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Caption This for 09/25/09

Posted September 24, 2009 4:45 PM
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09/24/2009 5:21 PM

Mrs. Cat wasn't happy with Del for purchasing all those new tools!

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09/24/2009 7:19 PM

After the bow snaped in two during the first pull, It left a sour taste in Del's mouth.

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09/24/2009 11:32 PM

Bad engineering can be CATastrophic!

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09/24/2009 11:40 PM

Del finally discovered what his mother meant when she said that if he kept making faces, one day his face would freeze in one.

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09/24/2009 11:42 PM

It's OK kitty, it was only a dream. Go back to sleep.

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09/25/2009 12:47 AM

"Who's bed am I in? Why am I wearing a dog bone? OMG!"

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09/25/2009 1:26 AM

Catalytic Reaction

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09/25/2009 2:06 AM

Latest research shows link between RFID tags and grumpiness.
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09/25/2009 2:42 AM

Feline key-fobs did not make it any easier to find the keys.

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09/25/2009 2:44 AM

Which of you bast*rds turned my ear inside out while I was napping?

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09/25/2009 2:52 AM

Shuffles off to hide from kitty claws.

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09/25/2009 1:18 PM

The feline equivalent of humans drawing mustaches on people during slumber!
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09/27/2009 1:06 AM

A good answer for a "caption"?

Not until you're over 200!!!!

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09/27/2009 3:13 AM

Ooooh...ooooh...ooooo .
Now that IS a GA
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09/27/2009 2:38 AM

That would be me I think, fooling around with my Dark Side powers ....

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09/25/2009 7:38 AM

Cat helps with definition of new-fangled word. Sleep Inertia.

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09/25/2009 9:35 AM

That's the spot, don"t stop, ooh don't stop prrrrrrrrr

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09/25/2009 9:53 AM

Cat attempting to reach 200 GAs annoyed at delay in getting the last few ...
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09/25/2009 10:20 AM

When Del's deadbeat brother-in-law moved in, it was supposed to be only for a month or two.
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09/25/2009 10:45 AM

Blah, bad milk!!!
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09/25/2009 12:16 PM

The big two-legged cats gave me a bath <shudder> last week with some new bargain flea shampoo.....Now Just look at me! It shrank my fur and I can't straighten my ears....

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09/25/2009 12:22 PM

Catnip? Me? Nah......never touch the stuff......Hey!, ya'll watch this....

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09/25/2009 12:38 PM

FLLPPPPTPPPPTPPPTPPPT!!

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09/25/2009 12:59 PM

Danger : When you've used a food blender, either wash it or put the lid back on

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09/25/2009 2:39 PM

Ha! You take my name in vain...I have donned my Druid outfit to give you all the evil eye!

Or maybe I just got leaves and cobwebs on my whiskers
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09/25/2009 2:44 PM

Everytime I dig around in that box . . .

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09/25/2009 4:02 PM

Wow Man....... Now that is some good Catnip!

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09/25/2009 4:12 PM

Sufferin' Succotash! That was NOT a tasty Tweety Bird!

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09/28/2009 5:33 AM

I don't know which was worse, all that peach hooch or the hair of the dog this morning!
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09/28/2009 8:15 AM

Having narrowly avoided the rolled up newspaper, Fluffy decided to temporarily abandon curtain shredding in favor of being "cute".

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09/28/2009 9:09 AM

Del: Shreishly huny we onli had a few drinksh in teenie weenie glashes.

Mrs. Del: And just how many of those teenie weenie glasses did you have Del?

Del: Uhhhm 52 <hiccup>

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09/28/2009 10:17 AM

They pierced my ears in the wrong spot!!!
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09/28/2009 10:28 AM

200 GA's and all I got was this lousy harircut ? gotta be worth at least a free mug from Troy

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09/28/2009 2:03 PM

Maybe I should rattle off another 87 posts too

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09/28/2009 2:20 PM

Shadupp you idiot. I want shares on the mug too ! Just rinse the tannin once a week so I can enjoy my coffee. It's not just about free girly-calenders, we need all the freebies we can get at KrisDel™. That spot under the railway arches don't pay for itself !

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10/26/2009 8:31 AM

After a good time at Harlow's night clubs, Del couldn't face the usual rattling at CR4 the following morning...

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