# 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:** ![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:** [December 1, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4161 "2025-12-01T16:12:41Z")

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One. way to avoid repainting your home.

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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:** [December 1, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4162 "2025-12-01T16:28:04Z")

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The Medium is the Message.

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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:** [December 1, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4163 "2025-12-01T16:30:01Z")

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The next nominee for New Jersey Federal Prosecutor

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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:** [December 1, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4164 "2025-12-01T16:54:11Z")

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I would have gone with a more modern flat screen, but I don’t want a 1/2 inch face.

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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:** [December 1, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4165 "2025-12-01T20:18:57Z")

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Even though Emily started dressing more seductively, her husband was still remote.

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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:** [December 1, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4166 "2025-12-01T23:27:41Z")

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“Maybe _now_ he’ll listen to me when I’m talking to him.”

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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:** [December 2, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4167 "2025-12-02T19:00:24Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> “Hey! My vacuum tubes are up here!”

First one, and there’s no way to improve it. Over to you, **Elmer!**

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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:** [December 2, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4168 "2025-12-02T19:59:23Z")

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Some nightmare fuel for the season…  
[![](https://cw39.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/4907.jpg?w=600) ](https://cw39.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/4907.jpg?w=600)

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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:** [December 2, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4169 "2025-12-02T20:13:07Z")

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He needs Rudolph to be street legal.

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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:** [December 2, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4170 "2025-12-02T20:48:33Z")

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You called for a taxi-dermist?

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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:** [December 2, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4171 "2025-12-02T20:56:23Z")

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“All I need is a reindeer.” The Grinch looked around.  
But since reindeer are scarce, there was none to be found.

Did that stop the Grinch? Hah! The Grinch simply said,  
“If I can’t find a reindeer, I’ll use mule deer heads!”

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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:** [December 2, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4172 "2025-12-02T20:59:37Z")

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The patron saint of children, sailors, merchants, bakers, students, and pawnbrokers. Deer? Fuck ‘em.

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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:** [December 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4173 "2025-12-02T22:20:02Z")

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Got tired of reindeer poop flying in my face.

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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:** [December 3, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4174 "2025-12-03T16:29:49Z")

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Santa got run over by a grandma

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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:** [December 4, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4175 "2025-12-04T03:06:44Z")

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“Let this be a warning to the rest of you! You have three weeks to shape 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:** [December 4, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4176 "2025-12-04T14:42:03Z")

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The winner…

> [@Slithy\_Tove](#):
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> The patron saint of children, sailors, merchants, bakers, students, and pawnbrokers. Deer? Fuck ‘em.

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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:** [December 4, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4177 "2025-12-04T15:08:31Z")

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Thank you Elmer.

Let’s get nostalgic

[![](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nXMAAOSwfS5g9kFe/s-l1200.jpg) ](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nXMAAOSwfS5g9kFe/s-l1200.jpg)

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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:** [December 4, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4178 "2025-12-04T22:47:48Z")

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When the Fuhrer says “Ve iss die master race”  
We Ho HO **HO**  
Right in the Fuhrer’s face!

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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:** [December 5, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4179 "2025-12-05T14:47:09Z")

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@Kent_Clark , your submission stands prominently above all the rest. Please post a picture.

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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:** [December 5, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4180 "2025-12-05T23:15:01Z")

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As Mark Twain reportedly said,“If it weren’t for the honor of the thing I’d just as soon have missed this occasion.” But the game must go on.

[![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/800xn/p05yfdfd.jpg) ](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/800xn/p05yfdfd.jpg)

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