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Caption This for 02/20/15

Posted February 19, 2015 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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02/19/2015 4:55 PM

Centre of gravity juuuuuuuust right.

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02/19/2015 5:43 PM

He was puzzled when the psychic had told him earlier that day that he'd be donating pianos.

He didn't own any pianos.

But after he left, the psychic realized she should have said 'organs' not 'pianos'.

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02/19/2015 5:43 PM

They call it: Darwin Award Planking.
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02/19/2015 5:47 PM

And he sleeps standing up on a hammock!
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02/19/2015 6:19 PM

Tennis shoes on a motorcycle? Is he crazy!?

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02/19/2015 7:07 PM

What's really impressive (although you cannot see it from the still photo) is that he is actually driving backwards!

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02/19/2015 8:03 PM

What'll really hurt is when he hits that telephone pole he's headed (feeted?) for.

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02/19/2015 7:59 PM

Gotta get to Walmart,.... I hope they have Preparation H. Driving like this is dangerous.

I hope this isn't a picture of a CR4 family member here.

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03/04/2015 8:55 AM

Excelent ! GA from me, now no one will suspect you; very clever.

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02/19/2015 9:05 PM

Look, ma...no hands!

...look, again, ma...no brains!.

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02/20/2015 12:16 AM

Once again, haggi ups Johnny in the audition for the latest air Jordon commercial
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02/20/2015 1:58 AM

Olga and Nadia were prettier, and probably fancier.

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02/20/2015 4:41 AM

How to reduce drag for better mileage and top speed.
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02/20/2015 5:55 AM

Man these headwinds are bad!! I'm glad I caught myself before I got blown off the back, but now what.........

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02/20/2015 6:15 AM

Other hopefuls for the individual Olympic gold on the pommel horse were demoralized when they spotted the Hungarian competitor going through his training routine at 50mph.
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02/20/2015 6:17 AM

Sissy: doing it on the ground.

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02/20/2015 8:10 AM

I think I saw this on last week on television on WFF (Worlds Funniest Fails). Predictable outcome.

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02/20/2015 9:56 AM

Caution: Face Plant in progress.

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02/20/2015 10:38 AM

And as the photography passed him, he could heare the biker singing a familiar and quite appropriate tune

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02/20/2015 12:34 PM

Meethane Boy rescues runaway motorbike, driver found in ditch, temporarily blinded by own lips, otherwise unharmed.

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02/20/2015 2:21 PM

Just came from "El Camino's House of Burrito"

Best Bean Burrito in town, county, state, country, continent, world, solar system, universe.... yea, that's it, universe.

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02/20/2015 2:25 PM

Perhaps this is why chaps were invented.

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02/20/2015 2:53 PM

Or Nomex.
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02/20/2015 3:15 PM

well, his did wife stopped buying him underwear.

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02/20/2015 5:44 PM

"Renewable's " Meaning nothing that burns"!"

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02/20/2015 3:31 PM

Sub sequentially half man-half road.

"Don't leave your blood on the highway, leave it at the Red Cross!" *Broderick Crawford, Highway Patrol.

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02/20/2015 3:54 PM

Really!!! Where is your HELMET?????

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02/20/2015 4:21 PM

Out-Planked by a girl (I think...)
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02/20/2015 5:11 PM

Damn, and no toilet seat protector!
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02/20/2015 5:17 PM

No, no, your using it wrong... Does any one here speak Spanish, and explain to our new legal, illegal aliens how to us the toilet.

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03/04/2015 9:06 AM

Bravo ! "us the toilet..." By the way, she's clearly a brit.

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02/20/2015 4:44 PM

Kenny the possum, unaware that a childish motorcycle stunt was hurtling at him, looked up just in time to utter " A PERSON WITH MANY BOOKS BUT CAN'T READ IS WITHOUT WISDOM TO USE WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED!"

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02/20/2015 5:12 PM

I want to see him signal a left turn.
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02/20/2015 5:48 PM

What happens when Driver, Passenger, and Motorcycle reach the Speed of Light.

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02/20/2015 7:35 PM

They'll be violating the Laws of Physics.

Unfortunately, there will be no arresting officer, defense counselor, nor jury - you just go straight to the penalty phase.
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02/21/2015 11:51 AM

Ha! He fooled all of you. The motorcycle isn't moving. He is just balancing on it at stand still.

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02/21/2015 2:03 PM

True that, I have a set of "blurry spoke" motorcycle wheels on my Jawa.

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02/22/2015 6:01 PM

Who said it's not possible to push start a motorbike?
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02/23/2015 10:52 AM

I think you have it! A high-compression run-and-bump start, commonly used on the Villiers 200E starmaker.

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02/23/2015 10:47 AM

Quit being soooo cheap, buy a full faring.

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02/23/2015 11:20 AM

DERE CR$ FRIENDS,

I hAVE just discovert a new way to ride MotorBIKE to be MOR STREMALINED.

I HAVE GOT AND EXTRA 0.00678 Miles to a TANK OF GAS>

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03/02/2015 2:48 PM

mal truco knievel

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