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Caption This for 12/13/13

Posted December 12, 2013 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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12/12/2013 5:21 PM

Alright! Who took that picture of me?! NSA, Amazon drone? WHO??

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12/12/2013 5:46 PM

...And later that day NORAD took a picture of Kilowatt0's right ear lobe as it went into low Earth orbit.

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12/12/2013 5:44 PM

Special episode of Mythbusters. Will it explode or not explode?

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12/12/2013 6:02 PM

Oops, the hot work permit tag just burned up.

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12/12/2013 7:52 PM

trust me i know what i am doing!

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12/12/2013 8:00 PM

Oh I'm sure he'll be fine.....

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12/12/2013 10:30 PM

Sshh, Larry be quite,...... Darrel's at it again..... Let's sneak up real close and video record Darrel, and when it blows, we'll post the video on utube and become millionaires.

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12/12/2013 10:56 PM

The average intelligence of America is about to increase by a small fraction.

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12/12/2013 11:46 PM

"""BOOOOOM"""

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12/13/2013 12:17 AM

ought oh... OSHA is gonna cite him for no hearing protection!

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12/13/2013 1:52 AM

And thats where it is so obvious that he will need it! See previous post! Boooom!

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12/13/2013 3:40 AM

Clearly its staged. No real shop is ever that clean!

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12/13/2013 4:55 AM

That could be really dangerous: if he burns through that retaining belt one of those cylinders could fall on his foot.

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12/13/2013 4:58 AM

Am I right for warming the cylinders.?

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12/13/2013 5:51 AM

ooh.. Pardon me. Taco tuesday ..

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12/13/2013 6:29 AM

AFTER THE TRAGEDY:

1. With the photo as evidence the medical insurance didn't pay out.

2. He lost the labour case on the technicality that: he 'fired' himself.

3. He received a $200 fine for drunken grinding.

He is now happily employed at some nuke place and often tells his tale to his new mate, Homer when they crack a cold one.

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12/13/2013 7:13 AM

Butt welding.
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12/13/2013 7:52 AM

This picture was recovered from a memory card found 100 yards from the scene of the warehouse explosion.
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12/13/2013 8:15 AM

He was told to look for leaks and was out of matches.

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12/13/2013 9:23 AM

Co-worker:

"Didn't Billy say he used to work at that Fireworks Factory that burned down?"
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12/13/2013 9:58 AM

By the looks of Jimmy, It must of been Bean Burrito night again at the Mexican-Americana Burrito Barn last night

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12/13/2013 10:13 AM

The last thing Jonny remembered after waking up at the hospital was passing gas.

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12/13/2013 10:23 AM

now THAT is one hell of a blasting fart....
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12/13/2013 10:53 AM

Some limits should not be pushed.
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12/13/2013 10:56 AM

I'll show them. I'll make my own blowup doll!
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12/13/2013 2:10 PM

Does this make my Butt look good.

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12/13/2013 3:11 PM

Joey loves Mexican food, but he could not afford it......... until he stopped replacing his underwear.

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12/13/2013 3:13 PM

Joe thought that Darwin guy was so smart... he figured he would try his hardest for one of those new fangled "Darwin Awards", only then would how smart he was be clear to all.

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12/13/2013 10:41 PM

Just to be on the safe side, Ralph carefully rotated the bottle trolley to be sure that the oxy bottle shielded the acetylene bottle

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12/14/2013 2:23 PM

''...and just how long has it been since you re-certified?''...

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12/14/2013 11:23 PM

Here's one fellow who won't be around long enough to refer to going to work as "Getting back to the old grind."
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12/15/2013 10:29 PM

Oh, come on! What can go wrong?
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12/15/2013 10:35 PM

another candidate for a Darwin award - if he lives to receive it!
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12/15/2013 10:51 PM

They are supposed to be given posthumously, but I think they have made exceptions.
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12/16/2013 5:07 AM

Yea, you get the award for removing yourself from the gene pool: if you do that by blowing off your b*ll*cks you can still qualify. IIRC there was one guy who replaced a fuse in his truck/SUV/whatever with a live round.

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12/16/2013 5:44 PM

OH myyyyyy, he must have gone out with a bang.

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12/16/2013 7:34 PM

Nah, don't worry he was just a flash in the pan ;)

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12/16/2013 8:50 PM

Or, Pan-ts
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12/18/2013 3:36 AM

After hours of searching for a left hand nut to hold the wheels on the worlds only counterclockwise spinning grinder, Sparky thought to himself "what else could possibly go wrong?"
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12/19/2013 7:11 AM

Gitter Done!

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12/21/2013 5:04 AM

The hunt continues....... especially 'down-under'

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Only qualified personal should attempt this.

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