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Caption This for 07/29/11

Posted July 28, 2011 4:45 PM by Sharkles
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07/28/2011 8:42 PM

Rental accomodations for the sailor returning from sea.

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07/28/2011 8:57 PM

So that's what they mean by a "Slant Six"
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07/28/2011 8:59 PM

Just down the road from the Tower is the famous 'Leaning Apartment Complex of Pisa'.

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07/28/2011 9:12 PM

Photography mistakes 101: For-ground focus and orientation should not override common sense.

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07/28/2011 10:23 PM

Outy, inny, inny, inny, outy, inny.
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07/28/2011 10:45 PM

escher street
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07/29/2011 12:16 PM

As in E.M. - Nice!

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07/28/2011 11:50 PM

real estate agent to potential buyer, " I hear the whole neighborhood is going downhill"

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07/28/2011 11:52 PM

Looks like an advertising brochure for Sink Hole insurance,

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07/28/2011 11:58 PM

Homesick WVU architect.

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07/29/2011 12:25 AM

Domino theory about to happen.

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07/29/2011 12:53 AM

In a letter from the the architect.....

"lay me off will you?"....

.........................revenge is a dish best served cold!

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07/29/2011 1:32 AM

Pisa, we have a problem !...
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07/29/2011 3:26 AM

Wow! I could've had a V8!
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07/29/2011 3:39 AM

Before I make an offer, will you be leaving the curtains and carpets?

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07/29/2011 5:26 AM

The developer took the bold move of anticipating the next shift in the Earth's crust.
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07/29/2011 5:27 AM

Just the property for those with time and money but without the inclination.
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07/29/2011 5:51 AM

Obviously that is not a plumb tree they photo-shopped in.

Ha ha! plumb tree --- get it plumb tree ----hee hee!

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07/29/2011 7:42 AM

Even in Venice a houseboat isn't a safe bet....

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07/29/2011 7:58 AM

"It all depends on your PERSPECTIVE - Now, who bust the leg on the camera tripod?"
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07/29/2011 8:16 AM

Apparently Leonardo Dicaprio got drunk last night and had some crazy dreams...
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07/29/2011 8:47 AM

Measure once cut twice............... Oh crap......It was measure twice!
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07/29/2011 8:59 AM

This tree behind the cars is, also, in a vertical orientation (actually, it is declined relative to the real vertical direction). So, this supports the whole illusion.

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07/29/2011 9:22 AM

Congressional Republicans were horrified today by reports of the discovery of an entire city leaning to the Left.
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07/29/2011 9:23 AM

Come on Eileen.

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07/29/2011 9:53 AM

You'll go into these buildings as a liberal, but you'll come out a conservative.
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07/29/2011 12:53 PM

You'll go into these buildings as a liberal, but you'll come out a conservative.

(Going In, you're leaning a little to the left,

Coming out, you're leaning a little to the right)

In case it was just too obscure...

(-5)ing myself for explaining the joke...
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07/29/2011 1:29 PM

Yeah, a bit too subtle for this crowd... maybe try toilet humour next time
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08/01/2011 5:01 AM

Never listen to anything the Cat says - you often find he's only the mouthpiece of the Squirrel.....

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...mousepiece?
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08/01/2011 7:51 AM

What does a squirrel want with a mousepiece?

Oh! I know...its nuts....

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07/29/2011 10:19 AM

The movie set for Hitchcock's Vertigo II

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07/29/2011 10:53 AM

quote for the footing was not included therefore never paid for

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07/29/2011 12:56 PM

The worlds heaviest man will be removed through the wall of the building on the right today after years of protests from the neighborhood. I don't know what their on about said Alphie the 700 Lb. man. It's all downhill for them, I'm the one with uphill climb.

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07/29/2011 2:11 PM

While doing the renovations, Bob and Marla decided to put the 2" thick marble floor tile, and the floor to ceiling granite fireplace with 25' wall to wall wide 6" thick by 4' deep hearth, together with the 12 person hot tub and the grand piano and the 15" barn beam cathedral ceilng and their extensive library collection and rare statues into the "Great Room".

Everything was working perfectly OK up until their Chihuahua walked into the room with a doggy biscuit.

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I forgot to mention that the tournament 1-1/2" thick (6' by 12') size slate pool table was just added to the "Great Room" beforehand.

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07/29/2011 2:38 PM

Rock & Roll music too loud?

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The 'Simpsons' - Season 4 - (Episode#407) - "Marge gets a job"

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07/29/2011 6:00 PM

This is standard San Francisco.
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07/31/2011 3:06 AM

Elmer has moved on from his first house and is now living in the "UpRite" condos. UpRite condos, The Best home you can lean too!

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07/31/2011 3:13 AM

Here are some suitable stairs for such houses:

(M.C. Escher--"Relativity")

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Harry Potter!!... put it back how you found it!

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07/31/2011 8:18 PM

There is a lien on this property.
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and a variable rate....
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08/01/2011 7:52 AM

Welcome to KrisDel™'s first Executive Housing complex....

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But you didn't warn us that it was a Lean-to
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08/01/2011 10:45 AM

The name for the entrepreneur's new pizza delivery service was inspired by his childhood home, pictured here:
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08/02/2011 4:13 AM

Given the peculiar layout of the KrisDelTM Corporation's development facilities, is it any wonder the operation produces such zany products?

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08/02/2011 12:42 PM

Houses for sale. Nearly Straight. Open to offers

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"Now I'm sure that door isn't hanging straight"

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Not even the Wii Fit gets the builders on top form

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