# 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:** 233
**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 20, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4641 "2026-03-20T18:14:09Z")
@Kent_Clark takes it. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4642 "2026-03-20T21:06:05Z")
Once again I tried and failed to come up with anything even remotely humorous! ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4643 "2026-03-20T21:08:00Z")
I couldn’t come up with anything at all. But the picture was great. ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4644 "2026-03-20T21:20:50Z")
Abominable SnowMobile? ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4645 "2026-03-20T21:40:01Z")
Let’s try this. [![](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1000w,f_auto,q_auto:best/streams/2013/September/130917/4B9043788-frankenstein-angry-mob.jpg) ](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1000w,f_auto,q_auto:best/streams/2013/September/130917/4B9043788-frankenstein-angry-mob.jpg) ---
**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 20, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4646 "2026-03-20T22:11:17Z")
The HOA finally went too far… ---
**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:** [March 21, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4647 "2026-03-21T00:38:51Z")
Someone at this address order 37 pizzas and 2 cases of Diet Coke? ---
**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:** [March 21, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4648 "2026-03-21T01:21:36Z")
Tonight’s forecast: torchy with a chance of lynchy ---
**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 21, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4649 "2026-03-21T01:58:03Z")
[Shrek] Aw, not _again! Fiona_ … [/Shrek] ---
**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 21, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4650 "2026-03-21T07:03:19Z")
Initially cocky, Frodo soon regretted his stance that ‘if Sauron wants the ring he can bloody well try and take it off me, can’t he?’. ---
**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 21, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4651 "2026-03-21T09:40:59Z")
“We hear you’re making a monster and we’re offended!” ---
**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 21, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4652 "2026-03-21T09:49:13Z")
“Torches and pitchforks? That’s so 1930s. Where are the smartphones and influencers?” ---
**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:** [March 21, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4653 "2026-03-21T10:17:45Z")
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4654 "2026-03-21T15:53:50Z")
He said something against Taylor Swift! Let’s get him! ---
**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 21, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4655 "2026-03-21T21:41:33Z")
I’ll give it to @Spoons for attempting to pull the thread into this century. > [@Spoons](#): > > “Torches and pitchforks? That’s so 1930s. Where are the smartphones and influencers?” ---
**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 22, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4656 "2026-03-22T00:44:55Z")
Thanks! Next up: [![](https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/69b07367c167feda7d492a0d/master/pass/a61481.jpg) ](https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/69b07367c167feda7d492a0d/master/pass/a61481.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 22, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4657 "2026-03-22T00:47:40Z")
“Is it so wrong to want a gal with everything?” ---
**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:** [March 22, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4658 "2026-03-22T00:47:43Z")
Every time I see _The Wizard of Oz_, it feels like they’re mocking me. “Poppies! Poppies! Poppies!” ---
**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 22, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4659 "2026-03-22T04:22:08Z")
“On the outside it looks like have everything, yet I feel like there’s a hole in my life that needs to be filled.” ---
**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 22, 2026, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4660 "2026-03-22T06:27:19Z")
I know I should feel some value in myself, but the truth is, Doc, well… I just feel like a big fat zero. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717.md?page=232) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717.md?page=234)