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Caption This for 10/09/09

Posted October 08, 2009 4:45 PM
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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/08/2009 5:46 PM

And to think... I fell for that "Easy access to my money" baloney! Gonna find me a different bank!

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/08/2009 6:00 PM

The NBA's credit union doesn't like just anyone using their ATM.

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/08/2009 6:28 PM

Go Go Gadget Arm!

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/08/2009 6:30 PM

And I thought the fees were high!

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/08/2009 10:52 PM

With new government sanctions regarding money lending, even with the turn around in the economy, for some, credit is still out of reach.

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/08/2009 11:40 PM

Ikea introduces its new "Inconvenience Store"
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10/09/2009 12:38 AM

When the bank said he came up short, they really meant it. Transaction Failed.

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10/09/2009 1:17 AM

Architect:"ok, my mistake, but it wasn't obvious..."
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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 2:00 AM

Damn! This was NOT what I had in mind when the bank said I have a high credit rating!!!!

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10/09/2009 2:14 AM

And Gulliver thought it was bad in Lilliput!

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 3:04 AM

Stretch your money at Dangle Savings

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10/09/2009 3:22 AM

Cant stoop to conquer.

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 3:44 AM

Is financing out of your reach?

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 4:21 AM

After losing his job as a Derivatives Trader, Randy found a whole new meaning to the term "High Finance"

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 8:07 AM

We pride ourselves on being a bank for the little people.

We say Yes, to anyone who needs money, and, those
who can show they are not at all challenged in any way.

We are here to help you; to service your financial needs.
However, if anyone is caught trying to piss up the walls of
our generosity we shall be obliged to cancel ready cash facilities.

This letter has attracted a service charge of £25 on to your account.

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10/09/2009 8:28 AM

The global drop in sea level has made drive up ATMs less effective in Venice.

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 9:16 AM

This is a classic example of what happens when you don't eat your vegetables...

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 9:32 AM

Where is the ATM for the small change?

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 9:39 AM

You don't like paying the extra fee for using our live tellers?

Well, fine. Then don't!
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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 10:10 AM

Clever ATM security designers finally figured out how to prevent criminals from stealing PIN #'s by placing the machines too high for them to tamper with.

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 10:53 AM

"Stairs optional"
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10/09/2009 2:55 PM

Go back to the 4-wheeler ATM and leave the 18-wheeler machine alone.
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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 2:59 PM

Short people got no reason,
Short people got no reason,
Short people got no reason........
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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 4:03 PM

Ever get that feeling that you've just been short changed?

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10/09/2009 5:56 PM

Obama didn't say anything about not raising the ATMs!
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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/09/2009 6:34 PM

The guys who authorized THIS installation didn't drink from the Fountain of Knowledge...they just "spit 'n rinse."

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/10/2009 12:06 PM

Low bid carpenters were told to put the top of the ATM six feet high, but they measured to the bottom!

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/10/2009 12:09 PM

Jason visited Highsilvania, a land of giants. He found prices (and everything else) a little high.

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/10/2009 12:41 PM

The architect explained that the NASA headquarters ATM was the result of a mistake converting metric units to english units.
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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/10/2009 2:49 PM

First Bank of the Jolly Green Giant

HO! HO! HO!

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/10/2009 6:03 PM

The big bank is not for the little people...But Ted just had to keep his money in the big bank... so he could convince his friends and clients he was a big man with his money at the big bank.

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10/11/2009 6:34 AM

This ATM is hell, but thank God I got a room on the ground floor. The elevator buttons are even worse than this!!!

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/13/2009 10:29 PM

Well, this bank did say their ATM's were secure...

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/13/2009 10:31 PM

Is this how an ATM technician works his way to the top of the banking industry?

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Re: Caption This for 10/09/09

10/16/2009 10:12 AM

"BIGFOOT'S BANK ATM..."

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10/16/2009 10:34 AM

So - call yourself a big spender uh ?

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10/23/2009 7:48 AM

How banks keep their customers on their toes.

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