# 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:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3161 "2025-06-30T02:24:16Z")

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“Some of you will not return. But that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.”

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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 30, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3162 "2025-06-30T02:54:47Z")

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> [@Slithy\_Tove](#):
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> flung poo:

Son, smell your hand.

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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 30, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3163 "2025-06-30T03:00:13Z")

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“And one last thing - you should definitely check out Ayla when you get to that brothel in Constantinople I was telling you about.”

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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 30, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3164 "2025-06-30T03:34:20Z")

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“Tell me again about your bone spurs, Pop-Pop.”

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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 30, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3165 "2025-06-30T05:35:20Z")

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Before you go, I just need to tell you… you were adopted, and I don’t like you very much. Also, I think you smell, and your taste in music is terrible. Good luck, son! Actually, come to think of it, I shouldn’t really call you that, should I? Better dash, I’m off to clear out your bedroom at home.

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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 30, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3166 "2025-06-30T05:41:16Z")

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“It’s just a costume party. You can come as a doorman.”

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3167 "2025-07-01T01:44:02Z")

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> [@Lumpy](#):
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> “I only wish you were young enough to go for me!”

Over the top you go, Lumpy

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3168 "2025-07-01T02:34:46Z")

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Keeping with a World War One theme:

[![](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-158f3b32226a254ac57b35733b974068.webp) ](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-158f3b32226a254ac57b35733b974068.webp)

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3169 "2025-07-01T03:28:40Z")

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When the bloke who wears this shoe arrives, you Huns’ll be sorted!

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3170 "2025-07-01T04:49:42Z")

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The [Reliant Robin](https://youtu.be/QQh56geU0X8?si=7QKPZnWRGKUv7mJa) Tank was a short-lived experiment.

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3171 "2025-07-01T15:35:40Z")

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My First Tank from Fisher-Price

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3172 "2025-07-01T15:47:24Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> The [Reliant Robin](https://youtu.be/QQh56geU0X8?si=7QKPZnWRGKUv7mJa) Tank was a short-lived experiment. -

[not an entry] [Robert Dunn](https://www.youtube.com/@agingwheels/videos) wants one.[nae]

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3173 "2025-07-01T16:16:59Z")

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Due to DOGE cuts, the new Tesla line acquired a turn-of-the-century look.

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3174 "2025-07-01T21:35:20Z")

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The Steampunk army fell apart when the motorized coal scuttle proved impractical

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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:** [July 2, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3175 "2025-07-02T05:22:41Z")

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When the machines took over, _There was an Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe_ was given an update.

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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:** [July 2, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3176 "2025-07-02T14:17:45Z")

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Ya know, what this trike needs is a gun.

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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:** [July 2, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3177 "2025-07-02T20:49:25Z")

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With the rest of the platoon’s football team safely on board, the only space for Captain Barnes and his 2IC was ‘up top’.

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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:** [July 2, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3178 "2025-07-02T21:42:17Z")

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Prosthetic feet were a bit overengineered during WWI.

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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:** [July 2, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3179 "2025-07-02T23:39:06Z")

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> [@Kent\_Clark](#):
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> The Steampunk army fell apart when the motorized coal scuttle proved impractical

Coal-burning steampunk tanks are perfect for this photo. All yours @Kent_Clark

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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:** [July 3, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3180 "2025-07-03T00:17:23Z")

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Moving up one war  
[![](https://hankeringforhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/Dog-as-World-War-II-weapon1.jpg) ](https://hankeringforhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/Dog-as-World-War-II-weapon1.jpg)

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