# 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:** ![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 23, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3081 "2025-06-23T01:35:54Z")

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> [@Slithy\_Tove](#):
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> The band costumes Buddy Holly, Duane Allman and Ronnie Van Zant _wished_ they’d worn.

Dark; I like it!

@Slithy_Tove gets to gyre and gimble the next one.

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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 23, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3082 "2025-06-23T02:06:00Z")

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Thanks Lumpy

[![](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/WqPJqineNp5hjmZ7FlXvQw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/efc72212408e954ab75dd1c3e1fdbc1d) ](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/WqPJqineNp5hjmZ7FlXvQw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/efc72212408e954ab75dd1c3e1fdbc1d)

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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 23, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3083 "2025-06-23T02:50:19Z")

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Congratulations! It’s a boy!

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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 23, 2025, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3084 "2025-06-23T07:42:37Z")

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“Ok Nick, can we try that _one_ more time? Scene 62: Nicholas trying to look not crazy - take seven hundred and forty four…”

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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 23, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3085 "2025-06-23T10:38:06Z")

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“Somebody hit me! I’m stuck!!!”

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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 23, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3086 "2025-06-23T10:51:09Z")

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"_This_ is what you’re going to burn in effigy? It needs to be _life-sized! Glorious!"_

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**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 23, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3087 "2025-06-23T16:36:12Z")

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“Eh! eh! Bomba, hen! hen!”

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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 23, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3088 "2025-06-23T21:09:46Z")

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“I thought I was getting an OSCAR!”

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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 24, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3089 "2025-06-24T01:55:52Z")

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Take it away Kent!

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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 24, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3090 "2025-06-24T02:12:38Z")

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Something domestic, mundane, everyday.  
[![](https://images.stockcake.com/public/d/c/9/dc9301ba-6d73-4309-8c94-4c17d7af0c21_large/laundry-overflow-disaster-stockcake.jpg) ](https://images.stockcake.com/public/d/c/9/dc9301ba-6d73-4309-8c94-4c17d7af0c21_large/laundry-overflow-disaster-stockcake.jpg)

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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 24, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3091 "2025-06-24T02:14:10Z")

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When AI does the laundry.

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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 24, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3092 "2025-06-24T02:55:24Z")

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Well, on the plus side, it’s good to know that Pampers will come clean in the wash…

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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 24, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3093 "2025-06-24T04:42:27Z")

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Calgon, take me away!

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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 24, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3094 "2025-06-24T21:48:34Z")

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Mom said that Tide would get that aioli stain out, but she didn’t tell Bobby how much of it to use.

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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 24, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3095 "2025-06-24T22:39:42Z")

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Everyone agreed Ben’s cocaine habit was starting to affect his daily routine.

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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 25, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3096 "2025-06-25T00:55:20Z")

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“Come on in! The game’s just starting. Listen, we’ve got chips and dip and pretzels, and we’ll get some pizza at halftime. But you must be thirsty. Can I get you a glass of suds?”

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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 25, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3097 "2025-06-25T01:28:44Z")

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When the sock was lost in the wash, its mate consoled itself with this thought: “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” And then it went peacefully into the shoeshine box.

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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 25, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3098 "2025-06-25T01:30:12Z")

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@running_coach took an early lead but @Spoons came back at the end with a pun for the win!

> [@Spoons](#):
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> “Come on in! The game’s just starting. Listen, we’ve got chips and dip and pretzels, and we’ll get some pizza at halftime. But you must be thirsty. Can I get you a glass of suds?”

Foam on, Spoons!

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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 25, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3099 "2025-06-25T01:32:17Z")

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I agree. Cringe inducing wordplay Oh Puns many doors.

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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 25, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3100 "2025-06-25T02:25:23Z")

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Thanks! Let’s keep with the beer theme, and see what you folks can come up with for this:

[![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54612373574_ac40d23aaa_z.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54612373574_ac40d23aaa_z.jpg)

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