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Caption This 12/28/2018

Posted December 28, 2018 4:45 PM by lmno24

Thanks to SolarEagle for the submission!

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12/28/2018 4:24 PM

The wood chipper from Fargo (supposedly):
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12/28/2018 4:51 PM

Suicide by woodchipper -- unique...
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12/28/2018 6:09 PM

It's okay he's fully compostable. Just like this post is recyclable.

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12/28/2018 6:09 PM

If you want too get down to the nitty gritty of this problem, you have to start off on the right foot?
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12/28/2018 6:31 PM

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12/28/2018 7:07 PM

Following the "accident", Bill wanted to sue the company, but his lawyer said he didn't have a leg to stand on.

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12/28/2018 7:09 PM

I feel I should be taking notes on this safety lecture.... does anybody have a pen I can borrow...?

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12/28/2018 10:26 PM

No worries. Just sharpening my prosthetic leg...
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12/28/2018 10:27 PM

"Just following orders ... the boss wanted more body in the compost".

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12/28/2018 10:29 PM

Well-meaning friends advised me to promote my radical new woodchipper design via Kickstarter.
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12/28/2018 10:32 PM

How Uncle Stumpie got his name.

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12/28/2018 10:52 PM

We said to get a chicken to test the new safety device cutoff !!

Well we asked this guy if he was chicken to test the new device, and he said yes...

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12/28/2018 10:55 PM

a serious contender for the 2019 Darwin Award!

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12/28/2018 10:57 PM

You put your right foot in .....
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12/29/2018 1:09 AM

Haven't we seen this recently???

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12/29/2018 7:43 AM

Apparently this was his twin brother!

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12/29/2018 9:07 AM

Just another recyclable

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12/29/2018 7:19 AM

Funeral plan advised preparation for cremation essential to remove unwanted implants.

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12/29/2018 8:22 AM

A chip off the old block.
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01/04/2019 1:30 PM

A chip off the old block-head. FTFY (Fixed That For You)

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12/29/2018 2:22 PM

Our neighbor has the best mulch, I wonder what he puts in it?

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12/30/2018 1:50 AM

Blood and Bone, good booster.
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12/29/2018 3:26 PM

Home made invention of time machine shown here as inventor 'Big Joe' attempts to enter wormhole created by wood chipper converted to vortex generator...

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12/30/2018 9:29 AM

New series from Netflix...

”Wood Chipper Time Machine”.

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12/31/2018 9:32 AM

Curing stupidity can be messy. But there will always be a new moron to replace the old one.

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12/31/2018 11:32 AM

Doctors! Hugh.….I can cure this Toe Nail fungus my self!

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01/02/2019 10:05 AM

FARGO!

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01/03/2019 7:59 AM

Had to look that up....

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01/04/2019 1:31 PM

Messy way for Earl to get in the back of the truck!

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01/04/2019 2:27 PM

“The cops are coming,... quick hide”

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01/04/2019 2:48 PM

Is that a whole new product for Scholl Foot-care?

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01/04/2019 2:59 PM

Stinky feet are a thing of the past

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