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August 27th, 2016
ID Cartoon Caption Contest #1 Winner — and a New Contest for the End of Summer
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In case it wasn’t obvious enough, I’ve highlighted that the first ID Cartoon Caption contest drew quite a response. If we add in entries that were sent to me directly via email, there were well over 200 submissions. Not bad for a debut performance.
Anyway, here’s the winner of ID Cartoon Caption Contest #1:
“We’re looking for diversity in our staff, not biodiversity.”
The winner was Dr. Michael Dantzer, who has kindly given me permission to use his real name (I assume it’s his real name). As promised, he gets a free lifetime subscription to this blog and, of course, lasting fame and fortune.
He also sent me a nice note praising my excellent sense of humor in picking his entry as a finalist. It should be noted, however, that the selection of his entry as a finalist relied not so much on my subjective sense of what’s funny, but a highly complex algorithm that includes not only scientifically validated humor criteria but also gas liquid chromatography and multiplex PCR.
Anyway, it’s high time for a new contest. Summer is about to end, Labor Day cookouts loom, and we must be vigilant to the ever rising threat of both foodborne pathogens and carcinogenic heterocyclic amines:
Go at it. Put your entries in the comments section (preferred), on my Twitter feed, or email it directly to id.caption@yahoo.com.
(Drawing by Anne Sax, of course.)
46 Responses to “ID Cartoon Caption Contest #1 Winner — and a New Contest for the End of Summer”
Paul E. Sax, MD
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“”No thanks. Gluten free.”
“Keep it burning, Bob. I prefer my buns toasted and patty salmonella free.”
I solemnly swear I’m taking my PPI and will submit to arbitration any complaint.
Who asked for very well done?
No thanks, I prefer flame-roasted Salmonella…
“No cheese or micro-organisms please.”
“Sorry, I was using fire in the belly as a figure of speech”
“Wow! Who knew the antibiotics in animal feed were so flammable?”
“No thanks, I’m with her now.”
Sorry not ID related, but I could not help myself.
“Next time I’ll bring the autoclave.”
No thanks, no Carolina Reaper burgers for me!
(2 million SHU if you’re interested)
“Oh! Extinguish Bunsen’s Burger!”
“It’s no use. You’re just selecting for fire-resistant shiga-toxin producing E. coli….”
I don’t think Sriracha works on E.coli.
nice one! wish we had a way to upvote these captions!
“Sorry, I’ve given up on The Berne.”
“You were not kidding when you said that the burgers were flaming hot!”
“Sorry, I already have GERD.”
“I said well-done, not sterile.”
“Hold on a sec Randy…. I need to wash that down with some Planococcus halocryophilus and a side of permafrost.”
(EXTREMELY dorky… I know)
“Cooked so long it’s become charcoal? No thanks. I haven’t been poisoned today.”
“No thanks. they always give me heartburn.”
“Now the evidence supports charred food?”
“We can’t get the spores without autoclaving the burgers”
I said DEET, not meat!
“Chipotle burgers anyone?”
“Really? The Immolation Diet, huh.”
So, you think THAT will get rid of all the E. coli O157:H7 toxin?
I pledge allegiance, to the Salmonella…
“What? Burnt all the good bugs! Was desperately looking for a frozen p*** pattie for transplant”
OK, but only if I get a side dish of fecal transplant from a slender donor. I can’t afford to put on anymore weight wearing these wifebeater T-shirts and flip flops.
The Barbecue Conundrum!
Burger microbiomes vary inversely with carbon footprint of the grill.
No, thanks! I prefer to keep my colonoscopy schedule at q10 years not q6 months!
Something for desert? Yeah, ciprofloxacin and a colonoscopy, please.
“Hey Paul. I see you must have consulted on another case of HUS recently”
“Just got back from meeting with my environmentalist and she told me to cut back on my carbon footprint.”
Good one! Or even simpler: “No thanks — I’m trying to cut down on my carbon footprint.”
Pardon me. Did you say you majored in the culinary arts or culinary arson?
I’m not sure it’s done yet. Did you check a CRP and ESR?
Well done!
now can we boil it just a little?
or “My gut flora refuses”
“No thanks, I’m watching my carbon footprint.”
No thanks. I’d prefer mine with brimstone.
Not too close! I might get BRONCHITIS!
Ain’t nobody got time for that!
No thanks. “Feeling the burn” is not for me
Just hold the hot sauce, because I don’t want to become a flame thrower.