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Caption this for 06/19/15

Posted June 18, 2015 4:45 PM by LakeGrl
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06/18/2015 4:51 PM

Sporkadle?

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06/18/2015 5:04 PM

Hey, wait a minute, this was supposed to be a football bat! Darn it!

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06/18/2015 5:07 PM

Engineer: Why don't you just pour the soup into the cup instead of the bowl?

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06/18/2015 5:13 PM

Soup fail....

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06/18/2015 5:52 PM

Who says you can't eat soup with a fork!
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06/18/2015 9:11 PM

Camping spoon!

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06/19/2015 11:41 AM

Don't you mean Campbell spoon?? You know the ones you can eat with a fork!!

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06/18/2015 10:40 PM

Whadda you mean, that's not what you wanted? You asked for a forkin spoon.

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06/19/2015 2:49 AM

forkin good idea for spooning!

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06/18/2015 11:09 PM

Get your act together, and handle the rough with the smooth.
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06/19/2015 12:05 AM

An innovative design example of an handle.
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06/19/2015 4:25 AM

Forking soup for lunch again I see
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06/19/2015 5:10 AM

Hobo Ladle:

"When you come to a fork in the road...pick it up."

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06/19/2015 5:23 AM

Found in cave in the year 2550:

Archaeologists claim to have found the primitive ancestor of the spoon-billed

Soupapotomus.

Note the 4 retractable claws.

3 and 5 claw species have been found in the same layer.

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06/19/2015 7:14 AM

Believe it or not, that IS Basil...
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06/19/2015 8:19 AM

1st Caption

No Spoon.? Don't worry.See the self-made spoon and you can follow me.

ALTERNATIVE CAPTION:

No time. I have to swallow quickly and rush to aircraft before the door closes.

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06/19/2015 8:39 AM

Well we can assume correctly that this is definitely not a can of Campbells Chunky, the "soup you can eat with a fork".

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06/19/2015 10:48 AM

I think it may be pond koi bouillabaisse. I'll ask my neighbor, he's got a bunch of them in his pond.

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06/19/2015 8:44 AM

Mmmmm, Cream of Styrofoam soup. My favorite! But when I make it I usually chop the styrofoam into smaller pieces.

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06/20/2015 10:35 AM

I thought it was Minestyrene Soup with extra large noodles.

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06/19/2015 8:48 AM

Young cowboy to old timer staring at a steaming bowl of soup. "Hey old timer, you gonna eat that?" "Naw", says the old timer sliding the bowl over. The cowboy starts wolfing it down and suddenly throws up in the bowl. "Hey, there's a dead mouse in here!" The old timer replies "Yah I know, that's as far as I got to".

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06/19/2015 10:35 AM

Boss: I told you to make me a FU**ING "SPOON"

Engineer: Ummmm "I DID"

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06/19/2015 11:03 AM

Meanwhile, in Colorado, "MMM, marijuana soup! Like wow dude, I'm too lazy to get a spoon, man."

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06/19/2015 11:28 AM

At the Society for Literal Thinkers Luncheon, confusion ensued.

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06/19/2015 11:55 AM

Ladle Fail, much like having screen windows in a submarine....

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06/19/2015 2:49 PM

I love it!!!!!

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06/19/2015 3:59 PM

This tie was given to me by my boss, if the soup gets on it, I am Riffed!

Oh no, not the dreaded cream of styrofoam again! Hey waiter there is a fly in my soup? Waiter: "Is he doing the back-stroke, or the breast-stroke?"

Duck! Soup!

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06/20/2015 5:07 PM

A skimming fork for the little ones in the neighborhood

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06/22/2015 2:39 PM

There is no truth in the rumour that it is the final washings from the U-bend under Kris' cast iron bath (the one that is now broken, that is). None whatsoever.

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06/22/2015 4:11 PM

The man called the waiter to his table. "Taste the soup," he said.
"Is it too hot?" the waiter asked.
"Just taste the soup."
"Is it too cold?"
"Just taste the soup."
"Too salty?"
"Just taste the soup!"
"Is there a fly in it?"
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06/23/2015 1:24 PM

You mispelled Ah Kha, by leaving out the 'k'. Now toin awround, and do it ova agaain. Oh, foget about it.

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06/24/2015 4:39 AM

Nice to see that your spelling has improved

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06/24/2015 12:13 PM

Is there any truth to the rumor that Namibian lizzards travel the highways with a stick in their mouth? Do they also stop occasionally putting the stick in the ground, and climb up to cool their little feet?

Do you have a robot named "Chappie"?

How many pounds of sand can a Namibian woodchuck pound, if a woodchuck could pound sand?

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06/24/2015 2:31 PM

Is there any χ ani truth χ trooth to the rumor χ Roomir that √(werry well dun√) lizzards travel χ travil the highways χ hiωayz with a stick χ stik in their mouth?

1 out off VI, at leest itz a imppoOvmint. i hav corektid yore spell for yoo to sea how itz dun¿ I will also tel yore parints that yoo are lerning good if yoo want. Just giv me ther e-mail a dress then i wlll tipe them a letter allso.

yoo must be dilligint and praktis more. hArd lerning will get yoo far in live# life.

beer with cornflaks for brekfist helpd me ↓

No, I don't have a Chappie, locally its a chewing gum brand but I don't go for gum, only occasionally when circumstance demands that my "exhalations be masked," but then I rather choose a stronger brand of gum. but usually when I think that beer is heavily on my breath I cover it with some or other ethanol based refreshment. Granted, once in dire need of a good cover I swilled a mouthful of gasoline (petrol) for the task. It worked well, but I since learned that mixed with two-stroke it's more palatable.

How many gallons of oil can a Texas pumper pump, if a texan pumper could pump oil?

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06/24/2015 2:44 PM

Mostly, we measure by the pipeline here. Sometimes by the railcar, other times by the truckload. Once in a the long hear time ago, they used to use barrels (which were drums by the time I was calved). I ain't never heard of pumping oil by the gallon. Must be a micro-oil patch in Namibia. Sounds like you are definitely enjoying yourself too much today. Watch out for the serpent.

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08/22/2015 6:25 PM

''Whoa, I didn't think Admin would cut our Lab equipment budget this much!!!???''

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08/22/2015 8:13 PM

I came upon a fork in the road while riding my bicycle. There it was, in the tar patching strip, a piece of flatware, embedded in the pavement. I suspect someone on the repair drew had a sense of humor. And you wouldn't be picking it up since you would need a hammer and chisel to dislodge it.
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