# 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:** 230
**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:** [February 26, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4581 "2026-02-26T20:53:01Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The day Gene Kelly drowned… Nice! Take it away, @Elmer_J.Fudd ---
**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:** [February 27, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4582 "2026-02-27T21:33:31Z")
Oops. Sorry! Dropped the ball. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1596660575739822082/pu/img/TSJMrtmbjlZd50s7.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1596660575739822082/pu/img/TSJMrtmbjlZd50s7.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 28, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4583 "2026-02-28T01:48:18Z")
ICE finally finished work in Minnesota late in 2042. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4584 "2026-02-28T02:01:38Z")
Thankfully the alien race of sewing machine men came along when they did. ---
**Author:** ![billy-jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4585 "2026-02-28T03:11:29Z")
The 2030 remake of The Wizard of Oz looks much different, especially the munchkins. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4586 "2026-02-28T11:04:47Z")
Betty wept for her husband— but even she had to admit the Dildorian invader’s… equipment… was oddly intriguing. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4587 "2026-03-01T00:50:22Z")
Ooo, when I get home, I am going to write Elon Musk a very strong letter!! ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4588 "2026-03-01T02:55:52Z")
I’m usually a sucker for the naughty caption but @Prof.Pepperwinkle swept in at the last minute with this… > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Ooo, when I get home, I am going to write Elon Musk a very strong letter!! ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4589 "2026-03-01T03:26:08Z")
Thanks! And now for something completely different… [![](https://squirrelbasket.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/wonderland-march-hare.jpg) ](https://squirrelbasket.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/wonderland-march-hare.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:** [March 1, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4590 "2026-03-01T03:28:46Z")
The March Hare wishes like Hell that this was a leap year. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4591 "2026-03-01T03:48:01Z")
Day Six of withdrawing from antidepressants. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4592 "2026-03-01T04:20:48Z")
Last night, instead of a tea party, the Mad Hatter held a beer blast. The March Hare turned into more of a Stagger Hare then. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4593 "2026-03-01T10:42:04Z")
It transpired that the Dormouse had instructed the March Hare to serve their guest, but he misheard and dropped a tab instead. “Alice - tea!” ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4594 "2026-03-01T11:20:50Z")
I’m a lupus and I have lupus. Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4595 "2026-03-02T02:21:49Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Day Six of withdrawing from antidepressants. Yeah, man , we’ve all been there. Good job! ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4596 "2026-03-02T03:23:22Z")
Thanks Prof! Continuing with the theme: [![](https://www.bizarrocentral.com/wp-content/uploads/Flash-Fiction-Friday/FF-Sleep-is-Dumb.jpg) ](https://www.bizarrocentral.com/wp-content/uploads/Flash-Fiction-Friday/FF-Sleep-is-Dumb.jpg) Ineligible for the win, but my caption: When you discover that not only aren’t you getting a tax refund this year but that you owe the IRS. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4597 "2026-03-02T03:42:21Z")
Bad hair day ☹ ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4598 "2026-03-02T19:27:00Z")
Hugh Jackman wasn’t happy with the studio’s first choice of Wolverine body double. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4599 "2026-03-02T19:49:31Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Bad hair day ☹ That would have worked even better for the last caption! ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4600 "2026-03-02T22:19:43Z")
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