Funny Pharm: You Write the Caption & Win: October 2011

"Funny Pharm," sponsored by Paratherm Corp., features 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 a bird, it's a plane, it's a -- Consent Decree! Here you go sir" - Zach Beach

Honorable Mention:

"Able to leap to a bad conclusion in a single bound!" - Gregg Muench

"Would you like to SUPER SIZE your complaint today?" - Nick Sanders

Contending Submissions:

"I’m from the government and I’m here to help!" - Frank Drahos

"News Flash....FDA approves Kryptonite to cure Pharma ills" - Declan Byrne

"My x-ray vision is awaiting internal approval and faster than a speeding bullet is under review by homeland security! How can I help you?!" - Joseph Romano

"Would you like to SUPER SIZE your complaint today?" - Nick Sanders

"No NDA? Up, Up & Away!" - Mark Kling

"After the Metropolis budget cuts, this was the only job I could find" - Charles Costanzo

"Don't tug on my cape." and "Get with the Program." and "All my hormones are natural." and "You wanted to be gamma sterilized, didn't you?" - Dale Stout

"Able to leap to a bad conclusion in a single bound!" - Gregg Muench

"No path, hire a wingman" - Donna Henry

"Hi! I’m the new Super Fast, Single Employee, Single Window Clearing Desk. How may I help you ?" and "This is the latest cost saving measure. They hired me and sacked everyone else." - Atul Deshmukh

"We can now bring you into compliance, faster then a speeding bullet!!!" - Sheldon Krocker

"Would you like that inspection 'Supersized'?" - Mary Beth Watkins

"I'm powerless to help you today... Somebody slipped me a generic
Kryptonite pill last night!" - Jim McDow

"It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a -- Consent Decree! here you go sir" and "Yes well with the recession and all I had to take on a second job and the FDA needed someone to fly to China for cheap" - Zach Beach

"Hello and welcome to our new Super drive-through approval window for your NDAs" - Surya Devarakonda, Ph.D.

"Now I'm Superfluous Man." and "Don't worry - I can use my heat-ray vision to decontaminate Chinese drug facilities." and "I'm only here because I couldn't find a phone booth." and "Now I'm fighting grime in laboratories." and "I was appointed by F Nietzsche." and "It wasn't a hurricane that closed your plant - that was just me sneezing." and "Even with my X-ray vision, I can't see inside the FDA's black box." and "This is what I'm doing now. The Daily Planet was outsourced to China." and "I'm filling in for Jimmy Olsen. He's trapped in a cave or... something." and "We have to be watch closely now that Jimmy Olsen is in charge of Product Quality." and "Even I'm not perfect. See? I made all these windows crooked." and "Instead of standing here talking to you, I could be saving six planets." - Bill Russo

"Yes, I've decided to make a slight career change.  I'm now all about Truth, Justice, and supply chain integrity monitoring." - Ron Warrick

"No, I do not review submissions faster than a speeding bullet!" - Mark S. Smyth

"Headhunting the Superman from McDonald's to FDA was a real success and resulted in implementation of Drive-Thru Drug Approval!" - Vlad

"Is this the drug that turns urine green in the pool?" - Andrew Fiffick

"Nope! I'm just the PR guy, the service desk is handled by Droopy." - Dave Cortes