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Caption This for 04/26/13

Posted April 25, 2013 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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04/25/2013 5:03 PM

Five cents short of a Happy Meal.
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04/25/2013 5:03 PM

It was only fifteen minutes ago, life was so easy... groovin' on some tunes, tossin' back a few cold ones, workin' on the wife's car...

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04/25/2013 5:30 PM

On the plus side, that spider that's been lurking around the back door is probably gone now.

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04/25/2013 5:35 PM

Too little. Too late. Time to get the marshmallows.

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04/25/2013 5:52 PM

Too late for that. I think when the wife see that he is toast. too.
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04/25/2013 6:32 PM

Looks like the standard Monday morning project that you inherit from the boss after he dropped it Friday evening walked away and never looked back.

Similar scale of resources to work with as well.

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04/25/2013 7:25 PM

Not quite what I meant when I said I wanted a flame job on the hood of my car.

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04/25/2013 8:47 PM

Dad, didn't you say black was you favorite color? Well...

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04/25/2013 10:00 PM

Bert says to himself... "I will never deep fry a turkey again"!

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04/25/2013 10:41 PM

the volunteer fire department isn't always up to the challenge.

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04/25/2013 10:44 PM

Go ahead on Bubba. I got a hose on ya.
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04/26/2013 3:39 AM

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/84467/Fire-Rated-Wall-Between-Transformers

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04/26/2013 3:40 AM

"British Standard 7671? What's that?"

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04/26/2013 3:47 AM

Drop hose, shove hands in pocket stroll away casually whistling to self thinking 'act natural, act natural'

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04/26/2013 4:21 AM

Fast Freddy hoping to get his Meth Lab fire under control before anybody notices.

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04/26/2013 4:36 AM

H2O enhanced fuel system accidentally filled with H2O2.
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04/26/2013 9:50 AM

Is that 'Browns gas'?

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04/26/2013 4:49 AM

Impressive. What about that for "free energy", eh?

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04/26/2013 5:23 AM

SEE MY COURAGEOUS ACTION

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04/26/2013 5:50 AM

"Don't worry guys. I've got this"

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04/26/2013 6:59 AM

That's a neat way of tidying out the garage and having a bonfire at the same time.

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04/26/2013 7:08 AM

There's no end to the excitement to be had during Bob-a-Job Week....

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04/26/2013 7:51 AM

Wife: Where'd Jason go?

Husband: He went to fire up the car.

Wife: Where'd Nick go?

Husband: He went to put out the fire.

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04/26/2013 8:03 AM

He got there in the Nick of time!

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04/26/2013 8:40 AM

We are so fortunate that there no law against bad jokes.....

Unfortunately, I hear in the next budget bill in congress, bad jokes are going to be taxed.

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Bad jokes have always been taxing.

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04/26/2013 9:46 AM

A few more revenue enhancements like that, and we should be able to close the gap on our deficit.

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04/26/2013 8:03 AM

Can't make it into work today... got car trouble!
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04/26/2013 8:06 AM

John still thinks that the new car cleaning technology and flaming down of dirt needs a bit of water to work...

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04/26/2013 9:43 AM

'Smokey the Bear' says - Only YOU can prevent stupid, absolutely unnecessary fires from happening!

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04/26/2013 10:21 AM

I know the instruction was a lilttle vague, but when i said "fire up the grill" I wasn't talking about the truck.

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04/26/2013 10:29 AM

I hope this works....
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04/26/2013 10:46 AM

Little Bobby Johnson's parents knew Bobby liked to imitate his hero Evel Knievel. But his parents always worried because they never had much room in their yard for little Bobby to play.

But that never stopped "Li'l Bobby Johnson".

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04/26/2013 11:31 AM

There is no fury like a woman bomber scorned.

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04/26/2013 11:36 AM

I think that car is stolen........... it look pretty hot.

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04/26/2013 12:11 PM

Little Mikey thought the only thing cooler than watching his parents vehicle burn would be having a "hose rainbow" above it.

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04/26/2013 12:12 PM

Fast Freddy was courageous and dedicated and willing to charge Hell with a water pistol.

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04/26/2013 12:22 PM

Never Always bring a knife garden hose to a gun Fire fight.

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04/26/2013 3:15 PM

I see a safety hazard here.......he is wearing sandels....that is not proper fire fighting foot ware.

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04/26/2013 3:21 PM

And the city council assured us that we wouldn't even notice the 30% budget cutbacks on the City of Detroit's Fire Department.

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04/26/2013 4:46 PM

You are under arrest, sir. Today is not your watering day.

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04/26/2013 5:51 PM

I'll shoot from around the corner in case it "fires" back!

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I thought I had Jimmy out-gunned in this water fight when I got the garden hose... who da' thunk he would fill a Super Soaker with napalm?!

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04/27/2013 7:56 AM

After fixing the wiring in his trailer, my brother in law decided to tackle auto mechanics...

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04/28/2013 8:19 AM

Class, this is an example of disproportionate response!

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04/28/2013 5:42 PM

Wishful thinking???

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04/28/2013 10:23 PM

Like so many new hire engineers discover - the first day at the office reveals the company is in perpetual fire-fighting mode.
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