# 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 9, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2961 "2025-06-09T20:11:17Z")

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“I’m not here to raid, just criticize.”

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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 10, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2962 "2025-06-10T00:33:54Z")

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“Let’s see if those strips of fruit jerky I left in here last winter are done yet.”

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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 10, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2963 "2025-06-10T00:40:52Z")

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“This is now we do it nowadays. Pick-a-nick baskets are so 1960s.”

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**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 10, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2964 "2025-06-10T00:47:33Z")

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“Honey barbecue wings, comin’ up!”

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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 10, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2965 "2025-06-10T01:04:20Z")

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Enticing him with food smells, our innovative bear trap fires a tranquilliser dart the moment the lid is lifted.

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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 10, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2966 "2025-06-10T02:44:55Z")

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_“I beat Bobby Flay. Guess where he is now.”_

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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 10, 2025, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2967 "2025-06-10T07:22:59Z")

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- How do you like your steak?

- **ROARRRRRR**

- Sorry, ahem, I mean _rare_. Thank you, Margaret!

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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 10, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2968 "2025-06-10T18:09:47Z")

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After much stewing over so many good entries, this is the winner.  
I used to watch that show all the time.

> [@PlaceboTarget](#):
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> _“I beat Bobby Flay. Guess where he is now.”_

Though how you all missed the most obvious answer, I’ll never know.  
[Bear Grylls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Grylls).

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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 10, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2969 "2025-06-10T19:43:03Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> I used to watch that show all the time.

I was counting on it. 😀

Thank you. 🙏

Let’s try something different:

[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/YjfKGPY.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/YjfKGPY)

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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 10, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2970 "2025-06-10T19:49:26Z")

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First, there were beer goggles. Next, there were wine glasses.

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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 10, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2971 "2025-06-10T22:46:28Z")

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“That’s nothing! My Uncle Ernie can make binoculars out of anything! Wine glasses, ketchup bottles, salt and pepper shakers…”

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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 10, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2972 "2025-06-10T22:51:12Z")

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“These work just fine, but aren’t they going to be a little cumbersome when I umpire the baseball game?”

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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 10, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2973 "2025-06-10T22:55:40Z")

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Young Miss Magoo

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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 10, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2974 "2025-06-10T23:07:27Z")

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When Man Ray bent the light ray.

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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 11, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2975 "2025-06-11T00:16:43Z")

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“I, spy, with my great big distorted eyes…”

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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 11, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2976 "2025-06-11T00:17:44Z")

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Wakes up, looks around…AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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**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 11, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2977 "2025-06-11T00:58:31Z")

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These glasses do not make the world look better. Maybe if they were filled with vodka…

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**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 11, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2978 "2025-06-11T02:22:58Z")

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“Yes, I can see better, but I think I’ll stick with contacts.”

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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 11, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2979 "2025-06-11T05:26:49Z")

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I said you need glasses… not _glasses_

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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 11, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/2980 "2025-06-11T13:52:23Z")

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Are you sure these glasses were modeled from Marie Antoinette’s breasts? These look more like her grandmother’s breasts.

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