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Caption This for 6/2/2017

Posted June 02, 2017 4:45 PM by MaggieMc

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06/02/2017 5:01 PM

Hey! I'll have you know he is ASE certified.
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06/05/2017 1:21 PM

Hey! I'll have you know he is ASE certified.

Or is that APE certified!

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06/05/2017 1:30 PM

don't provoke the mechanic... he'll throw something at you.

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06/02/2017 5:01 PM

Chevrolet Cavalier assembly line.

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06/02/2017 5:02 PM

And those were the 'good' ones.

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06/02/2017 9:01 PM

Ahh crap,... I dropped his bubble gum in the carburetor ..... again. I think I can fish it out with this open end wrench..ohoh.hhhhh I pushed it further in....

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06/02/2017 5:37 PM

You can see that he really gets into his work!
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06/04/2017 8:34 AM

Somebody get me a goddamn monkey wrench, this thing is useless.
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06/04/2017 9:00 AM

I was having issues with my fuel system, mechanic said it was probably a spider in the return line. Turns out it was a spider monkey in my carb.

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06/04/2017 9:02 AM

Every now and then, I like to monkey around with my engine to get more performance.

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06/04/2017 9:03 AM

New season of "Gas Monkey Garage"???

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06/05/2017 11:01 AM

Dammit! my "trunk monkey" keeps getting under the hood/bonnet!

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06/05/2017 12:53 PM

Another liberal arts degree graduate in social services filled.

There's supposed to be (7) there,... but (6) of them took off and went to Washington DC to protest something.

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06/05/2017 1:14 PM

This is more fun than a four barrel of monkeys!

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06/05/2017 1:29 PM

And there's (4) barrels of fun.

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06/05/2017 10:08 PM

.. to think that just one year ago I was protesting my life at the zoo.. ...Wooo look at me now!. I'm free! Is it Friday yet? ..Damn I miss that zoo..

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06/06/2017 5:28 AM

"Grease monkey"?

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06/06/2017 3:06 PM

Oh fer cryin' out loud. Somebody needs to spank the monkey!

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06/06/2017 3:10 PM

I just hope he remembered to disconnect the battery before he started, or else he's going to Shock the Monkey.

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(Would somebody poke Peter Gabriel with a stick, he's missing his cue.)

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06/07/2017 1:08 PM

Ozzy Osbourne did a good cover of that with a band called Coal chamber. A little heavy but I like it.

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06/21/2017 3:00 PM

Hand me a manwrench

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