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Caption This for 07/20/12

Posted July 19, 2012 4:45 PM by Kaplin


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07/19/2012 5:22 PM

Cartoon Law I.

Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation.

Stepping onto the imaginary bridge expecting to walk into the barn, this family loiters in midair, soliloquizing flippantly, until they chance to look down. At this point, the familiar principle of 32 feet per second per second takes over.

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07/19/2012 5:44 PM

Director: "Cut! Cut! Cut! You've all got to fall at once, or the scene just won't be funny.

Ok, everybody, back up on the bridge."

Later: Director "Take 254; ACTION!!!!"

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07/19/2012 7:03 PM

And strangely enough the day before an OSHA inspector had walked across that bridge and had written them up for the hand rail having been 1/4" to low sighting that someone could fall over the edge.

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07/19/2012 7:33 PM

That's gonna' leave a mark....

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07/19/2012 8:29 PM

Quality workmanship!

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07/19/2012 10:31 PM

Entropy and gravity ultimately win.

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07/19/2012 11:02 PM

Watch the movie trailer - "Termites Revenge"

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07/19/2012 11:45 PM

It's not the fall that hurts, it's the sudden stop at the bottom!

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07/20/2012 12:08 AM

Eh - Ok - What's plan W?

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07/20/2012 12:11 AM

That's a total Knockout for Team A

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07/20/2012 12:55 AM

I told you kids not to eat so much candy! Now look what happened!

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07/20/2012 12:56 AM

I think this thing was installed upside down!

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07/20/2012 12:57 AM

"PhotoShop Training 101 - Learn the skills you need to fool your friends."

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07/20/2012 12:58 AM

Keep shaking it Honey it's still got kids stuck to it!

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07/20/2012 1:02 AM

Last one down is a rotten egg!

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07/20/2012 1:04 AM

Meanwhile at the nearby CERN facility, a physicists is saying, "Hey look, this monitor shows we're suddenly getting a massive beam of Higgs Bosons leaving the containment ring."

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07/20/2012 1:05 AM

NOW you know why the principal said she doen't want these "monkeys" back in her school!

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07/20/2012 3:03 AM

QUICK... give them all a Bandaid, two Tylenol and get them to sign a claim waiver.....

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07/20/2012 3:54 AM

Eh? It's just the insurance examiner checking the latest ride at the KrisDel™ "Never-Never-Land" theme park. What's funny about that?

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07/20/2012 5:20 AM

Bungee Jumping without the cord!

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07/20/2012 5:59 AM

The new Tredmill at Globalspec took some getting used to .

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07/20/2012 6:13 AM

Hello, I am a termite infested bridge. If you have 15 minute cut rate insurance, you could be paying for this yourself. SHAKY, SHAKY, CRASH!! So get All State for when Mayhem like Me comes crashing your day.

Mayem is coming!

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07/20/2012 7:28 AM

I told you the prop builders for the old western gun fight scenes were not the best choice for this handrail and pedestrian bridge project.

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07/20/2012 8:52 AM

Barrel of Monkeys 2.0

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07/20/2012 9:21 AM

YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!!!!!

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07/20/2012 9:30 AM

I told you to use a "screw gun" not a "glue gun".

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07/20/2012 9:32 AM

From the Director who Brought you 'Airplane'....... 'Assume the Crash Position'

Now brings you 'Bidge'.......

"Cut" ..... we have to do that over.

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07/20/2012 9:36 AM

"What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

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07/20/2012 9:51 AM

Is he carrying a coconut? :)

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07/20/2012 10:00 AM

Is he carrying a coconut? :)

Then he wouldn't be unladen, would he?

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07/20/2012 10:41 AM

If you're going to be technical about it...

That's another forum!

Every time I try to talk to someone it's "sorry this" and "forgive me that" and "I'm not worthy"... NI!

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07/20/2012 10:03 AM

An African or European swallow?

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07/20/2012 9:45 AM

Mike Holmes, looking disgusted, talks straight to the camera and says: "And there is nothing...absolutely nothing about that in the home inspection report!"

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07/20/2012 9:50 AM

"What's the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

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07/20/2012 9:58 AM

That'll teach me not to refresh my browser before making a brilliant entry.

I was beaten by 14 minutes: #24

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07/20/2012 9:51 AM

"A Bridge to Nowhere".....

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07/20/2012 10:00 AM

London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, Falling down.

London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.

Take a key and lock her up,
Lock her up, Lock her up.

Take a key and lock her up,
My fair lady.

How will we build it up,
Build it up, Build it up?

How will we build it up,
My fair lady?

Build it up with silver and gold,
Silver and gold, Silver and gold.

Build it up with silver and gold,
My fair lady.

Gold and silver I have none,
I have none, I have none.

Gold and silver I have none,
My fair lady.

Build it up with needles and pins,
Needles and pins, Needles and pins.

Build it up with needles and pins,
My fair lady.

Pins and needles bend and break,
Bend and break, Bend and break.

Pins and needles bend and break,
My fair lady.

Build it up with wood and clay,
Wood and clay, Wood and clay.

Build it up with wood and clay,
My fair lady.

Wood and clay will wash away,
Wash away, Wash away.

Wood and clay will wash away,
My fair lady.

Build it up with stone so strong,
Stone so strong, Stone so strong.

Build it up with stone so strong,
My fair lady.

Stone so strong will last so long,
Last so long, Last so long.

Stone so strong will last so long,
My fair lady.

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07/20/2012 10:05 AM

To pass on the bridge, all they had to do was answer just three question

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07/20/2012 10:39 AM

If I had photoshop this wouuld be a lot better. You get my drift though

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07/20/2012 12:19 PM

Wow look at the size of that fat kid on that little bridge over there.....

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07/20/2012 12:29 PM

Yah, We know how this all got started......

"Hey, lets all start jumping in unison and get this bridge bouncing...."

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07/20/2012 1:06 PM

"Bush's Boys" youth military trainees learn the hard way about the importance of "break step" when crossing over a bridge.

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07/20/2012 1:18 PM

What's your favorite colour?

Black.....no...Blue....Ahhhhhhhhh

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07/20/2012 1:23 PM

no,..... its yellow,.... no.... Blue

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07/20/2012 5:36 PM

Okay Kids.....hold it while I take one more shot, but this time with the flash.

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07/20/2012 10:24 PM

...pckets for the shrubbery.

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07/21/2012 9:47 AM

We didn't use treated lumber because the chemicals might harm the children.

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07/21/2012 9:20 PM

Indiana Jones: "Short Round, lao chi. La tsu san sha!" Short Round: "Hang on lady, we going for a ride!" Willie Scott: "What is he nuts?!?" Short Round: "He not nuts, he crazy!"

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07/24/2012 9:12 PM

"A Bridge Too Far"

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07/25/2012 8:39 AM

*Mental Note*

Next time we play 'Follow the Leader' do not let squirrel be the leader! No good will come of it.

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I blame the termites .

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07/27/2012 9:49 AM

I knew the bridge was falling down, that's why I bought this Phantom camera and patiently waited 'till it occured to capture this beautiful, blurr free picture.

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07/27/2012 10:34 AM

They preached and preached about the London Bridge........well it finally happend.

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