# 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:** 119
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2361 "2025-03-28T20:27:03Z")
The new dynamics of teaching reading are really screwy. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2362 "2025-03-28T23:47:56Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Author of “Living With Hyperopia”, proofreading the final draft. Damn you for making me use a dictionary but this one is the winner. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2363 "2025-03-28T23:52:10Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > Author of “Living With Hyperopia”, proofreading the final draft. > > Damn you for making me **use a dictionary** but this one is the winner. - You think I didn’t? 😉 [![](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ClDzHcLNMRV-png__700.jpg) ](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ClDzHcLNMRV-png__700.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2364 "2025-03-29T00:05:32Z")
Ooh banana! Ooh ooh banana-nana! Ooh banana! Ooh ooh banana-nana! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2365 "2025-03-29T05:20:36Z")
My cat always found bananas appealing. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2366 "2025-03-29T16:36:43Z")
I CAN HAZ BANNANA? _(yes, AI, this is a complete sentence … it has a subject, verb, and a direct object)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2367 "2025-03-29T23:54:15Z")
@Dr.Winston_OBoogie gets it right out the gate. That’s a real cat. No Photoshop. > **[Pixel the cat is a hit online thanks to his goofy bat-like grin](https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/08/pixel-the-cat-is-a-hit-online-thanks-to-his-goofy-bat-like-grin-14893923/)** > > He has been accused of being a demon in a cat's body, though... ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2368 "2025-03-30T02:44:33Z")
Thank you. I’m in a piratical mood: 23ddc62238eacc6b&source=hp&ei=ia7oZ4S4B8uO0PEP27zqEA&oq=Pirate+fail&gs\_lp=EhJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWciC1BpcmF0ZSBmYWlsMgUQABiABDIEEAAYHjIGEAAYBRgeMgYQABgFGB4yBhAAGAgYHkiyZ1DrGVj5YXAAeACQAQCYAUygAcMFqgECMTG4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgygAuUGqAIJwgICECnCAggQKRiABBixA8ICBRApGIAEwgIOEAAYgAQYsQMYgwEYigXCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDmAM8kgcCMTKgB-Ee&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&udm=2#ip=1&sv=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\_8iqIPMAE ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2369 "2025-03-30T02:45:35Z")
Arrgh, matey! ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2370 "2025-03-30T02:46:26Z")
I hate it when my cat tries typing the works of Shakespeare! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2371 "2025-03-30T02:48:45Z")
Sorry, folks. Technical difficulties here (although i like the cat comment). Please stand by. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2372 "2025-03-30T02:49:15Z")
[![](https://islandfreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Cover-of-Blackbeard-Buccaneer-e1606140117636.jpg) ](https://islandfreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Cover-of-Blackbeard-Buccaneer-e1606140117636.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2373 "2025-03-30T02:49:48Z")
Never mind… ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2374 "2025-03-30T02:54:55Z")
🎶 On the good ship, Lollipop. All the heads off, we will lop. Where the pirates slay, on the beach of Mandalay.🎶 ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2375 "2025-03-30T02:56:58Z")
🎶 Pirates to the left of me, brigands to my right. Stabbed in the middle by you…🎶 ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2376 "2025-03-30T02:58:42Z")
“Argh! Someone left their semen all over the deck.” ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2377 "2025-03-30T03:00:17Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > “Argh! Someone left their semen all over the deck.”- [not an entry] That’s what happens when you moist The Jolly Roger. [nae] ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2378 "2025-03-30T07:10:15Z")
As his downstairs neighbours swarmed over the balconey, John knew he should have turned down his TV volume sooner. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2379 "2025-03-30T12:39:36Z")
Long Dong Silver discovers he needs protection when pillaging ships, and not the sexual kind. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2380 "2025-03-30T15:42:29Z")
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