# 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:** 130
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2581 "2025-04-20T00:46:37Z")
Thanks **Elmer**! [![](https://www.vintageinn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Easter-Bonnet-Funny-Hat-Egg-Carrying-on-head-vintage-1950s-image-768x1024.jpg) ](https://www.vintageinn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Easter-Bonnet-Funny-Hat-Egg-Carrying-on-head-vintage-1950s-image-768x1024.jpg) ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2582 "2025-04-20T00:51:12Z")
“Why, yes. I am an egghead. How did you know?” ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2583 "2025-04-20T01:18:57Z")
🎶 Eat the birds, while in the shell. If it is _Balut_, you’re going to Hell…🎶 ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2584 "2025-04-20T01:19:23Z")
A rare photo of Norman Bates’ mother hinting at some of the peculiarities that would result in his crimes and her mummification. Coincidentally, her first two initials were N and Q. ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2585 "2025-04-20T01:20:56Z")
“Yes, I requested AI to design my Easter Bonnet, why do you ask?” ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2586 "2025-04-20T01:21:34Z")
The perfect hat to wear to a hen party. ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2587 "2025-04-20T01:34:09Z")
Mata Hari prepares to infiltrate the coop. ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2588 "2025-04-20T01:35:31Z")
“Goo goo g’joob” ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2589 "2025-04-20T01:37:48Z")
The rarely seen cluckold. ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2590 "2025-04-20T02:09:26Z")
“They were right, Motherhood _is_ a balancing act.” ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2591 "2025-04-20T02:11:09Z")
“This is Mary, she’s listed in the Guinness Book Of World Records for the worst case of shell-shock.” ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2592 "2025-04-20T02:11:56Z")
One of the burdens of being a mother is how the kids can weigh heavily on your mind. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2593 "2025-04-20T02:29:38Z")
Aww, this old thing? Wait till you see my ostrich hat! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2594 "2025-04-20T16:04:26Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > “Why, yes. I am an egghead. How did you know?” @Spoons wins with this! Shout-out to **running\_coach** for the Balut nursery rhyme; I wasn’t aware of the taboo. Ignorance fought! ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2595 "2025-04-20T16:32:10Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Shout-out to **running\_coach** for the Balut nursery rhyme It’s not a nursery rhyme, it’s based on the opening lines of “[Feed The Birds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHrRxQVUFN4)” from Disney’s 1964 film _Mary Poppins_. ---
**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 21, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2596 "2025-04-21T01:34:40Z")
Thanks! Okay, I have no idea what this is all about. Maybe you do? [![](https://i0.wp.com/prologue.blogs.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2010/06/0583.jpg?resize=640%2C519) ](https://i0.wp.com/prologue.blogs.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2010/06/0583.jpg?resize=640%2C519) ---
**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 21, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2597 "2025-04-21T01:43:27Z")
Before the parachute, there was the impact absorbing folding mattress. Needless to say, it did not end well. ---
**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 21, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2598 "2025-04-21T01:44:30Z")
Prototype adult diapers. ---
**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 21, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2599 "2025-04-21T01:46:04Z")
The NapAnywhere **®** by Ronco. ---
**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 21, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2600 "2025-04-21T01:56:31Z")
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