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Caption This for 09/16/11

Posted September 15, 2011 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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09/15/2011 5:37 PM

Hey mate, your back tire is flat!!

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09/15/2011 6:26 PM

Driving through a brick wall looked easier in the cartoons...

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09/15/2011 8:13 PM

The first armored bicycle was bound to have a few drawbacks.

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09/15/2011 8:19 PM

Ok, on a serious note. How the heck did he stack these bricks? Somebody must have stacked them on him while he held the bike up vertically. Kudos for versatility but one bounce during the journey...

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09/16/2011 4:17 AM

Close inspection shows he's pushing it, not riding it. Thus he could have stacked it himself, carefully leaving the hole for steering access.
Riding it would just be silly.
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09/15/2011 10:31 PM

The Flintstonemobile Version 2.0.

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09/15/2011 10:36 PM

"...Ok, how about this one? Quick, get a picture!...

Is this a category in the Guiness Book of World Records yet?..."

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09/15/2011 10:37 PM

Bricktop's cousin Brickside.

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09/15/2011 11:46 PM

I don't know where he is going but I will bet big bucks it is downhill.

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09/15/2011 11:53 PM

I am very much interested in following you man/ woman!

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09/16/2011 12:25 AM

The Thing's more civilized relative the Brick Pile.

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09/16/2011 12:36 AM

You know, I guy takes a break, catches a little nap and all those "buddies" just have to start playing tricks on you.

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09/16/2011 12:43 AM

In the midst of financial difficulties, with both the need to increase margin and the loss of Paul Jr's vision, Orange County Choppers unveils the Port-O-Let Company's "Brick ****house" themed bike.

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09/16/2011 1:02 AM

Walled in victim, takes evidence to court

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09/16/2011 1:32 AM

Who said a house is not movable property ?

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09/16/2011 3:21 AM

Surly you've heard of FPS bricks before?

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09/16/2011 4:11 AM

Afghan army trials latest balistic armour
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09/16/2011 4:13 AM

See? I told you the bike would be more versatile than a wheelbarrow.
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09/16/2011 5:27 AM

SuperHod - tyres pending

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09/16/2011 7:12 AM

No. No. Nooo. I said deliver a brick oven "pizza", ya dumby.

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09/16/2011 7:39 AM

We operate a very lean JIT delivery chain. It keeps our costs low.

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09/16/2011 8:00 AM

Keeping up with the Jones was getting difficult with the purchase of a mobile home....

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09/16/2011 8:05 AM

Bubba figured this was cooler than a car with only one "big block" under the hood....

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09/16/2011 8:16 AM

Good advice for a fledgling building supplies business: start from the foundations upwards.

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09/16/2011 8:47 AM

A typical case of impaired riding.

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Working smarter, not harder.

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09/16/2011 9:27 AM

Take 66 blocks then turn left on the bike path.

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It ain't easy being green...
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09/16/2011 11:25 AM

Cover art from marvel Comics new super hero series: BRICKMAN!

Faster than a screaming snail!

Able to leap small ditches with a lot of help!

Impervious to some small caliber bullets!

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09/17/2011 1:22 AM

Touche, w/BRICKMAN! my brick pile... oh well....ga to ya.

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09/16/2011 11:48 AM

Another messy transporter accident.

Picard "I told you not to try to bring Worf, bricks and a bicycle up from the surface at the same time!".

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09/16/2011 12:39 PM

The cop saw him leaving the warehouse district and thought this looked suspicious. So the cop stopped him, but he had a bill of sale for the bricks. Over the next few weeks the cop saw him numerous times, each time thinking this looked very suspicious, but he always had a bill of sale for the bricks.

Finally the cop realized he wasn't stealing bricks, he was stealing bicycles.

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09/16/2011 12:42 PM

Which one of you little piggies ordered these?

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Mobile firewall

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09/16/2011 6:28 PM

This is how things got done, before they invented the pothole.

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As soon as Sambo gets his house built, he's going to find a woman to put in it. He prefers them stacked too.
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09/16/2011 8:36 PM

How are we going to steam power this thing again?

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She's a... Brick........House....

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After a lifetime of abuse by his parents, Jeremiah attempted to compartmentalize his emotional problems.........................unfortunately, everyone only laughed harder.

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09/18/2011 8:29 PM

Urban camouflage.

Note, as this is a rural area (see trees behind) the person is clearly visible, but once they reach a built up area....

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Don't turn real fast.
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