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Caption This for 09/11/15

Posted September 10, 2015 4:45 PM by LakeGrl
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09/10/2015 4:52 PM

I see the sparky traps are working!

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09/10/2015 5:11 PM

Excellent candidates for a water pistol flash and potential for several years of bad luck.

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09/10/2015 6:59 PM

I know this isn't the best arrangement, but all the meeting rooms were full.
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09/10/2015 7:06 PM

Yet another series of designed stair cases.

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09/10/2015 7:29 PM

Few people ever see the room underneath the airport security screening area, where the foot inspector stations are located.

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09/11/2015 11:44 AM

The agony of de feet.

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09/10/2015 7:35 PM

Four electricians started going into the light....

Well I have the first part of the joke figured out.

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09/10/2015 8:56 PM

He's headed back over toward you....don't fire till you see the whites of his eyes....(lab rat loose in ceiling)....

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09/10/2015 11:09 PM

Electricians know how to get ahead with the job.

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09/10/2015 11:56 PM

Jim.. throw it to Bob... Bob, throw it back to Jim and Jim DO NOT drop it this time!

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09/11/2015 2:24 AM

No smoking in the hallways? New designated smoking areas.

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09/11/2015 3:20 AM

Sparkies watching ceiling erectors do it on the ceiling.

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09/11/2015 4:44 AM

"Light Therapy"

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09/11/2015 6:01 AM

Here Kitty Kitty!

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09/11/2015 7:42 AM

I met a guy that claimed to train his cat to crawl across ceilings like that to run cable.
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09/11/2015 11:14 AM

No way, cats can't be trained. They just ignore you. Haven't you seen the commercial?

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09/11/2015 12:34 PM

Hey, I just taught two of my kittens to "High Five" me! I say its a victory.

Oh... Wait a minute... The kittens just taught ME to High five! DOH!

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09/11/2015 6:17 AM

Early development of the "Get Smart" cone of silence for conference sharing.

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09/11/2015 7:08 AM

Sparks Electrical Services finally gives its employees the raise they deserve.
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09/11/2015 7:12 AM

I've heard rumors to the effect that electrician's pay has hit a ceiling. Nice to know that these guys have found a work-around...

...or are they just above all that?
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09/11/2015 7:41 AM

Smashing your way beyond the fiber-glass ceiling...

Corporate big wigs having another meeting at the top of the corporate ladder.
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09/11/2015 12:36 PM

A new game called "Sparky Whack-a Mole!"

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09/11/2015 9:09 AM

Hey Dug, there's a cloud up here with wires coming out of it!

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09/11/2015 9:23 AM

The Engineering Department finds a better place to stick their heads up.
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09/11/2015 9:33 AM

The New York Rangers "whack a mole electrician" training camp.

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09/11/2015 9:53 AM

"No, no, no. Guys, you're doing it all wrong! A) It's not 4:20, B) this isn't the Quad, and most importantly, C) That's not what it means to 'get high.'"

"Sheesh, potheads made much more sense back when *I* was a freshman."

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09/11/2015 10:25 AM

...and at home their wives accuse them of having their heads in the sand.

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09/11/2015 10:31 AM

Putin's grand version of Maxwell Smart's Portable Cone of Silence in action...

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Sorry mastrsmth... posted before seeing your entry.

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09/11/2015 10:34 AM

An electrician flash mob singing "Up Where We Belong"...

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09/11/2015 11:11 AM

Someone tell Scottie we've checked all the transporters and they are not the problem this time. Someone check the power cables in the Jefferies tube.

Aye laddie, indeed it could be a bad power cable, here in Engineering the dilithium cystals are stable and we're puttin' out full power.
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09/11/2015 11:18 AM

Sings:

"On the 4th day of Christmas, the Local gave to me...

Four Sparky Toppers"

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09/11/2015 11:52 AM

Taken on a Friday, shortly before 3:30pm, when the fire alarm circuit was accidentally tripped.

Emergency responders were puzzled by the ladders laying in the empty parking lot and the people hanging from the drop ceiling in the foyer.

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09/11/2015 12:39 PM

I've always said that electricians have their heads up their "ceilings"

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09/11/2015 1:27 PM

These are no amateurs performing this work:
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09/11/2015 2:29 PM

Geez, It sure would be nice if somebody invented a way to turn these lights on and off without having to twist these wires.

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09/11/2015 3:49 PM

They've taken steps to fix the lights.

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09/11/2015 5:13 PM

Time laps of the worlds fastest electrician over a period of 4 minutes.

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09/11/2015 7:13 PM

All right Alix, where did you put the attic stairs this time?
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09/14/2015 10:13 AM

Marco!

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09/14/2015 2:07 PM

Are you sure this is where we find Jesus?
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Yep, Jesus went up there to find Enrique..... Now they're both lost!

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09/21/2015 9:30 PM

''If everyone is holding the correct wires together this time, it should work...''

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