Answer to Puzzle Contest:

Because he had a Crick in his neck. "Crick in the neck" is a common expression. Yes, you may now shoot me ;-)

Answer from Contest Winner:

"Cyclops Multitibias Is a Bias Multitasker, half awake, with one eye open. All it would take is a Crick in Cyclops's neck to cause him to have a gag reflex. For the Computer Nerds: Ok do What the Cyclops did as an experiment. While guarding your cubicle, Multitask, be bias, be half awake, with one eye open, and see what happens when you get a Crick in your neck."

Winner: Stankinmaymijank