# 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:** 215
**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:** [December 30, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4281 "2025-12-30T00:13:56Z")
I accept this totally unearned yet deeply cherished reward with humility, grace, and the full knowledge that tomorrow I’ll be back to posting something that lands with a dull thud. Ok, let’s see what y’all can do with this photo: [![](https://i.imgur.com/6fjbvuf.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/6fjbvuf.jpeg) ---
**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 30, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4282 "2025-12-30T00:22:09Z")
Post #3067 ---
**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:** [December 30, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4283 "2025-12-30T03:04:39Z")
Well, that won’t do. Let’s go with this one: [![](https://i.imgur.com/l3t7aYo.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/l3t7aYo.jpeg) ---
**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 30, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4284 "2025-12-30T13:14:30Z")
I keep having this dream where M. C. Escher designs my aquarium. ---
**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 30, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4285 "2025-12-30T13:40:49Z")
When a Monty Python fan decorates the aquarium with a miniature pirate skeleton, it’s an agent from Crimson Permanent Assurance ---
**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 30, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4286 "2025-12-30T13:41:54Z")
One day an aquarium treasure chest dreamed it was a man. ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4287 "2025-12-30T16:02:40Z")
“Stock market bubble? Hey, let me tell YOU about bubbles…” ---
**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 30, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4288 "2025-12-30T19:08:27Z")
…and _that_ is why the sewers of New York are filled with voracious businessmen. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4289 "2025-12-31T02:09:43Z")
@Quondam_Mechanic, come on down! ---
**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 31, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4290 "2025-12-31T02:56:33Z")
Thanks, Tibby! Wish I could find a new one as good as that. Here’s what I got for you down at the corner candy store: [![](https://as2.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/02/26/88/01/1000_F_226880130_HuS9MQFuJrIq5frB8EPXv0uZUpXctfe1.jpg) ](https://as2.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/02/26/88/01/1000_F_226880130_HuS9MQFuJrIq5frB8EPXv0uZUpXctfe1.jpg) ---
**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 31, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4291 "2025-12-31T18:39:33Z")
OK, that was an overwhelming response. How about a diffent one – pick whichever of the two, but make it clear which one you’re responding to. [![](https://as1.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/01/04/45/58/1000_F_104455826_7G6P3eMkrL22GQpjtimjR5MrzcLmRerP.jpg) ](https://as1.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/01/04/45/58/1000_F_104455826_7G6P3eMkrL22GQpjtimjR5MrzcLmRerP.jpg) ---
**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 31, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4292 "2025-12-31T19:11:41Z")
“I’m vewy, vewy happy with the my wecent twansition.” ---
**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 31, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4293 "2025-12-31T19:34:41Z")
You better have staying power, because she’s got stopping power ---
**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 31, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4294 "2025-12-31T22:25:33Z")
An early version of Ann Darrow portraying her as a strong capable heroine was nixed for the Damsel In Distress who had to be rescued. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4295 "2026-01-01T00:52:51Z")
I dreamed I fought the Anglo-Dutch War of 1652 in my Maidenform Bra ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4296 "2026-01-01T01:05:45Z")
When the director told Elly May to remove her lingerie, she remembered her Uncle Jed’s musket training. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4297 "2026-01-01T02:10:43Z")
The untold story of the French Resistance. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4298 "2026-01-01T17:53:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > When the director told Elly May to remove her lingerie, she remembered her Uncle Jed’s musket training. Well, it’s close enough to 24 hours… I liked this because its discombobulation matches that of the picture. K **nowed\_Out** , you’re up. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2026, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4299 "2026-01-02T05:46:48Z")
okiedoke [![](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/awkward-rejected-celebrities-red-carpet-65153157c9e91-png__700.jpg) ](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/awkward-rejected-celebrities-red-carpet-65153157c9e91-png__700.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 2, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4300 "2026-01-02T16:10:50Z")
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