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Caption This for 1/8/16

Posted January 07, 2016 4:45 PM by LakeGrl
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01/07/2016 5:08 PM

I know my suction cup idea was better. Dumb CR4 Engineers!

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01/07/2016 5:14 PM

Man, I really got hosed on that deal.

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01/07/2016 5:40 PM

Cavalier with a coil problem.
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01/07/2016 6:24 PM

Yes the pipe is on it's way

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01/07/2016 6:54 PM

Been there done that.

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01/07/2016 7:35 PM

What go's around, comes around.
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01/07/2016 7:59 PM

Or, what a hose around, goes around.

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01/07/2016 9:12 PM

Yes
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01/08/2016 5:23 AM

go's goes
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01/08/2016 5:26 AM
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01/07/2016 9:35 PM

Alright! Got my licorice.

Ready for the Star Wars marathon!

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01/07/2016 10:34 PM

Ok. Now I'm ready for a radiator leak.
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01/08/2016 1:47 AM

Doug: Hey we're going up to Canada, eh?

Bob: Yah, we got to get things moving, y'know, yeah?

Doug: So what did he tell you, you hoser?

Bob: He he said that we're on a secret mission - we're gonna put in a secret pipeline to get Molson DRY from Can-a-da' to the US. So, come on! Let's go, eh! Pretty soon the Americans can have the best beer in the world, eh!

<truck sputters and dies>

Bob: So what in blazes! Why's the truck stopped, eh?

Doug: I guess we're out of gas, eh.

Bob: Well why the blazes we're out of gas? We had money for it, y'know!

Doug: Yeah, I know, eh. But not enough to buy beer too.

Bob: You....., you..... hoser!

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01/08/2016 4:43 AM

Some of the first submissions to YouTube didn't really get the point.

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01/08/2016 4:44 AM

Under subscribed crowd funded alternative to the HyperLoop.
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01/08/2016 5:05 AM

Husband to Wife:

Honey, How do I drive.

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01/08/2016 5:09 AM

The first vehicle powered by dark energy.

Note the primary and secondary of the dark energy transformer.

Watch for IPO.

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01/08/2016 5:24 AM

"All I need now is a calculation for an orifice plate..."

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01/08/2016 5:54 AM

"We are using servo valves (flow control ) operating current range is from - 40 mA to + 40 mA .What is the input current for the servo valve to make cylinder open ,cylinder close and to make it stationary. What is the fluid flow with respect to input current"

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01/08/2016 8:30 AM

LOL!!!

That must rate as one of the most stupid questions from an OP that we have ever had......

I did not want to lose my temper, so I never followed it!!

It fits in well here!!!

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01/08/2016 6:08 AM

Look now you got a kink in it. Didn't I say that the bend radius for the upper coil was too tight.
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01/08/2016 6:11 AM

Is that a Chevy Cavalier?

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01/08/2016 6:29 AM

eBay: Bargain. 4" Cut Pipe. Any length. Free delivery.

Dear eBay, Urgent. Please amend to 'Any Length up to 6 ft'.

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01/08/2016 6:31 AM

Look Honey, the guy said this is the replacement that Takata recommends until the airbag lawsuit is settled.

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01/08/2016 6:32 AM

Doc Browns first prototype of the flux capacitor, before he bumped his head.

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01/08/2016 7:57 AM

Those damn copper thieves are up to no good again!

Did the price for copper peak in the salvaged metals market?

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01/08/2016 8:02 AM

I've heard of people getting all wrapped up in their work...
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01/08/2016 9:25 AM

Re open for bids.

New mini super collider for CERN research lab.

Previous winner involved in traffic accident.

Unable to fulfill contract.

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01/08/2016 9:38 AM

Man Takes His Hospitality too far...

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01/08/2016 9:38 AM

Great! Now the Conspiracy Theorists are going to come up with a new version of 'The Philadelphia Story' Just glad it wasn't cable this time.

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01/08/2016 9:43 AM

Come on girls..(woof woof) Hop in the car.. I've got to get my bitches and hose on the road.

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01/08/2016 11:17 AM

EPA's prototype car that runs on H2O. Includes complementary set of jumper cables.
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01/08/2016 3:40 PM

After moving to Indiana, Bob's wife told him he just wasn't fitting in, but he misunderstood hoser and Hoosier.

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01/09/2016 7:29 AM

"...our pipe delivery facilities are very flexible....with improved designs of roof-rack in the pipeline...."

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PS I like #32A myself - GA to AH from me!

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01/09/2016 5:19 PM

Car stylists call it "The Wraparound Windshield."
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01/09/2016 8:24 PM

300 miles to go and I GOTTA GO PEE!!!
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01/09/2016 9:44 PM

Danke AH. That feels much better.
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01/10/2016 5:32 PM

I got hosed
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01/10/2016 6:11 PM

Tesla's great great grandson, Doc Emmit B. Tesla, insisted you could do time travel with a flux inductor. Here's his prototype.
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10/27/2016 2:49 PM

Ever look back in Caption This and realize how hozed up the photos are?
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