction and it sort of got out of hand…..sorry." by Scott J. Weston
"How were we supposed to know those were your cookies?" by Larry Shade