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Not every employee can be the sharpest tool in the toolbox. In fact, it seems that some of them probably shouldn't be in the toolbox at all...

Below, you'll find some of our favorite posts from the Idiots at Work Instagram page, which features facepalm worthy moments from a wide variety of industries that might make you wonder how these employees haven’t been fired yet. So enjoy scrolling through this list of stupidity, and be sure to upvote the choices that made you lose a bit of faith in humanity!

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Marcos Valencia
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2 years ago

This must be a joke.

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    Sum Guy
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    2 years ago

    That's how superman takes his payment for saving the world

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    pineapple87
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    2 years ago

    Thanks, I will!

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    SCP 4666
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    2 years ago

    Before you leave forget to pay. Do not stop!!

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    pineapple87
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    2 years ago

    Drive forward and find out whether that day is today!

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    Sum Guy
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    2 years ago

    back-breaking work

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    Paul Scheermeijer
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    2 years ago

    90 degree angle is 90 degree angle. Done.

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    Banana Vic
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    2 years ago

    When you know you should stay home and rest but you gotta get your a*s to your job so you can make enough money to survive....

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    AJay
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    2 years ago

    WHY ARE YOU STILL DRIVING BEHIND IT

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    Antonio Jimenez
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    2 years ago

    Irony is dead. Long live irony.

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    Donald Crocker, Jr.
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    2 years ago

    There was a vid once with something similar, the truck with bricks hit a bump or something and a brick flew off and went through the windshield of a car going the opposite way on the highway killing a passenger.

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    Peppy
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    2 years ago

    Banksy got himself a day job! ( I thought it was a rat)

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    2 years ago

    NOPE! So much NOPE here!

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    Banana Vic
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    2 years ago

    I love that someone tried to do a bathtub beer....hello, my best friend!

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    Surenu
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    2 years ago

    Windows XP Firewall

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    Never miss a story that brings joy to the world. Add us on Google

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    Marcos Valencia
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    2 years ago

    Lunch time!!!!!

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    Nimues Child
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    2 years ago

    Item #1 on the Fire Inspection fail report.

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    Surenu
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    2 years ago

    Look building, we all need a shoulder to cry on occasionally but we have a biiit of s situation here!

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    Flora Porter
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    2 years ago (edited)

    Doesn't really fit the headline - no one taking stupidity to new heights here - quite the opposite.

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    Jan Rosier
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    2 years ago

    This was in Belgium, and an obvious joke by the firemen.

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    SCamp
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    2 years ago

    They knew

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    Bart
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    2 years ago

    What is that? The worlds biggest hedge?

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    AJay
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    2 years ago

    Aww it even has a pretty little bow

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    Jason
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    2 years ago

    Is this Morgan and Morgan. They are everywhere.

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    ADHORTATOR
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    2 years ago

    made of chinesium, the weakest metal on earth

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    Milady Blue
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    2 years ago

    This is actually pretty common. Planning is turning into a lost art, it seems.

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    Candace
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    2 years ago

    Hey if it works, it works! 🤷‍♀️

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    pineapple87
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    2 years ago

    For exhibitionists

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    LauraDragonWench
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    2 years ago

    I've heard of penis weight training but this is out of hand! *waits* Yup, I'll leave now.

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    Jason
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    2 years ago

    I feel like he's doing more harm than good. What even is the benefit.

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    Jason
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    2 years ago

    Forgot just the excavator landing on them. It causing that tunnel to collapse they are going to be in a world of hurt

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    pineapple87
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    2 years ago

    He must have a death wish

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    Sosha
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    2 years ago

    I hope his belt holds on.

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    Rebelliousslug
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    2 years ago

    The pirates have become builders, and the plank just isn’t the same

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    Saint Thomas
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    2 years ago

    SOTP, in the naaaame of lvoe

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    Amy
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    2 years ago

    That’s alot of faith in that cone!

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    Surenu
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Cleanup aisle six, boat sale aisle nine!

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    Sigh J
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    2 years ago

    Redneck mechanics

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    Chintan Shah
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    2 years ago

    They don't call him Hawkeye for nothin...

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    Outstanding Scarecrow
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    2 years ago

    Do you call an electrician or a plumber?

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    Missy VanWinkle
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    2 years ago

    Sigh

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    CF
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    2 years ago

    Wheeeee!

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    Nimues Child
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    2 years ago

    That moment jussssst before the disaster....

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    Milady Blue
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    2 years ago

    Watch THAT step... it's a DOOZY!

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    Candace
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    2 years ago

    It looks like the bush is being interrogated 😂

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    MrLiesegang
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    2 years ago

    I get mixed signals

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    Mrs Irish Mom
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    2 years ago

    Someone built a wall to stop the fun

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    Dawn Chan
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    2 years ago

    Pro parkour

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    Ace
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    2 years ago

    If it works...

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    ADHORTATOR
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    2 years ago

    I am not impressed, seen worse in the last 35 years I work in logistics...

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    Chintan Shah
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    2 years ago

    Easy just cut a slice in the pillar to allow the fan to spin properly. Problem solved. You're welcome.

