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Caption This for 04/22/11

Posted April 21, 2011 4:45 PM by Sharkles
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04/21/2011 5:22 PM

The KrisDelTM Overunity outlet $49.99 available mail order from our Etherville depot.
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(That socket looks a tad surprized!)

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04/21/2011 5:53 PM

What's wrong with this picture!

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04/21/2011 7:43 PM

Recycling at it's finest.

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04/21/2011 8:53 PM

#37 on the list of 101 ways to instantly raise your home insurance during a walk around inspection.
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04/21/2011 9:38 PM

Loop currents.

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04/21/2011 10:28 PM

How to solve the energy crisis.

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04/21/2011 10:29 PM

And they said perpetual motion was impossible!

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04/21/2011 11:50 PM

I wonder if it is Mobius cross-wired....

But then there would be a hot-to-neutral connection that would burn up pretty fast.

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04/22/2011 12:52 AM

How else should I connect my outside security lights?

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04/22/2011 3:53 AM

Overunity outlet! ... only $19.95!

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04/22/2011 4:13 AM

Hey dude, you are undercutting my price on post #1.
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04/22/2011 4:18 AM

So outsource your factory to some fourth-world country, to get your price down to £18.95 . Damn cutthroats!

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04/22/2011 4:26 AM

Or should that be £18, 19 S.?

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04/22/2011 7:37 AM

A shocking new concept in recycling brought to you by the people who gave us artificial inteligence!

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04/22/2011 7:50 AM

Isn't this the way everyone powers their outlets?

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04/22/2011 8:07 AM

Energy theifs can strike at any time, no ones safe.

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04/22/2011 8:35 AM

The people in the next apartment will never notice.

That'll teach them to ask me to clean the litter box when they're out of town.

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04/22/2011 9:19 AM

You stole my joke! I'm gonna have to get up earlier in the morning now.
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04/22/2011 11:05 AM

Har. I usually don't have a chance to check Caption This til late in the day and all my ideas are usually taken.

Sooooo... I don't feel bad about beating you out. It'll probably never happen again.

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04/22/2011 12:12 PM

I had to re-word my response too (#18) once I saw yours. Heh.

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04/22/2011 9:19 AM

Eventually Tom and Mary figured out why the guy in the apartment next door had such a small electricity bill. (And why their cat is now paranoid.)

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04/22/2011 12:33 PM

And for power on the go...

The new Portable Over-Unity CR4000 ™, exclusively from LynDoor® Industries. Don't be a slave to your home or office, take this little powerhouse with you to the beach, to the ballgame, to the movies... all the places that FUN people go. Capable of providing minutes of energy to charge your mobile device... sort of.

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04/23/2011 12:32 AM

one way to tell if you're living next door to a grow-op.

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04/23/2011 11:50 AM

The mice are getting smarter. They now have electricity inside the wall.

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04/23/2011 6:33 PM

Oh, this is so unsafe! Always use an appliance cord with a ground when doing this!
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04/25/2011 11:44 AM

A 110 powered electrical outlet. Just plug in and enjoy.

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04/25/2011 11:50 AM

Uh, hu, if I plug this outlet into another outlet than when I plug an appliance in it will only use half the electric. Right?

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05/01/2011 1:28 PM

The upper socket somehow looks like a surprised face!!

Like "Shit, where is that surprise enema coming from?"

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05/01/2011 6:36 PM

i see, it also resembles this......

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07/09/2011 12:27 PM

oh man now i know where i left my sawsall dont drink and drywall folks

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