# 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:** 121
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2401 "2025-04-01T23:53:57Z")
“Indiana Jones made it look so easy!” ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2402 "2025-04-02T01:39:24Z")
“They made the mines of Moria sound so grand and mystical”. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2403 "2025-04-02T02:44:51Z")
“Damn, I left my lunch pail back there. We need to turn around.” ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2404 "2025-04-02T03:37:28Z")
The storyboards for _The Great Escape_ were finished before Charles Bronson replaced Agnes Moorehead in the role of the Tunnel King. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2405 "2025-04-02T04:07:56Z")
🎶 _Working in a coal mine Goin’ down, down, down…_ ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2406 "2025-04-02T10:37:40Z")
“I still don’t see why John Henry wanted to beat a machine.” ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2407 "2025-04-02T12:20:00Z")
After years of free loading, the dwarfs finally put Snow White to work. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2408 "2025-04-02T18:48:17Z")
‘I keep telling you, it would be so much easier with some tracks’ ‘Shut up and push’ ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2409 "2025-04-02T22:06:51Z")
Don’t forget: Friday is Hawaiian shirt day! ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2410 "2025-04-02T23:34:21Z")
😄 My favourite, thanks @Slithy_Tove ! > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Don’t forget: Friday is Hawaiian shirt day! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2411 "2025-04-03T00:58:37Z")
Thanks @Ferris Leaving the cares of the workplace behind, let’s cherish domestic bliss [![](https://www.the-cinematograph.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/monsieur-verdoux-1-24-46-1024x770.jpg) ](https://www.the-cinematograph.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/monsieur-verdoux-1-24-46-1024x770.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2412 "2025-04-03T01:39:03Z")
Doctor Van de Graaff looks upon his creation with horror. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2413 "2025-04-03T02:06:23Z")
1947: Synthetic carpets and static electricity are first introduced to a shocked public. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2414 "2025-04-03T02:16:46Z")
Phyllis Diller’s pitch to Charlie Chaplin to remake City Lights with her as the flower girl didn’t go well. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2415 "2025-04-03T02:39:37Z")
Louis B Mayer, visited by the Ghost of Actresses Past ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2416 "2025-04-03T05:36:11Z")
‘Yes, it’s true, I was the one that put superglue on George’s fingers.’ ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2417 "2025-04-03T19:53:06Z")
Emily unfortunately got some ‘Max-Strength Frizzo’ on her hand after inspecting Jane’s new coiffure. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2418 "2025-04-03T20:00:31Z")
“Mother, did you just say you left your entire fortune to _that rodent_?” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2419 "2025-04-04T00:56:44Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > 1947: Synthetic carpets and static electricity are first introduced to a shocked public. Take it away Elmer ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2420 "2025-04-04T01:20:45Z")
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