# A Genuine Caption Contest (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 4, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717 "2024-07-04T12:49:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/181 "2024-07-21T03:49:09Z")
@knoodler, did you intend to end play after 12 hours rather than 24? Or is my space-time continuum out of whack? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/182 "2024-07-21T15:51:13Z")
I forgot the 24 hour rule. What’s the protocol for jumping ahead? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/183 "2024-07-21T16:42:43Z")
I’d say stick with your pick - it was a good one! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/184 "2024-07-21T18:02:53Z")
OK. And thanks, I “needscoffee” more! ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/185 "2024-07-22T05:10:15Z")
Just in case y’all decided to go a little longer I waited. Time’s up! – so here you go: [![](https://www.alborde.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cat-art-456x257.jpg) ](https://www.alborde.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cat-art-456x257.jpg) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/186 "2024-07-22T10:55:08Z")
It was supposed to be a test to see if toast always falls on the buttered side, but the gallery owner wanted something more dynamic. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/187 "2024-07-22T13:13:38Z")
And this next exhibit is titled _I Don’t Really Like Cats_. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/188 "2024-07-22T14:11:50Z")
Turns out, there’s really only one way to skin a cat. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/189 "2024-07-22T14:26:21Z")
A scene from _Cats 2: Mission Impossible_ ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/190 "2024-07-22T16:58:25Z")
Ceiling fan 1 – Fluffy 0. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/191 "2024-07-22T17:00:52Z")
Skydiving didn’t quite go according to plan for Felix. ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/192 "2024-07-22T20:43:29Z")
Severe cutbacks at the Predator drone division. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/193 "2024-07-22T23:34:39Z")
“Meow!” (Translation: _I’ll get you, Zuckerberg, if it’s the last thing I do!_) (That IS Mark Zuckerberg in the center, right?) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/194 "2024-07-23T15:00:59Z")
There were several good submissions, and it was a tough choice, but after sleeping on it I feel @Kent_Clark’s offering was the one that tickled my funnybone the best. > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Ceiling fan 1 – Fluffy 0. And in response to @kaylsadad99 – No, that’s not Mark Zuckerberg. That’s actually Dutch artist Bart Jansen, who owned Orville, an otherwise run-of-the-mill feline who met his demise under the wheels of a car. So he did what any other grieving pet owner would do… and [turned him into the Orvillecopter](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2012/jun/04/orvillecopter-flying-helicopter-dead-cat). Mr. Clark, you have the conn. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/195 "2024-07-23T18:26:50Z")
Let’s shift from a dead cat to a live (I think) dog. [![](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/funny-cats-dogs-stuck-furniture-22.jpg) ](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/funny-cats-dogs-stuck-furniture-22.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/196 "2024-07-23T18:29:46Z")
Talk about the elephant in the room… ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/197 "2024-07-23T18:45:57Z")
You’d think those guys would let me have the remote once in a while… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/198 "2024-07-23T18:50:33Z")
Who Didn’t Let The Dog Out? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/199 "2024-07-23T18:52:24Z")
“Life…don’t talk to me about life.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/200 "2024-07-23T18:55:18Z")
“I go to the shelter, pick out the most pathetic one there and what happens? He sits around watching TV.” \* sigh \* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717.md?page=11)