Funny Pharm: You Write the Caption & Win: May-June 2011

Introducing "Funny Pharm," sponsored by Paratherm Corp., featuring drawings by award-winning cartoonist Jerry King. Submit your caption and win.

Funny Pharm: You Write the Caption

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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing introduces "Funny Pharm," featuring drawings by award-winning cartoonist Jerry King.

The winning cartoon caption will be featured on the PharmaManufacturing.com Web site and in the PharmaManufacturing.com eNewsletter. The winner will receive a coffee mug with the cartoon and winning caption printed on it.

Please submit your caption to [email protected]. Thank you for your contributions!

Winner:

"It’s still less people doing more work no matter HOW you slice it." - Ruth Ferguson

Honorable Mention:

"Make sure you cut it so that each one thinks he’s getting the largest slice." - Atul Deshmukh

“Save the crust for me.” - Gul Balwani

Contending Submissions:

“Pfew, I escaped the pfizza Pfizer silcer dicer” and “Who will buy from the Pfizer pfizza pfie” - Declan Byrne

"Viagra Pizza, my favorite!" and "No, I said Pizza-flavored Viagra, not Viagra-flavored pizza!" - Bruce Denis

"Is that what they mean by breaking the news gently?" - Malcolm Ross

“Save the crust for me” - Gul Balwani

"It’s still less people doing more work no matter HOW you slice it." - Ruth Ferguson

“That’s the trouble with being so big. Everyone wants a piece of you.” - Tara Bronson

"Did anyone bring Protonix?" - Andrew Faden

“I’m not so sure our last acquisition is a good fit, pizza pie sublingual diet pills?”
“What’s next? ‘Good Night, Good Night’ boutique coffee bars?” - Eduard Venczel

"The FDA hasn't approved any toppings. So, it's generic pizza for everybody." - Arnold R. Lee

“I guess this means that the rumors we’ve been hearing about really are true.  We’re not just being downsized, we’re being rightsized”! – Dan Sacher

"Miss Pfeffernuss, get us some pforks." and "That's a lot of pfizza." and "We'll get someone to eat all that pizza, then sell them a weight loss drug." and "It's gonna be pfun dividing this up." and "We'll only charge 50¢ per piece, and $2000 to slice it." and "I want the pfepperoni slice." and "So, 12.5% think doctors should accept free lunches from pharmaceutical reps, 13% undecided..." and "We can start as soon as Bristol-Myers gets here with the root beer." - Bill Russo

"Make sure you cut it so that each one thinks he’s getting the largest slice." - Atul Deshmukh

"With the upcoming loss of Pfizer's Lipitor--this lessesn its market share" - Mohammed Abdul Jawad

“Could you make a few more cuts, we don’t need the extra calories!” - Said Hassan

"We are feeding all the unemployed scientists" - Terry Burgess

"He used work for Pfizer. He makes everything gigantic first and then try to make them smaller" - Vamshi Pillarishetty

Hey Tony, "Get this Capsugel slice to KKR pronto! It's been sittin' here for years!"- Michael Guglielmo

"I’ll have mine with pepperoni, mushrooms, and Viagara.  Hold the pepperoni, and mushrooms!!!" - Sheldon Krocker

"Hay, Hay, Hay, don't make more, we need only 6 equal pieces. Don't you know?  we are implementing 6 sigma and lean management." - Imran Zia

"Why do we have to eat the same pizza over – and – over – and – over again?" - Robert Macdonald

"Economic hardship causes Pfizer to lose a slice of the market pie" - Gracia Wheatley

"Take the pie and say Good-Bye" - Mehul Doshi

"I guess the FDA has helped enough!!" - Donna Spath

"They call it 'Piagara'.  Funny... it started off as a strawberry tart 30 minutes ago!" - Jim McDow