# 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:** ![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 16, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4221 "2025-12-16T23:49:04Z")

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A tree’s sweet, sweet revenge…

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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 17, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4222 "2025-12-17T22:09:35Z")

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“Okay Hercules, it was actually twelve-and-a-half labors. Capture Cerebus, and while you’re here fill up these leaf bags. We’ll have some hot cocoa ready when you’re done.”

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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 18, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4223 "2025-12-18T00:53:04Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> A tree’s sweet, sweet revenge…

All yours, @Elmer_J.Fudd!

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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 18, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4224 "2025-12-18T02:29:09Z")

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Thanks!  
Home improvement time…  
[![](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2025-12/11/21/subbuzz/mf3ivqeZA.png?downsize=600:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto) ](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2025-12/11/21/subbuzz/mf3ivqeZA.png?downsize=600:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto)

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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 18, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4225 "2025-12-18T03:28:10Z")

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The real estate listing called it a bay window.

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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 18, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4226 "2025-12-18T04:23:54Z")

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In the Backrooms windows can be a way out or the final damnation.

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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:** [December 18, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4227 "2025-12-18T04:37:30Z")

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“And when we move to our new house, Billy, you’ll have your very own room. And it’ll even have a window!”

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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 18, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4228 "2025-12-18T04:41:35Z")

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Mental health architecture: a focus window where the subject may contemplate the bleakness of existence. Then, in a reverse of the parable of the donkey who starved between two bales of hay, the subject can’t decide which closet to hang himself in.

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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:** [December 18, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4229 "2025-12-18T04:51:37Z")

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FOR RENT: Room in a house. Close to campus, perfect for a college student. Plenty of closet space. Microwave and mini-fridge allowed. Lovely view …

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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 19, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4230 "2025-12-19T13:12:26Z")

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The winner…

> [@Spoons](#):
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> FOR RENT: Room in a house. Close to campus, perfect for a college student. Plenty of closet space. Microwave and mini-fridge allowed. Lovely view

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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:** [December 19, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4231 "2025-12-19T22:27:09Z")

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Thanks! Let’s try something seasonal:

[![](https://www.sj-r.com/gcdn/authoring/2011/12/17/NSJR/ghows-LS-c015320e-d3f8-4950-b0b7-005a75b90fdf-6b10dcf2.jpeg?width=600&height=462&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp) ](https://www.sj-r.com/gcdn/authoring/2011/12/17/NSJR/ghows-LS-c015320e-d3f8-4950-b0b7-005a75b90fdf-6b10dcf2.jpeg?width=600&height=462&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)

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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4232 "2025-12-20T01:40:09Z")

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Welcome to the island of misfit toys!

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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 20, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4233 "2025-12-20T02:21:37Z")

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To all the fellas out there with ladies to impress  
It’s easy to do just follow these steps  
1, cut a hole in a box  
2, put your junk in that box  
3, make her open the box  
And that’s the way you do it

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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 20, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4234 "2025-12-20T05:05:48Z")

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“Okay, photo time is over. Back under tree you all go!”

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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 20, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4235 "2025-12-20T16:56:21Z")

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Honey, why does their paper look like the UPS guy’s?

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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 20, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4236 "2025-12-20T18:59:43Z")

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It seemed like the thing to do, after the entire family was swallowed alive by a giant wombat and pooped out just in time for Christmas

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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:** [December 21, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4237 "2025-12-21T03:10:21Z")

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This one is going to take this round:

> [@needscoffee](#):
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> “Okay, photo time is over. Back under tree you all go!”

Over to you, @needscoffee !

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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 21, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4238 "2025-12-21T06:36:56Z")

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Let’s give this a try.

[![](https://i.imgur.com/GAh9T61.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/GAh9T61.jpeg)

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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:** [December 21, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4239 "2025-12-21T06:41:48Z")

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It was lunchtime at the Heart Attack Grill, and one of the customers had ordered the “Quadruple Bypass on a Plate.”

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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:** [December 21, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4240 "2025-12-21T08:36:10Z")

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“That looks delicious, and I can hardly wait to eat it. Can I also get a small Diet Coke?”

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