# 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\
**Page:** 189

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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:** [September 20, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3761 "2025-09-20T13:29:20Z")

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Thanks!  
[![](https://i.etsystatic.com/5208346/r/il/e4db3e/3868999452/il_fullxfull.3868999452_ap8x.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/5208346/r/il/e4db3e/3868999452/il_fullxfull.3868999452_ap8x.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3762 "2025-09-20T14:44:23Z")

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Lewis Carroll met Salvador Dalí at the bottom of the rabbit hole and said, _‘Let’s get weird’._

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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:** [September 20, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3763 "2025-09-20T15:40:09Z")

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The wom **e** n with a shared body who stole Petrushka’s spotlight (see above)

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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:** [September 20, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3764 "2025-09-20T20:20:52Z")

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Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum have dates for the prom!

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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:** [September 20, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3765 "2025-09-20T21:20:13Z")

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It was a nice design for a music box, but the gears stripped when the dancer kept turning two ways simultaneously.

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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:** [September 20, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3766 "2025-09-20T22:04:13Z")

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“We need to shave our legs before the party, otherwise boys will stare.”

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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:** [September 21, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3767 "2025-09-21T01:26:43Z")

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“Wait a minute, are we standing in Cerberus’ food dish??”

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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:** [September 21, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3768 "2025-09-21T13:45:18Z")

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The winner…

> [@Ferris](#):
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> “We need to shave our legs before the party, otherwise boys will stare.”

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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:** [September 21, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3769 "2025-09-21T19:00:34Z")

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Thanks!

Travelling for a while very soon, so best if I hand the baton to whoever wants to put up a pic, rather than delay our important work here.

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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:** [September 23, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3770 "2025-09-23T01:57:24Z")

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@Elmer_J.Fudd perhaps you could anoint the runner-up?

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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:** [September 23, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3771 "2025-09-23T02:26:07Z")

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Sorry! Go for it @Kent_Clark.

> [@Kent\_Clark](#):
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> It was a nice design for a music box, but the gears stripped when the dancer kept turning two ways simultaneously

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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:** [September 23, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3772 "2025-09-23T21:54:37Z")

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Let’s try a different direction.  
[![](https://media.wired.com/photos/5b43f387572ae17d05ab24f2/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/Screen-Shot-2014-09-02-at-1.12.06-PM.png) ](https://media.wired.com/photos/5b43f387572ae17d05ab24f2/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/Screen-Shot-2014-09-02-at-1.12.06-PM.png)

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**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:** [September 23, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3773 "2025-09-23T22:00:15Z")

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Easy, boy. You’re never gonna make friends if you play too rough.

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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:** [September 23, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3774 "2025-09-23T22:04:47Z")

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After seeing the preliminary sketches for the proposed “Amazing Spider-Man” and “Doctor Octopus,” the higher-ups at Marvel had some suggestions.

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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:** [September 23, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3775 "2025-09-23T22:17:11Z")

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Those abs! How about you toss my tako salad?

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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:** [September 23, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3776 "2025-09-23T23:08:12Z")

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Finally! Hentai for the Josei.

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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:** [September 24, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3777 "2025-09-24T00:00:07Z")

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Harvesting tentacles for soup has its downside.

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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:** [September 24, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3778 "2025-09-24T00:23:23Z")

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Torvill and Dean have taken their ice dancing to all-new realms this year!

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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:** [September 24, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3779 "2025-09-24T01:16:36Z")

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“Calamari! I’m craving calamari!”. The things we do for pregnant women!

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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:** [September 24, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3780 "2025-09-24T10:34:18Z")

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“You’re this fearsome hydra everybody’s been raving about? You barely cover my genitals.”

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