# 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:** 175
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3481 "2025-08-13T16:10:06Z")
(Not in play - I just can’t ever resist any excuse to recite this poem) The golf links lie so near the mill That almost every day The laboring children can look out And see the men at play. - Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3482 "2025-08-13T16:46:31Z")
Ok, now which of these levers will make it knit me a husband? ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3483 "2025-08-13T16:49:23Z")
If I give her the wool, will she make me one too? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3484 "2025-08-13T16:54:16Z")
_Daisy,Daisy,give me your answer, do…_ ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3485 "2025-08-13T16:57:45Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Ok, now which of these levers will make it knit me a husband? [not an entry] Make sure you tie the knot tight, otherwise the marriage might unravel.[/nae] ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3486 "2025-08-13T17:31:09Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [not an entry] Make sure you tie the knot tight, otherwise the marriage might unravel.[/nae] Reported for being in the wrong thread. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3487 "2025-08-13T17:34:23Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > [not an entry] Make sure you tie the knot tight, otherwise the marriage might unravel.[/nae] > > Reported for being in the wrong thread. - Woof! That’s warped! ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3488 "2025-08-13T20:14:00Z")
Why couldn’t I have a normal childhood? Selling Girl Scout Cookies, walking miles door to door in the rain and snow making someone else 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:** [August 13, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3489 "2025-08-13T20:36:40Z")
“Gotta make the big bucks now while my hands are still tiny enough to reach into the machinery.” ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3490 "2025-08-13T20:58:53Z")
“If I do a good job here, maybe they’ll promote me to sewing girl at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.” ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3491 "2025-08-14T04:08:17Z")
I’m going to close this off a couple of hours early, and award it to @Lumpy for going a bit darker than most: > [@Lumpy](#): > > The only surviving photo of the experimental Giant Silkworm cocoon facility, before the tragic deaths. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3492 "2025-08-14T16:22:56Z")
Thanks @Ferris. Lessee… [![](https://i.redd.it/e6xvsxn07anx.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/e6xvsxn07anx.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3493 "2025-08-14T16:32:44Z")
Little Shirley got confused when she saw a flock of nuns. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3494 "2025-08-14T16:36:05Z")
The Gotham City Police were totally unaware the The Penguin had a daughter. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3495 "2025-08-14T16:49:08Z")
OK, lets see how many times I can reuse this. And a moment later, the little girl was eaten. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3496 "2025-08-14T16:50:12Z")
We’ll get you, my pretty! And your little dogfish, too! ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3497 "2025-08-14T16:52:20Z")
Miss, we are tired of Orange Tang, would you happen to have some Brown Tang? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3498 "2025-08-14T17:01:44Z")
I am She: Who Must Be Obeyed! There is only one penalty for those who do not choose to obey. A lesson in obedience. Teach them! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3499 "2025-08-14T17:14:24Z")
It is Little Debby! Give us your snack cakes! ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3500 "2025-08-14T18:05:56Z")
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