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    Charlie the Cat
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    2 years ago

    Think this is the wrong way. We need to go norht.

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    Sigh J
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    2 years ago

    What happened to 1th, 2th and 3th floors

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    Rizzo
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    2 years ago

    Wait for it! Waaaait for it! :)

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    ReallyIDidThat
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    That's quite impressive... as pictures of "not my problem" or "I don't get paid enough to care" go, that's pretty good.

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    Norm Gilmore
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    2 years ago

    We have standards in the electrical industry for distances around switch boards to be kept clear for emergencies. So many times boxes get stacked in front...🙄

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    Robert T
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    2 years ago

    Their a*s was definitely at fault.

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    Jason
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    2 years ago

    Is that attached to the bumper? At least he is ensured safety from all the cones.

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    Jason
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    2 years ago

    Florida or Russia?

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    Cheryl Schuenke
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    2 years ago

    This is why women live longer!!!

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    Libstak
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    2 years ago

    LOOK. BEHIND. YOU

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    pineapple87
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    2 years ago

    Looks comfortable

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    Antonio Jimenez
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    2 years ago

    That’s actually clever

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    2 years ago

    "Yeah Boss, I locked her up good.

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    Sigh J
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    2 years ago

    I would have at least worn safety thongs

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    Regina Holt
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    2 years ago

    they forgot to keep a distance from each other, ya know, with Covid and all

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    Missy VanWinkle
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    2 years ago

    OW! Ow, ow, ow. Jumpin' jesus, ow!

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    Shelli Aderman
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    2 years ago

    Got the safety goggles on, Boss!

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    Maya Baggins
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    2 years ago

    If you can see the sparkle, the sparkle can see you

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    Lisa Catlin
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    2 years ago

    He’s wearing dark clothes at night. Not to smart.

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    Daria
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    2 years ago

    maybe it's a flying superwoman saving a kid from falling

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    Geoffrey Scott
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    2 years ago

    Yup, I'll shut the water off, should only take a half hour

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    AJay
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    2 years ago

    Could you just stab it really hard with the plug?

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    Tams21
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    2 years ago

    Given that these guys probably knew what they were doing, this is likely a lot safer than many of the others.

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    DennyS (denzoren)
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    2 years ago

    Pallet jenga looks dangerous.

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    Banana Vic
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    2 years ago

    That's A LOT of water!!!

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    Regina Holt
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    2 years ago

    No

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    Donald Crocker, Jr.
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    2 years ago

    At least she was able to find work after that magic trick accident...

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    AJay
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    2 years ago

    It has a little baby

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    Mat O'Dowd
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    2 years ago

    Car pompadour

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    CF
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    2 years ago

    Seems about right.

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    Jeff Rhodes
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    2 years ago

    looks like Amish barn raising

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    Jan Rosier
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    2 years ago (edited)

    tafkap, the parking lot edition?

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    Mara Was… A Surgeon
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    2 years ago

    Mmmm...tacos

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    Nimues Child
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    2 years ago

    That first step, though....

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    Brendan
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    2 years ago

    I quite like this. Not all of us men are comfortable getting out shlongs out beside other men.

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    Saint Thomas
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    2 years ago

    Scottish school maybe ?

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    Francois
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    2 years ago

    For those in the unknown: it is a triceratops.

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    Rinso the Red
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    2 years ago

    Eek! And the ground isn't connected to the frame anymore!

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    Bart
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    2 years ago

    99 ac's on the wall, take one down and pass it around...

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    ReallyIDidThat
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    2 years ago

    Thanks for the headsup :)

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    Lyop
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    2 years ago

    Mission Impossible movies lie people!!

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    Ace
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    2 years ago

    As long as that's in the Off position I don't see a problem.

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    DennyS (denzoren)
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    2 years ago

    Business man by day, Post-it man by night...not the hero we want but the hero we....owww paper cut.

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    SCP 4666
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    2 years ago

    What's a desolc enal?

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    Jason
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    2 years ago

    That guy doesn't look too invested in holding that ladder.

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    Nimues Child
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    2 years ago

    And now I'm thinking of "Hot L Baltimore"

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    AJay
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    2 years ago

    It does need physics to work though so I don't see a problem

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    Jason
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    2 years ago

    I think I have actually done this before

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    Saint Thomas
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    2 years ago

    It was all fun and games until Scott realised the samples of Ebola where still inside the glove box.

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    S. E. in Indiana
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    2 years ago

    The flashing warning light must have been too bright for them. So, we'll just cover it up.

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    ggus44
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    2 years ago

    In case of fire, just bring the fire to the extinguisher, because that extinguisher ain't going anywhere!

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    AJay
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    2 years ago

    Is this the same image as above but from a different angle?

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    Chewie Baron
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    2 years ago

    So that’s what Shergar has been up to.

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    Frank
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    2 years ago

    that's not stupidity. These condiment companies often have only a limited number of types of packages and some products are put in a pot created for something else. Also happens for vanilla and cinnamon, nutmeg and some other condiments that are sold whole instead of ground.

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