# 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:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3881 "2025-10-08T07:35:34Z")

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> [@Slithy\_Tove](#):
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> Amazon mixed up my order. Some museum’s Pacific Island exhibit has a pack of Cottonelle labeled as a Rai stone.

Lots of good bathroom-related entries, but the anthology-based one kinda spoke to me.

You’re up, @Slithy_Tove!

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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:** [October 8, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3882 "2025-10-08T12:05:04Z")

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Thanks. I almost kept my yap shut.

Now cave canum:

[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_-_Cave_Canem.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_-_Cave_Canem.jpg)

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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:** [October 8, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3883 "2025-10-08T14:13:16Z")

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“And here I thought ‘being in the doghouse’ was a figure of speech.”

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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:** [October 8, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3884 "2025-10-08T14:13:35Z")

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“Beware of Doug”

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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:** [October 8, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3885 "2025-10-08T14:41:11Z")

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This what they do to you in Paris if you request the gluten free menu.

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**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:** [October 8, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3886 "2025-10-08T15:28:33Z")

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The Emperor always keeps a spare barbarian on hand, just in case.

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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:** [October 8, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3887 "2025-10-08T15:42:01Z")

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I bloomin’ told ‘em I don’t like spring onions! You just can’t get the staff these days…sniff….

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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:** [October 8, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3888 "2025-10-08T17:12:48Z")

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I hate being chained up outside while Mom does her grocery shopping.

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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:** [October 8, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3889 "2025-10-08T22:11:11Z")

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“And the bread is stale!”

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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:** [October 9, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3890 "2025-10-09T00:06:40Z")

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His boss hadn’t _technically_ lied at the job interview: Alex _was_ outdoors and not ‘chained to a desk all day’.

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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:** [October 9, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3891 "2025-10-09T10:58:38Z")

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“Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them” my ass. Your flesh _tastes_ like ass. But noooooo. Bring it up during service and they chain you up until you finish the bloody wafer.

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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:** [October 9, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3892 "2025-10-09T12:22:52Z")

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> [@Ferris](#):
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> His boss hadn’t _technically_ lied at the job interview: Alex _was_ outdoors and not ‘chained to a desk all day’.

All good but @Ferris wins this one

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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:** [October 9, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3893 "2025-10-09T12:26:57Z")

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**Gaius Crustus — The Croissant Incident.**  
Incarcerated for baking a pastry deemed “too French,” centuries before France existed.

ETA: too late. My bad.

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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:** [October 9, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3894 "2025-10-09T12:54:47Z")

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@Slithy_Tove - much appreciated!

Different place, different time:

[![](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/default-cr.jpg) ](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/default-cr.jpg)

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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:** [October 9, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3895 "2025-10-09T17:17:14Z")

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🎶 Feel like Jonah in the belly of the whale 🎶

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**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:** [October 9, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3896 "2025-10-09T17:29:19Z")

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Medieval Ubers weren’t so sophisticated.

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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:** [October 9, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3897 "2025-10-09T20:06:21Z")

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“Here’s your wretched refuse from a teeming shore back. And don’t let me catch you swimming in my river again.”

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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:** [October 9, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3898 "2025-10-09T20:12:43Z")

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“Oh, dear. A giant otter is sucking my legs. Hold my hands, I’m really stressed.”

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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:** [October 9, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3899 "2025-10-09T20:59:15Z")

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Biblical scholars now consider the tale of Jesus being baptized in the Loch Ness to be apocryphal.

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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:** [October 10, 2025, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/3900 "2025-10-10T05:40:32Z")

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I ordered boneless! Take it back!

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