# A Genuine Caption Contest (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717>\
**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\
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**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:** [June 2, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2901 "2025-06-02T15:28:30Z")

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Mystery explained. Keith had a lot more done besides a complete blood replacement

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**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:** [June 2, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2902 "2025-06-02T17:11:25Z")

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“I’m a cowboy… On a steel horse I ride…”

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**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:** [June 2, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2903 "2025-06-02T17:41:13Z")

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The next stage of heavy metal.

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2904 "2025-06-02T17:50:24Z")

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_“Technically, we use music to recharge our batteries too.”_

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2905 "2025-06-02T17:56:33Z")

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A.I. took your jobs, now it’s coming for your crappy garage band.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2906 "2025-06-02T17:59:59Z")

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“We are Emo Borg, existence is futile.”

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2907 "2025-06-02T18:00:38Z")

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“We play all the greats, including [The Shaggs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR9d4ESlpHY).”

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**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:** [June 2, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2908 "2025-06-02T18:01:52Z")

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“It goes to 1011.”

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**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:** [June 2, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2909 "2025-06-02T18:09:49Z")

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The Electric Doors.

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**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:** [June 2, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2910 "2025-06-02T20:37:36Z")

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Paul Cyborg and Art-ificial Garfunkel

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**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:** [June 3, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2911 "2025-06-03T02:58:11Z")

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We don’t feel pity or remorse or fear. And we absolutely will not stop playing, ever. Until you are dead!

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**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:** [June 3, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2912 "2025-06-03T03:04:08Z")

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What’s left of the Chuck E. Cheese animatronic band, playing forever to a long-since obliterated post-apocalyptic audience.

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**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:** [June 3, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2913 "2025-06-03T21:28:30Z")

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Because, I think, Axl Rose said this word for word at a concert I was dragged to in the 1990s, the winner is…

> [@Ferris](#):
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> We don’t feel pity or remorse or fear. And we absolutely will not stop playing, ever. Until you are dead!

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**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:** [June 4, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2914 "2025-06-04T10:56:58Z")

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Gosh, thanks! I honestly thought the ‘Goes up to 1011’ was going to win, since it’s such a perfect riff on the Spinal Tap quote.

I’m just off to bed now, so if folks can wait about ten hours, I’ll do my best to find a new pic.

But if anyone wants to jump in with another image before then, that’s totally cool.😎

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**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:** [June 5, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2915 "2025-06-05T04:07:06Z")

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Alrighty then - I’ll judge your efforts to caption this:

[![](https://synchronb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/synchro_judges_officials-1024x576.jpeg) ](https://synchronb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/synchro_judges_officials-1024x576.jpeg)

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**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:** [June 5, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2916 "2025-06-05T04:36:12Z")

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“Ummm … nice pedicure?”

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2917 "2025-06-05T05:06:17Z")

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The judges were equally split.

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**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:** [June 5, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2918 "2025-06-05T05:32:15Z")

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‘Tain’t rocket science…

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**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:** [June 5, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2919 "2025-06-05T05:55:36Z")

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A typical 8 to one ratio of people who find meaning by performing arcane, trivial activities vs those who find meaning in judging others’ performance of arcane, trivial activities

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**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:** [June 5, 2025, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2920 "2025-06-05T06:03:08Z")

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The judges at the First National Signpost Impersonation Championships took their jobs very seriously.

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