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Caption This for 10/6/2017

Posted October 06, 2017 4:45 PM by MaggieMc

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10/06/2017 4:54 PM

I knew it was ninja's that built the Golden Gate Bridge!!!

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10/06/2017 5:03 PM

I wonder if wearing suspenders was required for building a suspension bridge in the 1930's?

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10/06/2017 5:07 PM

BTW, nice photo shop job.

Original picture :

Not so scary with a structure under him, huh?

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10/06/2017 11:54 PM

Never did like zip-lining. Think I'll walk.

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10/07/2017 12:23 AM

A question on the immigrants test is "Do lines that are not parallel cross?"

I should have the answer by Monday if I don't slip and fall in.

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10/07/2017 12:53 AM

No, they transpose.
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10/07/2017 4:47 AM

Damn... Why are the toilets always on the other side?

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10/08/2017 12:06 AM

"Let's see. Toilet's on the other side, and I hate zip-lining.Don't think anyone will notice if I take a squirt into all that water below"

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10/07/2017 9:19 AM

As Nick Wallenda aged, he found a few extra wires were necessary to get across.

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10/07/2017 10:51 AM

Nikolai IV (adolescent Tesla's love child's grandson) surveys his GigaLitzendraht beverage antenna rumored to be for stealth pirating of power[shhh! Don't tell!] from China's grid, names it Wardenclyffe IV, and declares it to be the ultimate reply to Marconi, Edison, Westinghouse, and JP Morgan. Onlookers' gasp as Art Bell asks, "Where are Wardenclyffe II and III and what, exactly, do they do ? Could it explain how you were able to buy the setup for this project, Nikolai ?"
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10/07/2017 11:19 AM

Now the actual caption is: "Nikolai Winks !"
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10/07/2017 4:32 PM

These Fraternity Initiations are getting out of hand!

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10/08/2017 12:04 AM

Its not a bad job, interesting work, but I think they are just stringing me along.
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10/08/2017 3:42 PM

Typical, you follow the signs and then when you come to that last fork there isn't one.

Suppose I should've realised it had blown off when I noticed it seemed to be getting more draughty, and the going a bit heavy.

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10/08/2017 4:25 PM

They've gone home and left me stranded !

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10/09/2017 5:07 AM

Eddie the Eagle should've gone to Specsavers.

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10/09/2017 8:17 AM

Liberals controlling a state. They believe in Green environment.

here you see a bridge they built. To cross it, you can either walk acrossed it, or ride a bike...

if you take a car, you will be greeted by the black knight.

Where you must defeat the black night to continue on.

You will then encounter the Gate Keeper that is the bridge tender of the Bridge of Death, where you must answer Questions 3 correctly.

Easy, Peasy.

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10/09/2017 10:01 AM

Now, Let's see.... Where did I leave that bridge again?

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10/09/2017 10:09 AM

Project Manager: "Your suspension bridge is complete, you just need to sign off on it."

City Engineer: "Where the road way?"

Project Manager: "It wasn't in the scope."

City Engineer: "?"

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10/09/2017 2:22 PM

Soon.....
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10/10/2017 10:39 AM

On second thought, maybe I should have just paid the 75 cents to take the ferry across...

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10/11/2017 12:40 AM

75 cents to take the ferry?

I'd pay that price any day. Probably cheaper than the bridge toll by orders of magnitude!!

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10/11/2017 10:08 AM

I'd pay that price any day. Probably cheaper than the bridge toll by orders of magnitude!!

I just took guess on what the price might be in the 1930's. I just read on Wikipedia it was about a $1 to take a car across (price went down after the bridge was put in service.) Didn't find price for passenger only.

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10/11/2017 11:29 PM

Man! Talk about inflation.

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10/10/2017 5:43 PM

Yea, boss, I know we are up against a deadline. All we lack is finishing up!

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10/14/2017 2:20 PM

The longest trip begins with the first step.

The longest step begins with the first trip.

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11/02/2017 7:47 AM

The original Larry the Cable Guy

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