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Caption This for 9/30/16

Posted September 29, 2016 4:45 PM by LakeGrl
Pathfinder Tags: cars engineering engineering images engineers life funny images wheels

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09/29/2016 5:44 PM

Dukes of Hazard Reboot?

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09/29/2016 6:28 PM

And earlier that night, over heard in a bar, "dam it Jim Bob. I'm telling you my car can jump the barn."

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09/29/2016 6:35 PM

Mel always wanted to be a barnstormer but couldn't afford an airplane.

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09/29/2016 6:40 PM

Unfortunately the GPS for the autonomous vehicle showed the road 50 feet to the right.
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09/29/2016 7:39 PM

If I judge my speed correctly, I should be able to get out of this ditch, without getting into too much trouble.
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09/29/2016 8:25 PM

Yeah speedy?, you can come get that car now....It's parked in the barn.....

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09/29/2016 8:42 PM

Its not my fault, that barn just came out of nowhere and jumped in front of me.

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09/29/2016 9:12 PM

HillBilly's takes a parking garage to a whole new level.

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09/29/2016 10:34 PM

Famous last words: "Hey! Hold my beer and watch this!"
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09/29/2016 10:36 PM

Dang it, Bubba, I tol' ya the ramp wasn't steep enuf to clear the barn...
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09/29/2016 10:43 PM

Lyn: You couldn't hit the broadside of a barn.

TcmTech: Oh yea? Watch this.

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09/30/2016 7:06 AM

TcmTech: "See, I told you I could!"

Lyn: "That's not the broadside of the barn"

TcmTech: "Yes, it is"

Lyn: "No it isn't, you tire burning yahoo"

TcmTech: "that's only a Technicality"

well, this goes on for about 3 days....

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09/30/2016 2:55 AM

Trump shrugged his shoulders and publicly asserted that Hillary was just, typically, another one of those there women drivers.

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09/30/2016 7:08 AM

And the car was licensed to a Kennedy, whom the police is still searching for questioning.

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09/30/2016 3:36 AM

Whose ides is this for Sub-way construction.?

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09/30/2016 5:00 AM

No I wasn't speeding officer, when I'm really speeding along this road I can clear the barn without any problem.
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09/30/2016 5:46 AM

"Recalculating... "

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09/30/2016 7:17 AM

Internet user unhappy with demand that he do his own homework makes threat against Lyn.

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09/30/2016 4:11 PM

Hahahahahaha!

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09/30/2016 7:52 AM

Driver sending a text to his friend "turn right at what barn? I don't see no barn...oh $#@!"

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09/30/2016 9:15 AM

There are "barn finds" and then there are " BARN FINDS".

I'd say this one is a classic!

(Aren't they usually on the lower level though?)
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09/30/2016 9:30 AM

Jim asked his wife this morning after a night of hard drinking, "Do you happen to know where I parked my car when I came home last night?"

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09/30/2016 10:19 AM

Inside the barn, cow speaking to the other animals: "Did someone order a pizza?"

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09/30/2016 10:21 AM

Technically, he met his lofty goal...

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09/30/2016 10:22 AM

Duchesses of Hazard?

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09/30/2016 10:29 AM

Still on the cell phone: "...so Britney is such a skank, I can't believe what she said about Megan...did it just get dark all of a sudden? Anyway, Megan wasn't going to put up with that coming from someone who uses eyeliner from Walmart........"

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09/30/2016 10:35 AM

Next time, more nitrous!

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09/30/2016 10:42 AM

It looks like Eddie the Eagle bought a Mini.

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09/30/2016 10:43 PM

OK, Now that we are here for the Motorhead concert - do we have to pay for parking??

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10/01/2016 1:07 AM

Driver.-. .. Well would you look at that.... It seems as though i may have landed the car on the roof of a church..

Passenger.- Church? It sure looks like a barn to me?

Driver - ..no no.. Im quite sure we've been saved..

..thank you lord.

Passenger. - i had no idea you were so religious?

Driver - I've been praying quite recently..

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10/10/2016 6:48 PM

... and the (slightly inebriated) driver asked the arresting officer:

''Just who told anybody they could move my road!!!''

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10/12/2016 12:58 PM

"Mam, you can stop texting now"

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