# 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:** 161
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3201 "2025-07-07T04:42:50Z")
Missed the notification on Saturday – I’m gonna blame it on the fact that it was the weekend and I was spending time with my sweetie, OK? Do what you can _(pun intended)_ with this one … [![](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/can-load-9244431.jpg?w=768) ](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/can-load-9244431.jpg?w=768) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 7, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3202 "2025-07-07T04:51:49Z")
Why do I have the urge to dance onstage? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3203 "2025-07-07T04:57:10Z")
“So I bought aluminum futures twenty years ago, and now I’m a millionaire.” ---
**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 7, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3204 "2025-07-07T05:00:18Z")
Every 4th of July, Americans appropriately celebrate the freedom of being able to pronounce the word “aluminum” with only four syllables. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3205 "2025-07-07T05:13:43Z")
The aftermath of Pete Hegseth’s 4th of July family picnic. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3206 "2025-07-07T05:30:31Z")
“I’ll be back in a minute. I gotta go to the can. Uhhh, cans.” ---
**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:** [July 7, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3207 "2025-07-07T05:39:54Z")
My front yard on the second week of the Recycle Collectors strike. ---
**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 7, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3208 "2025-07-07T12:37:19Z")
The landfill in Cambodia where American “recyclables” actually wind up ---
**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 7, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3209 "2025-07-07T16:11:26Z")
Walked out this morning, don’t believe what I saw Hundred billion beer cans washed up on the shore Seems I’m not alone in drinking alone Hundred billion boozers looking to get stoned ---
**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 7, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3210 "2025-07-07T16:52:59Z")
The resulting belch was believed to be louder than when Krakatoa erupted in 1883. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3211 "2025-07-07T19:35:53Z")
Homer Simpson’s backyard ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3212 "2025-07-07T19:38:59Z")
_Where’s Waldo?_ is the can of Mug Root Beer ---
**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 7, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3213 "2025-07-07T21:25:25Z")
Five seconds after a sneeze at a ‘world record can balancing’ attempt. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3214 "2025-07-08T12:15:17Z")
First off, I want to thank all of you for NOT going for the obvious with a riff on “Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall”… Of the submissions I saw, I liked the way @Lumpy reworked the Police’s _Message in a Bottle_ > [@Lumpy](#): > > Walked out this morning, don’t believe what I saw > Hundred billion beer cans washed up on the shore > Seems I’m not alone in drinking alone > Hundred billion boozers looking to get stoned @Lumpy, this Bud’s for you… _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 8, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3215 "2025-07-08T13:37:40Z")
Continuing the beer theme, this one’s eminently captionable: [![](https://cdn.displate.com/artwork/460x640/2024-03-05/0cdb71ccaeefd896ebabee7f69a01f5c_3e3c49f39a8f240a5d8137660ea98854.jpg) ](https://cdn.displate.com/artwork/460x640/2024-03-05/0cdb71ccaeefd896ebabee7f69a01f5c_3e3c49f39a8f240a5d8137660ea98854.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3216 "2025-07-08T13:40:23Z")
This bear’s for you! ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3217 "2025-07-08T14:01:06Z")
Yeah, very friendly town. I just wish there were some place around here where you could get nice fresh raw salmon. ---
**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 8, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3218 "2025-07-08T16:25:15Z")
Do I _look_ like I’m from the Land of Sky Blue Waters? ---
**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 8, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3219 "2025-07-08T16:27:51Z")
At my weight, I could drink _ten_ of these! ---
**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 8, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3220 "2025-07-08T16:32:53Z")
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