# 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:** 122
**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 4, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2421 "2025-04-04T01:23:25Z")
When Escher met Vargas in the Jeffries tube ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2422 "2025-04-04T02:38:38Z")
Midwives in SPAAAAACE! ---
**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 4, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2423 "2025-04-04T02:49:03Z")
While zero-gravity did wonderful things for women’s bustlines, the consequences of a zero-gravity diaper failure were unspeakable. ---
**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 4, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2424 "2025-04-04T18:39:44Z")
_Lost in Polygamy_ ---
**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 4, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2425 "2025-04-04T18:45:35Z")
“Stanley! That picture you’re shooting? I figured out how we can have the stewardess walk on the ceiling!” ---
**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 5, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2426 "2025-04-05T05:15:32Z")
The winner… > [@Lumpy](#): > > While zero-gravity did wonderful things for women’s bustlines, the consequences of a zero-gravity diaper failure were unspeakable. ---
**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 5, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2427 "2025-04-05T16:19:35Z")
Thanks Elmer! I posted this in response to the current pyramids thread but now I think it works for a caption contest too! [![](https://uploads1.wikiart.org/images/m-c-escher/horseman-1.jpg) ](https://uploads1.wikiart.org/images/m-c-escher/horseman-1.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2428 "2025-04-05T16:30:45Z")
At least it’s less confusing than those damned staircases. ---
**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 5, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2429 "2025-04-05T16:44:24Z")
“Hoof meets Crotch” is one of Escher’s more unsettling works of art. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2430 "2025-04-05T16:48:41Z")
“…and when they were up, they were up, and when they were down, they were down, and when they were only halfway up, they were neither up nor down.” ---
**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 5, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2431 "2025-04-05T17:03:01Z")
Yeah, I went to the tryouts, but they said I wouldn’t be a good fit ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2432 "2025-04-05T17:04:37Z")
When you put “Rawhide” on endless loop. ---
**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 5, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2433 "2025-04-05T21:10:34Z")
Whaddya mean 15 of kind isn’t a legal hand? ---
**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 5, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2434 "2025-04-05T21:29:18Z")
In the new formation, the cavalrymen had to get used to horse farts quickly. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2435 "2025-04-06T01:46:08Z")
Is this an Etscher-Sketch? ---
**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 6, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2436 "2025-04-06T02:26:03Z")
“Traffic was bad - literally nose to tail all the way into Cairo!” ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2437 "2025-04-06T13:59:00Z")
“Maurits, this is another fine mesh you’ve gotten us into.” ---
**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 6, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2438 "2025-04-06T18:28:41Z")
Funny all, but I’ll give it to: > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Yeah, I went to the tryouts, but they said I wouldn’t be a good fit take it away @Slithy_Tove ---
**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 6, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2439 "2025-04-06T19:34:14Z")
Thank you [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/04/15/business/15View-Twenties/15View-Twenties-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale&width=1200) ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/04/15/business/15View-Twenties/15View-Twenties-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale&width=1200) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2440 "2025-04-06T20:07:17Z")
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