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Caption This for 03/15/13

Posted March 14, 2013 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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03/14/2013 5:52 PM

How an engineer solves the problems of 68 square feet of living space.
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03/14/2013 6:16 PM

The must have accessory for your aquarium screen saver - By Ronco.

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Re: Caption This for 03/15/13

03/14/2013 6:59 PM

The guys in his software group told him the new company car-pooling policy required everyone to telecommute-pool from now on.

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03/14/2013 8:50 PM

"I'm just chillin' after a long hard hot day. Reminds me to get more ice cubes, and some brewskies into this bucket, and I'm goin' to perview some fine, fine porn, and get ready for tomorrow's adventures (before my girlfriend gets back home) - Ya'all got a problem with that? Toooo f'n bad"

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03/14/2013 9:35 PM

Done it, the Jacuzzi add on is ordered!

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Re: Caption This for 03/15/13

03/15/2013 12:06 AM

There you have it folks.

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LynDoor™Industries Perpetual ® Motion Division has a solution for your small profile generation needs, as well↓.

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03/15/2013 12:16 AM

Homesick test tube baby
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03/15/2013 12:31 AM

I was going to say: Test tube baby who refused to leave the womb.

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03/15/2013 1:35 AM

Latest technology in PC Cooling Towers.
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03/15/2013 5:07 AM

Roll up! Roll up! Today's special offer - KrisDel™ boil-in-the-bag PC Technicians! Three pounds each or two-for-a-fiver!

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03/15/2013 5:30 AM

I think I should have RTFM for this liquid cooling assembly. Something just does not ...feel right, CPU temp is still too high..
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03/15/2013 5:58 AM

Really?

you wanted to play halo all weekend and never get up and this is best thing you could think of?

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03/15/2013 6:10 AM

home use "0-g" trainer for the "NEW AND ECONOMIZED" NASA space program.

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03/15/2013 6:37 AM

The "Geek Riviera"

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03/15/2013 12:37 PM

Is your avatar picture a musical instrument, just curious?

Sorry for the off topic discussion.

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03/15/2013 12:57 PM

looks like a "jaw harp", "jews harp" or "juice harp" depending on where you are from. Iv'e got a few different ones myself.

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03/16/2013 11:02 AM

Yes it is. A Jew's Harp, (which is the original English name but not having anything to do with Jews in particular). I made the one pictured and produced "concert quality" harps some years ago.

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03/15/2013 1:29 PM

Geek Riviera ! get outa... LMAO... Geek Riviera ! sure !! Oh boy, that's a good one... Geek Riviera !! (I blew a snort).

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03/17/2013 12:18 PM

Hey Yahlasit, thanks for your comment. BTW, I appreciate and value your comments on various topics here as well. CU, Ken

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03/15/2013 7:59 AM

Microsoft's new "Portable Bath App"......

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03/15/2013 8:02 AM

OK. Somewhere on CR4 it's got to tell me how to break this danged bath...
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03/15/2013 8:39 AM

The refraction of light in here makes my software package look twice as big.
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03/15/2013 4:23 PM

naw that is just the gas that has not escaped yet.

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03/15/2013 9:13 AM

NOW you tell me that the drawings for this eyecup were in millimeters!!!!!
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03/15/2013 9:43 AM

dateline China, Chinese scientist discover soaking young fertile males in a rice wine vinegar and Epsom salt, eight hours before intercourse increases male off spring 2to1.Females are adding honey and getting sweat and sour porked.
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03/15/2013 9:45 AM

60 Minutes breaks story of Ocean Food's Won Ton soup mix secret family recipe

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03/15/2013 1:05 PM

Eww!

Still rates a GA though.
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03/22/2013 9:23 AM

Outstanding!

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03/15/2013 10:12 AM

Aquaman adapts to new technology!

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03/15/2013 10:18 AM

So this is what half full looks like for engineers.
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03/15/2013 11:29 AM

I was looking for internet amateur video and this is what I found on..

..wait for it...

YouTub.com
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03/15/2013 1:06 PM

Believing the cruel joke his sister has played on him, Stanley begins searching for his real father, Aquaman.
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03/15/2013 10:32 PM

If e_______ lasts more than 4 hours, seek medical help.

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03/16/2013 8:21 AM

The birth of a teletubby?

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Good one

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03/16/2013 11:32 PM

....So your internet date wasn't exactly lying when they described their self as a 'tall drink of water'.

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03/18/2013 8:40 AM

Acquiring his first computer, Dexter misunderstood the term "Surfing" the internet.

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03/18/2013 10:51 AM

...because his nerd rehab councilor said, "Dude, you need to get More Grounded."

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03/18/2013 5:18 PM

Quarantined ???? Malacious VIRUS FOUND !!!!
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03/18/2013 7:23 PM

New techno-sitz bath treatment for hemorrhoids found on internet. Instructions did not include having to view internet while undergoing treatment. Something was lost in translation.

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03/19/2013 7:27 AM

Now I just line up the webcam, go back to my room and wait for the girls to try this new bath....
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