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What Is It? for 8/26/12

Posted August 26, 2012 12:00 AM
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08/26/2012 6:29 AM

Bacon* slicer.

[Edit: or any other meat ... ]

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08/26/2012 7:46 AM

Precisely! GA

This is the sort of equipment LynDoor™ Industries uses in the production of our wildly popular BaconShirt™.

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08/28/2012 5:57 AM

Dear sir,
Regarding the Bacon Shirt I recently purchased.
I find it is becoming a trifle crisp in the recent hot weather, however the molten fat running down my back has been excellent for my skin.
Can you please advise a suitable cleansing rgime for your excellent product.
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08/26/2012 11:25 PM

I concur
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08/26/2012 6:50 AM
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Re: What Is It? for 8/26/12

08/26/2012 11:16 AM

This is a pre-OSHA meat slicer.

Once all the appropriate safety devices were added, the machine became usable only as a boat anchor.
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08/26/2012 1:07 PM

Dang good one too....

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08/26/2012 10:28 PM

But only if fish resident within 10km +/- 1 km of intended anchor location have been provided with suitable warnings by publishing in local newspapers for seven (7) consecutive days in typeface not less than 14 pt!

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08/26/2012 8:44 PM

interrogation device, one finger, two finger......

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08/27/2012 3:18 AM

This is one of the machines that figured in a very old joke...

About a Butcher that backed into his bacon slicer and got a little behind in his orders.....

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08/27/2012 7:57 AM

That reminds me of the firefly that backed into the bacon slicer and was delighted.

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08/27/2012 10:21 AM

A lady butcher backed into one... Disaster!
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08/30/2012 5:49 AM

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08/27/2012 5:22 AM

There is one in the Capital Building in Washington, D.C., used by various elected officials to shave away portions of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

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08/27/2012 11:25 AM

A pork slicer used by Congress.....

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08/29/2012 7:17 AM

That's an item unheard of and undesired in DC...

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Re: What Is It? for 8/26/12

08/27/2012 10:48 PM

DANG!!!

Two in a row I knew in a heartbeat....

But because I;m on the wring side of Greenwich time line, I'm always too late!

Story of my life!!! ss

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08/28/2012 3:32 AM

A guillotine on the Gong Show.

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08/28/2012 12:50 PM

Henry the VIII's divorce Attorney.

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08/29/2012 9:52 AM

Hery the VII divorce Attorney

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08/29/2012 1:49 PM

i MEAN HENRY

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08/30/2012 9:50 AM

The standard deviation of your responses is awfully large....

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08/29/2012 1:38 PM

Or a "Steak Maker"

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