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Caption This for 12/07/2018

Posted December 07, 2018 4:45 PM by lmno24

Imagine the mess! Send us your funny photos!

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12/07/2018 4:53 PM

I guess table dancing on the glass top deck table was a bad idea!

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12/08/2018 3:05 AM

It was very common here for a while uñtil the chinese factories learnt to leave an expansion gap around the glass .

and while the factory admitted they made a mistake there were no refunds given.

because thats china . no such thing as warranty .

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12/08/2018 11:42 AM

Daddy! I tested out your new hammer. It works fine!

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12/09/2018 1:02 PM

This actually brought back memories of an infamous incident from my childhood, involving a hammer, a glass tabletop about the same size as this one, and me, the star of the show.

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12/07/2018 5:04 PM

"Our Deck Furniture discounts are shattering sales records!"

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12/07/2018 6:06 PM

planned obsolescence works in mysterious ways

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12/07/2018 8:11 PM

Did you enjoy your picnic ? Yes we had a smashing time.

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12/07/2018 9:57 PM

Claiming your new patio table has an unbreakable tempered glass top repeatedly is not a good idea....sooner or later someone will test it....

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12/07/2018 10:52 PM

New Year's was a smashing time!

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12/07/2018 10:52 PM

Bin there- Dumb that!

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12/07/2018 11:04 PM

A negotiation gone sour!

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12/07/2018 11:30 PM

Remember that unbreakable transparent piece of tempered glass I brought home from the scrap pile at the shop?

I picked from the wrong pile!

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12/08/2018 12:03 AM

Honey!! Do we have meteorite insurance???

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12/08/2018 1:49 AM

People at glass tables shouldnt throw......

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12/08/2018 2:27 AM

... the Stone of Scone?

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12/08/2018 2:25 AM

Honnnneeey! You were right! Looks like Uncle Ned and Aunt Bertha crashed the party after all!

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12/08/2018 2:30 AM

2nd Hand Outdoor Patio Furniture kit. Metal frame chairs, glass top table.

Complete kit (some assembly required)

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12/08/2018 4:41 AM

The shot drinking contest ended in a smashing good time

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12/08/2018 4:45 AM

Well, we were told to table our grievances.

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12/08/2018 6:38 AM

Granma 'llways sed, Tables are for glasses & not for ?.......

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12/08/2018 6:40 AM

..... fixing that could be painful !

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12/08/2018 7:44 AM

wait wait.. I think I got 'em this time.

(just another reason we don't use hammers in place of fly swatters)

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12/08/2018 8:39 AM

After long and cut-throat negotiations, all deals fell thru and nothing was left on the table.

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12/08/2018 11:27 PM

The cut throats were especially fierce after the negotiations fell through.

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12/08/2018 10:15 AM

The party goers weren't the only things that got smashed.

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12/08/2018 10:50 AM

The squirrel war is not going well at all.

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12/08/2018 12:25 PM

Did you just hear someone yell FORE??????

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12/08/2018 4:12 PM

The first annual meeting of the antique cast iron woodchoppers
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12/08/2018 5:44 PM

That was some really Hard Cider!

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12/08/2018 5:47 PM

Hey Wilma! Better turn down that bass a little bit,the neighbors are complaining.

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12/08/2018 6:01 PM

Wilma then sat her base guitar on the table with the amp still set to 10 and feedback did its thing.

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12/09/2018 11:46 AM

I don't see the problem: you can still easily stand a pint mug or whisky tumbler on the edge can't you.

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12/10/2018 1:08 PM

Tempers were lost.

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12/10/2018 1:15 PM

Oooohhh, subtle.

I like that. GA

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12/10/2018 1:09 PM

I sure wish that when we invite Judge Judy over for a picnic that she would leave her gavel at work!

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12/11/2018 3:47 AM

What a smashing photo!

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