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Caption This For 07/06/09

Posted July 06, 2009 8:48 AM
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With the U.S. holiday last week, we missed Caption This. Let's make up for it by starting off the week with some fun!

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07/06/2009 8:53 AM

Pinocchio liked his hair long on top and sanded in the back and on the sides.
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07/06/2009 10:11 AM

"Just a little adjustment here, Mr. Data, then we can weld that bioplast sheeting back on!"

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07/06/2009 10:13 AM

National Health Service announces apprenticeships in brain surgery.

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07/06/2009 10:16 AM

"Are you sure you can make me look like Michael J.....?"

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07/06/2009 10:19 AM

José liked to live by the motto "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing".
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07/06/2009 11:04 AM

I can fix thees mole Senior'
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07/06/2009 11:36 AM

Can I have it with extra blood splashes please?

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07/06/2009 3:47 PM

I wanna look good for the heavy metal concert.

Lice control technique.

The barber in the background is using a chain saw.

How to remove gum stuck in hair.

My usual clippers scissors are out of the shop being sharpened.

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07/06/2009 4:02 PM

I Like "The barber in the background is using a chain saw"
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07/06/2009 5:15 PM

Are you sure this is how weightlifters get "buff?"

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07/06/2009 11:11 PM

"You have wiry hair, young man, but I have just the tools for that."

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07/07/2009 6:40 AM

This will be the best fade ever!..... What noise?

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07/07/2009 8:36 AM

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT BY A LITTLE OFF THE TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!

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07/07/2009 9:39 AM

This may sting a little, but you don't want that knot on the back of your head for the rest of your life do you?

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07/07/2009 12:11 PM

Makita Industrial Power Tools, in response to the recent economic downturn, has announced its new line of hair and nail salon equipment. Omar from "Omar and Omar Hair Salon and Auto Body" praises the versatility of the new equipment saying, "It even works on nails!"
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07/08/2009 2:17 AM

You did ask for a DA didn't you?

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07/08/2009 2:27 AM

SuperBoy's, trim and touch up for schools picture day.

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I didn't know you could get touched up in the barbers

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And get a little he..

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07/08/2009 2:10 PM

Trimmed up=touched up.....

Del... I think you have been grooming your self too much lately ;}

My bad ....

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07/08/2009 3:46 PM

Putting a polish on the infamous, "hair helmet." (not to be confused with "helmet hair")

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07/08/2009 3:53 PM

"After the demise of the Matrix, many are opting to have their sockets removed."
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07/09/2009 3:57 PM

As proven here, even as a child, the only thing that could cut Chuck Norris was a round house kick... from Chuck Norris.

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07/09/2009 4:20 PM

I'm givin you a GA for that just because I am a fan of Chuck Norris jokes.

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07/09/2009 5:03 PM

Thanks Double J. They are just undeniable awesome.

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07/09/2009 4:10 PM

little johnny finds a new meaning to " barber college "...

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07/09/2009 5:03 PM

"Shut up, Lucille. You messed the boy up with your 'long hair looks good on him' crap".

"So, now we are getting him a "FLAT TOP"!

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07/09/2009 5:28 PM

Breaking News: On a personal note, Hector, the unemployed steel worker we told you about last week started his new job in his uncle's barber shop yesterday ....

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07/18/2009 7:00 AM

"no worries, kid. I'm da best sander in da shop before. your head's no diffrent than the coconut shells I polished in no time. just don move, and you'll be outta here alive."

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12/25/2011 11:51 AM

His LAST HAIR CUT!
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