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Caption This For 05/29/09

Posted May 29, 2009 12:00 AM
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Re: Caption This For 05/29/09

05/29/2009 9:31 AM

To his 6 yr old daughter...

No Darlin', daddy needs to use your chair for a little while - you go sit in mine on the porch..
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05/29/2009 9:33 AM

" I'm thinkin' of adding another trolling motor...It'll turn on a dime with those twin screws!"

Gawd, may there always be Rednecks...as well as crazy Bama fans
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05/29/2009 9:52 AM

"Hand me that Harpoon"

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05/29/2009 9:55 AM

"Now all I need is a six pack and a radio"

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05/29/2009 12:35 PM

Dang! Could yall hep me out? I caint seem to find my wife, Lerleen? She was awaterskiin off the hindend of my new turbo speeder and bass boat, but when we astarted off I heared this gurglin sound then ...no Lerleen!

I wouldn't be aworrin so much iffen she werent acarrien the beer!

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05/29/2009 3:19 PM

Does hope float?
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05/29/2009 3:31 PM

Setting out on his Transatlantic Adventure, Smilee Barnacle was optimistic about his chances even though it is coming up on Hurricane season. Maybe even more optimistic, his wife blew him a kiss and asked him where the Life Insurance Policy was.
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05/29/2009 4:04 PM

Yep! This little puppy gets 10 kpc (Knots Per Case - of beer of course!). And the best part is that the pontoons turn into G'rage insulation in the winter for easy storage!

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05/29/2009 4:44 PM

Here.... hold my beer....now watch this!!

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05/29/2009 8:49 PM

Darn! I fergit to add a place fer a Tee - Vee! Hows I supposed to watch muh NASCAR races withowt a Tee - Vee?

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05/30/2009 2:13 AM

Lawn chair balloon guy, the early days.

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05/30/2009 4:28 AM

"Could I use an even smaller engine if I aerodramaticly shaped the floats?"

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05/30/2009 7:27 AM

my brother Larry took that out.. it came back..anybody seen Larry ?

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05/30/2009 9:25 AM

"If I ever win the lottery, I'm upgradin' this to a recliner with 46 lbs. of thrust!"
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05/30/2009 3:11 PM

"And for five singles and another six pack we can throw on a tarp for sun protection!"

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05/30/2009 3:13 PM

"Hell yeah it's safe! Itsa floatin' now ain't it?"

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05/31/2009 10:55 AM

"Well it looks like itsa gonna float awright. Which wonna you kids wanna try it out first?"

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05/31/2009 11:01 AM

"Man my arm is tard from all dat paddlin'. I reckon I shoulda juiced up da battry a little more afor I took off."

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05/31/2009 5:04 PM

I call it the Chair New Orleans.

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05/31/2009 8:43 PM

This is my Seaweed whacker.
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05/31/2009 9:26 PM

Off course it is finished, i got a six-pack below the left floating thingie

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05/31/2009 10:19 PM

What do you mean, "Coast-Guard approved"?
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06/01/2009 9:51 AM

" Jet-skis / shmet-skis ! Muh brudder Boudreaux's puttin mah life savings into the hottest floater-sickle dese here bayous ever seen! Racin' striped umbrella with sun-roof option, built-in bait-well, AND a flashlight holder fer froggin at night! We's gonna be rollin in the dough any day now! "
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06/01/2009 10:07 AM

"Hell, no. This ain't Africa!"
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06/02/2009 2:34 PM

After recovering from amnesia, John, a diehard Auburn fan, deeply regretted this picture.
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06/03/2009 4:02 PM

"Pass me a beer. It's bad luck if you don't Christen it."

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06/11/2009 12:28 AM

You heard that right boss, this IS the company yacht, after Congress revoked our bailout package because of your $2,000,000/- bonus payment .

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06/22/2009 1:56 PM

ROLL TIDE!!!

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