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Caption This for 08/28/09

Posted August 27, 2009 4:45 PM
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Re: Caption This for 08/28/09

08/27/2009 5:12 PM

How did you get my time machine? Ive been looking all over for it.
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Re: Caption This for 08/28/09

08/27/2009 7:14 PM

Well sure it's great and all, but what sort of three-pin plug fits in the power socket on the front. How am I supposed to plug it in!

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08/28/2009 2:36 AM

Those three holes are not three pin plug. Those are peeing holes of the machine. Don't you see bladders inside?
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Re: Caption This for 08/28/09

08/27/2009 7:20 PM

Museum of Nuclear Energy.

Yes and over here is our first reactor called Alpha I

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08/27/2009 11:30 PM

Unfortunately, the FBI destroyed Teslas instruction manual.

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Re: Caption This for 08/28/09

08/28/2009 12:21 AM

I don't know why those things are glowing green. They's glowing purple a while ago.

Wait... here in the manual, it says somethin' about green indicating somethin' called critical mass. What's criti........

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Re: Caption This for 08/28/09

08/28/2009 1:50 AM

Test Result:

1. Nuclear Radiation Test - PASSED.

2. Salt Spray Test - FAILED

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08/28/2009 2:58 AM

...and now I know what Dvader's PC looks like.

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09/01/2009 7:10 AM

Nope. Actually, I was conducting an experiment to see if I could use my lightsaber to generate over-unity energy. And it really works too. Oh, and if you're wondering, that glowing green solution is actually Dr. Herbert West's reanimation serum. That, and the unobtainium power cables and the inbuilt turbo retro-encabulator, are the secrets to achieving true over-unity generation.

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08/28/2009 3:53 AM

At last Del's Arrow Speed Chronometer is ready for testing...

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08/28/2009 6:26 AM

Hey my kids get all HYPER after drinking Mountain Dew soda, So maybe it will help speed up my old desk top computer.

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08/28/2009 6:29 AM

The Mk2 KrisDelTM time machine takes its design inspiration from the experience gained from the Mk.1...

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08/28/2009 7:25 AM

Everyone told "GUEST" his over unity machine wouldn't work, but, he went ahead and built it anyway.

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08/28/2009 7:37 AM

they told me i couldnt brew beer with my computer.......it tastes kinda funny and i dont need the light at nite anymore.....but i did it!!!!!
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08/28/2009 7:42 AM

Can somebody tell the Hazard boys that Absinthe has been decriminalized in the states?

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08/28/2009 7:46 AM

After close examination of the artifact it was determined that modern computing had in fact been invented by ancient Polynesians.
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08/28/2009 7:48 AM

The personal portable drinks chiller concept was fine...
The implementation however needed a little refining...
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08/28/2009 8:19 AM

Frankenstein's portable life generator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xos2MnVxe-c

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08/28/2009 8:52 AM

Dr. Who's original Tardis engine prototype has been found.
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08/28/2009 10:27 AM

"Act quickly to be the first in your neighborhood to own the junior proctologist starter kit. But wait! Call within the next 10 minutes and receive 2 quarts of the colon cleansing liquid "amazing green" free of charge."

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08/28/2009 11:16 AM

Every time I get close to this thing there is a metallic taste in my mouth and I see a rainbow around the lights. That's not a problem is it?

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08/28/2009 3:54 PM

Honey!! The drinks are ready!

Ummm! Yeah! Go ahead, you first!

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08/28/2009 5:40 PM

The "Ghost Busters green slime machine"!

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08/28/2009 7:04 PM

The top slot is for a 5" x 1.5" ceramic BC-ROM disk with the boot sectors, DOS and Y1K fix.

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08/29/2009 12:26 PM

As the Romulans are almost within disrupter range, Scotty makes a daring attempt to install the captured Klingon cloaking device....

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08/30/2009 8:38 PM

Fridge light mystery solved: Here's what's really happening to the soft drinks when you close the fridge door.

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08/31/2009 9:18 AM

Whos idea was it to have an open bar at the "Steam-Cyber punk" design convention?

And NO, don't touch anything! We'll ask what it does when they wake up.

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09/01/2009 9:12 AM

SWEET! We can finally get Facebook on this thing!

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09/03/2009 8:03 AM

This is what it loks like when it's turned on.

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09/03/2009 8:52 AM

Dcad,

what is it really?
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09/04/2009 8:18 AM

And over here we ar processing Kryptonite into a liquid form.

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09/04/2009 9:53 PM

The Ghostbusters demonstrate their new Apparition Confinement Device.

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09/10/2009 7:53 AM

It only remained for vermin to mount the latest "gem" he'd bought on eBay and the home-built laser would be ready for its trial run - taking the P out of Pasadena, CA

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