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Caption This for 2/1/2019

Posted February 01, 2019 4:45 PM by MaggieMc

Thanks to Nigh for this week's submission!

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02/01/2019 4:59 PM

This is a Waterfall Stair Runner...

"When we said we wanted a 'Waterfall Stair Runner', this is not what we had in mind!"
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02/01/2019 5:53 PM

Lobby of the old Watergate Hotel...
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02/02/2019 6:32 PM

Watergate or Waterfall Hotel??

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02/01/2019 5:28 PM

High-tide in the UPPER outhouse?

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02/01/2019 5:45 PM

First year student fails in attempt to design in style of Frank Lloyd Wright.

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02/01/2019 7:40 PM

Right!! That's a GO....!!

We're going to be so rich!!

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02/01/2019 7:54 PM

Quick call the plumber, tell him that we have a problem that he will need to step up too.

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02/01/2019 8:29 PM

This picture reminds me of a hobby. sometimes I like to cover a staircase with fake webs and pretend I'm a spider.

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02/02/2019 3:06 AM

One way to get the salmon upstairs.

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02/04/2019 8:08 AM

Guess this is what a fish ladder looks like.
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02/04/2019 12:52 PM

Pretty close: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitlochry_fish_ladder

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02/04/2019 2:25 PM

Wow, there is a resemblance! That ladder has proven remarkably sturdy for something that's as old as I am :-).
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02/02/2019 5:07 AM

"Yes boss I have solved the basement flooding problem, I am pumping the water up to the ground floor."

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"No boss it's not flooding the ground floor, it is draining away from there quite quickly."

**!!?#∗!!X(censored)*∗√¡¡¿¿.......Brrrrrrrrrrr

I think the boss is feeling a bit grumpy this morning.
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02/02/2019 5:30 AM

Hey... Don’t Worry! It happens all the time.

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02/02/2019 11:45 AM

Could be worse:-

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02/03/2019 7:30 AM

"Honey,the toilet keeps on running."

"Did you jiggle the handle three times like I told you?"

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02/03/2019 9:42 AM

Is this the hotel for the white water rafting convention?

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02/04/2019 1:33 PM

Worst. Waterpark. Ever.

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02/04/2019 5:57 PM

Manager to reservations clerk: "Next time book bedwetters anonymous on the ground floor."
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02/05/2019 10:09 AM

"There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune."

With apologies to W.S.

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02/08/2019 10:36 PM

At the last minute, the customer wanted to add a fountain in the lobby, for cheap. The architect obliged.

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02/09/2019 5:30 AM

This is what happens when you book all of the residents from the I.P.Freely Rest Home

on the top floor.

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02/20/2019 2:48 PM

Front cover of "Following the Right Steps to Managing Flood Control"

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