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Caption this for 12/11/09

Posted December 10, 2009 4:45 PM

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12/10/2009 5:55 PM

We have to take Charlie off the on-site assembly crew.....He read the damn assembly print upside down ....again.

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12/10/2009 6:34 PM

Dang it Ellwood, Atlas is going to be mad. He told you to be careful about stopping quickly. So do I call him and ask him to set the truck and world right side up or wait till it rolls back over?

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12/10/2009 7:05 PM

But thats how we dumped out the Tonka version as kids!

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12/10/2009 7:12 PM

The strange thing is the MSHA inspector has driven by it 9 times today and has yet to say a word.

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Re: Caption this for 12/11/09

12/10/2009 7:39 PM

Will your battery turn your truck over?

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12/10/2009 8:05 PM

This is what happens when you bring American construction equipment to Australia.

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12/10/2009 11:36 PM

G'day Roger

You are right, that's me second from left. HQ sent us that equipment and forgot to demagnetize it. We have that demagnetization generator on standby and this will not be the last time it comes in handy. We could put up signs but I'm the only one who can read and right and I'm busy doing other things, like diving and fishing.

This Island has a few surprises up its whatsthename and no one has ever found the main switch or the plug. Even Captain Cook had his trouble but he had a timber vessel so it was not as drastic back then.

You don't believe me, do you?

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12/10/2009 8:39 PM

Well boys I talked to the mine manager about why the MSHA inspector kept driving by and not stopping.

Yea, what did he say?

Well, He said the inspector said "I retire next week so until then to put a 'Service required. Do Not Use.' tag on it." And also to have a video camera going when the new inspector shows up Monday.

So smile for the camera boys, next Mondays going to be interesting!

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12/10/2009 10:48 PM

It just wants you to rub its belly.

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12/10/2009 10:59 PM

As a cost cutting measure, Heathkit Automotive eliminated their time honored practice of having their wives build a preproduction model before release. They might have caught the typographical error of "Insert tab B into slot A."

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12/10/2009 11:01 PM

The day after the warranty ran out.

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12/10/2009 11:11 PM

I told you putting an HHO kit on it would cause something bad to happen!

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12/10/2009 11:45 PM

Cow tipping is for sissies!

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12/10/2009 11:47 PM

It took days of tracking but the big truck hunters finally bagged old 48.

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12/11/2009 12:00 AM

act natural

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12/11/2009 1:18 AM

Sh1t!! last time team 96, now we've got 84 fired!

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12/11/2009 1:33 AM

I knew it, i knew it,

the earth could never orbit the sun on its own!!!

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12/11/2009 1:35 AM

See joe, warned ya,

this is what happens when you import trucks from China, they are just built to work on the other side of the world...

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12/11/2009 2:26 AM

What?! [insert innocent look] It easier to change the tyres this way

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12/11/2009 4:02 AM

This is why it is important to wear hard hats!

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12/11/2009 4:47 AM

"It's alright for you: how am I going to get my sandwiches out of the back?"

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12/11/2009 5:21 AM

NASA calls this the 'stable-2' position....

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12/11/2009 7:32 AM

Well, now do you want us to disable the anti-lock braking system? We told you this would happen.

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12/11/2009 7:47 AM

Not quite what I meant by dumping the load over here.

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12/11/2009 8:45 AM

Decipticons, we've been beaten. RUN!!!

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12/11/2009 10:13 AM

"PhotoShop? We don't need no steenkin' PhotoShop!"

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12/11/2009 10:43 AM

Avoid front brakes on vertical downs.

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12/11/2009 11:15 AM

The worst part is that the origami instructions said it was a swan. Oh, I see now, "Printed in North Korea."

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12/11/2009 11:16 AM

Eat yer heart out, Clarkson!

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12/12/2009 6:21 PM

It had to be either Clarkson or Hammond; May is too slow to do something like this.

Maybe the Stig got into Gambon a little too fast...

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12/11/2009 12:27 PM

"Hello boss, we dumped the load alright, but there's a tiny little problem."

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12/11/2009 12:32 PM

Whew... that was some twister aye boys? Hey... where's Bubba?

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12/11/2009 12:36 PM

Dammit, I knew we shouldn't have used Jimmy's Dodge Nitro to jump it!

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12/11/2009 4:32 PM

It was only after unpacking it that they discovered the shipping crate was marked "This End Up" on the wrong side.

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12/11/2009 5:04 PM

Whomever parked this truck must have been smoking something.

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12/11/2009 5:26 PM

The blasting crew swears they can have it right side up again in under five minutes.

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12/12/2009 12:59 PM

OK, the roll cage passed its test!

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12/12/2009 5:29 PM

Opening photo for "48 Hours in Australia"

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12/12/2009 6:14 PM

OK, youse guys...you gotta move that truck...you're in handicapped parking.

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12/12/2009 6:16 PM

WHAT? you think this is bad? You should see the one on the OTHER side of the pit!

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12/12/2009 6:17 PM

Damn, that was a helluva storm...it blew all the trees away.

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12/12/2009 6:19 PM

Man, you can find ALL kinds of stuff when you drain the pond.

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12/13/2009 12:52 AM

Poke it to make sure it is dead!

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12/14/2009 6:13 AM

Double yellow line? What double yellow line?

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12/14/2009 3:31 PM

I told them . . . the arrows were pointing down when they unwrapped it!

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12/15/2009 8:57 AM

Barricade at the tree strip mine huggers rally.

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12/15/2009 10:54 AM

Dramatic fuel mileage findings.

6 scientist conducting new green fuel economy research. This study demonstrates that even large utility vehilces can get a substantial increase in fuel mileage by orienting the wheels away from the road surface. Studies indicate an improvement in mileage by as much as 350%. With these findings, the government will be granting an additional $10M to study this profound finding further.

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