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Caption This for 08/16/13

Posted August 15, 2013 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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08/15/2013 5:32 PM

More BANG for your butt.

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08/15/2013 5:45 PM

Nah, it's still not steady. Drop your pants and I'll wedge it in your butt crack .
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08/15/2013 5:46 PM

With the new agressive anti gay stance of the Russian government, these gay comrades are finding imaginative new ways to get together.
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08/15/2013 6:02 PM

"This would be a lot easier without that gun in your pocket poking my ear."

"I don't have a gun in my pocket."

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08/15/2013 6:13 PM

OK, bring your head about 10 clicks to the right, and get ready for a big surprise!!!!!!!!
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08/15/2013 6:36 PM

He's both my rifle rest AND my shield.

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08/15/2013 8:30 PM

The 'Recoil Wedgie' shooting position.
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08/15/2013 8:33 PM

The new military version of the ARse-15 rifle begins trials...

Uses a special butt-tail bullet.
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08/15/2013 8:51 PM

I don't think that is what they mean by "spotting" for the sniper, I wouldn't have volunteered if I'd known.

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08/15/2013 8:55 PM

A whole new definition for gas blow-back.
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08/15/2013 9:34 PM

It's all about trusting your buddy. Incentivized training - 'please, please, shoot the other team before they hit us'.

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08/15/2013 10:52 PM

Don't ask...Don't tell!!

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08/15/2013 11:34 PM

"Mentally fed-up."

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08/16/2013 1:11 AM

OK.. nobody fart!!

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08/16/2013 3:10 AM

Don't ask. Don't tell.
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08/16/2013 3:20 AM

That's a really odd way to carry out a lower back massage.

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08/16/2013 3:20 AM

Making those sliders farts just that more deadly!

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08/16/2013 3:35 AM

Auditions for the Christmas Pantomime Horse become competitive as team Dobin try to take out their rivals.


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08/16/2013 4:03 AM

Has anyone ever tried that with a crossbow? Curious minds want to know...

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08/16/2013 5:39 AM

I dunno
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08/16/2013 7:38 AM

Or won't tell?
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08/16/2013 4:32 AM

"Now I wish we hadn't gone for that curry last night."

"You can say that again."

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08/16/2013 4:54 AM

Daddy, what did you do in the War?

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08/16/2013 5:17 AM

When Bob saw that buttplates are not returnable on this gun site, he decided to try his own buttplate that he could return if he didn't like it.

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HEY!

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08/17/2013 8:18 AM

Nothing wrong with you being a frugal...

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08/16/2013 7:08 AM

When the guys started calling him "tripod" this isn't what Bubba had envisioned it meant.

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08/16/2013 7:13 AM

Thanks to the new budget consience military brass, the mobile artillery has a new look.

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08/16/2013 7:21 AM

What shoots farther?

.308 or undigested corn. Here we see an attempt to answer that question.

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08/16/2013 7:50 AM

New Psy-Ops tactic. Mooning the enemy. Adding insult to injury. (this was just a dress rehearsal though)

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08/16/2013 7:56 AM

Silly sniper game: Trying to light a fart with a flash suppressor.

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08/16/2013 8:13 AM

Due to further British defence spending cuts, this is a new & cheap way to shoot & gas an enemy at the same time!

As well as demonstrating to him exactly what you think of him....

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08/16/2013 8:15 AM

Is this what an ASSault rifle looks like?

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08/16/2013 8:35 AM

"Okay, I've got him in my sights. Don't you dare Break Wind Private."
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08/16/2013 8:45 AM

"Son, you better hope their sniper's a good aim if he gets his shot off before I do.."
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08/16/2013 8:49 AM

This is harder than it looks. No butts about it.
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08/16/2013 9:07 AM

The Russian Army tries out their new rectal grenade launcher.

It appears they still have a bit of design and testing to do on the mounting procedure though!!

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08/16/2013 9:13 AM

I thing I here someone coming.

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08/16/2013 10:22 AM

I'd heard about friendly fire but didn't realise.............

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08/16/2013 11:34 AM

Calculating for wind direction now..................dont fart!

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08/16/2013 1:13 PM

This is my weapon. This is my gun. This one's for business. This one's for fun...........

Ever heard of an over and under.........hole new meaning.

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08/16/2013 1:55 PM

Don't worry, I got your back covered!

AR69-ing?
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08/16/2013 3:21 PM

Stop complaining! When I asked did you pack everything you said yes!

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08/17/2013 4:36 PM

Must be British! Not only no, but hell no!
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08/17/2013 8:20 PM

Another candidate for Sniper School flunks out due to a crack-up.

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08/18/2013 9:53 PM

Dear Diary today i had a crappy ASSignment.

Is this why those black ops reports are classified?

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08/19/2013 10:43 AM

Gives a new meaning to the term... "Gas Recoil" system.

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08/22/2013 11:29 AM

Turn your head a little to the right...No your right.
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08/24/2013 9:06 AM

I should have joined the Air Force, because in the Army,

TAIL GUNNER

was something completely different.
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08/24/2013 9:33 AM

Ok Joe,

One hair to the left, and one Dingle Berry higher.!

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08/28/2013 12:56 PM

I'll blow your brains out, mate!
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08/30/2013 1:26 AM

You're RIGHT - it does gurgle when you fire - - -

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09/14/2013 6:16 PM

''...and here you have the projected portrayal of all the country's military combatants, after the final budget cut. The Bureau of Beancounting has assured us that we will all be perfectly safe, while saving the most money...''

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