# 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:** 147
**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, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2921 "2025-06-05T08:03:22Z")
Efforts to improve the walking on water experiment through the double-slit approach have reached an impasse. ---
**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 5, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2922 "2025-06-05T10:50:39Z")
Finalist for the Human Fidget Spinner audition ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2923 "2025-06-05T14:47:06Z")
“Hey, my eyes are down here.” ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2924 "2025-06-05T15:22:55Z")
Yes, yes, very nice. But how does that make you a better candidate for the lifeguard job? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2925 "2025-06-05T15:50:39Z")
“Miss, this is swimming, not women’s figure skating”. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2926 "2025-06-05T21:31:18Z")
Underwater ballet never caught on because the instructors weren’t willing to get in the pool. ---
**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 6, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2927 "2025-06-06T04:47:24Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > “Hey, my eyes are down here.” Honourable mention to @Elmer_J.Fudd who gained high marks for artistic expression, but the winner is @knoodler in this round. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2928 "2025-06-06T20:38:58Z")
Thanks **Ferris**! For some reason this photo gives me the willies. [![](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/87297830/photo/news-presenter-in-storm.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=IVkoDBGN_dx21RtZqN4AhbZH5FSsCaqHgs4JYG9JJZY=) ](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/87297830/photo/news-presenter-in-storm.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=IVkoDBGN_dx21RtZqN4AhbZH5FSsCaqHgs4JYG9JJZY=) ---
**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 6, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2929 "2025-06-06T20:44:22Z")
“And for our fashion segment: Weather reporter-on-the-spot Barbara Smith always coordinates her outfits so tastefully, with harmonizing gray tones and a playful spot of color on her mic.” ---
**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 6, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2930 "2025-06-06T20:49:46Z")
“It’s so windy, I just saw an old lady on a bicycle fly past.” ---
**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 6, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2931 "2025-06-06T21:14:23Z")
“Don’t make me fart again. You won’t like it if I fart again.” ---
**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 6, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2932 "2025-06-06T21:17:37Z")
We never understood the consequences of naming our daughter “Boreas”. Until now. ---
**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 7, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2933 "2025-06-07T01:24:37Z")
Mandy’s ‘Wing Walking Weather Report’ segment was unexpectedly cut short when the pilot decided to loop the loop. ---
**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 7, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2934 "2025-06-07T01:49:04Z")
And I looked, and behold a grey horse: and her name that sat on him was Toxic Positivity ---
**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 7, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2935 "2025-06-07T01:54:01Z")
I wish Marvel would stop coming up with new Thors. Mjollnir the microphone is less than inspired. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2936 "2025-06-07T02:33:08Z")
After surviving a near-death experience with a tornado in Depression Era Kansas, Dorothy Gale grew up to be an early pioneer of television weather forecaster. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2937 "2025-06-07T02:42:56Z")
You thought the _Democrats_ controlled the weather? You ain’t seen nothing yet! ---
**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 7, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2938 "2025-06-07T11:20:44Z")
_Your smile makes the clouds roll by._ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2939 "2025-06-07T13:59:35Z")
A lot of great captions, but this one hit my funny bone: > [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > “It’s so windy, I just saw an old lady on a bicycle fly past.” You’re up, **I\_G** ---
**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 8, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2940 "2025-06-08T19:26:49Z")
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