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Caption This for 10/28/11

Posted October 27, 2011 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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10/27/2011 4:55 PM

Things that happen when a love of gardening, robotics, and Dr Who are combined.

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10/27/2011 5:01 PM

That looks Dalektable.
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10/27/2011 5:04 PM

At one point in his career Davros tried to take up gardening as a hobby but unfortunately his obsessions in his work still held quite strongly as his way of dealing with the rabbits in his garden began to show.
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10/27/2011 5:14 PM

This one which looks like a close cousin is remote control

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/DalekPumpkin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPsXj7kVB5g
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10/27/2011 7:27 PM

GA for each. and what a cute pumkinbot!

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10/27/2011 5:15 PM

And now, for our next vegemation video...

R2DPumpkin

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10/28/2011 12:39 AM

Droid's answer to Apple has arrived.

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10/28/2011 3:44 AM

"i.i.i......a.a.m......a.a.......
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PUMPKIN???!!!"

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10/28/2011 5:41 AM

Between his wife watching "food wars" and himself watching "robot wars" Bubba found an activity both of them could enjoy............

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10/28/2011 6:54 AM

fairy god mother told her it will happen if she stay out after midnight but no, Missy didn't listen..

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10/28/2011 8:21 AM

EX-TERM-iN-ATE!

EX-TERM-IN-ATE!

EX-TERM-IN-ATE!

Please, these aphids are killing me..

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10/28/2011 9:13 AM

R2D2 goes vegan

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10/28/2011 9:14 AM

R2D2 goes "green"

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10/28/2011 9:38 AM

R2D2 Vegamatic

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10/28/2011 10:31 AM

slowly she backs away from the pumpkin .. smiling to masq her fear.. she tries to remember the simple times before GMO had gotten so seriously out of hand..

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10/28/2011 11:26 AM

This is not the droid you're looking to smash.

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10/28/2011 11:52 AM

Oh, Captain Sharkles, you may think me young and naive...

...but your Jedi mind tricks will not work on me.

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10/29/2011 10:35 AM

Very funny, and cute !

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10/28/2011 12:05 PM

We have a new addition to this year's World Pumpkin Chunkin Competition. In the trebuchet division, we present: pumpkins that load themselves. Self retrieval is still under development.

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10/28/2011 12:06 PM

R2D2 gets squashed.
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10/28/2011 12:29 PM

Though voted

"Least likely to make it through the early rounds of Battlebots"

it was also voted

"Most Organic"
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10/28/2011 12:35 PM

Remote control vs light up Dalek Pumpkin.... can't decide which is geekier!

http://io9.com/5677880/dalek-pumpkin-wants-to-exterminate-your-candy
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10/28/2011 1:52 PM

pumpkin pi. taken to the extreme.

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10/28/2011 2:04 PM

Won't the pumpkin patch kids be surprised when they realixe that the 'kins are ready to retaliate and fight back? - Look out Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus and all the rest of the gang!

Happy Halloween everyone - Loupy.

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10/28/2011 3:48 PM

"When I push this button, you pull that string...."

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10/30/2011 1:55 AM

R2-D orange?
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11/16/2011 1:13 AM

oh it's ON!! PUMPKIN WAR BABY!!!!

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11/16/2011 1:20 AM

It was love at first sight....

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