# 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:** 234
**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 24, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4661 "2026-03-24T04:42:19Z")
All excellent, but this one is going to take it this time: > [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I know I should feel some value in myself, but the truth is, Doc, well… I just feel like a big fat zero. All yours, @iamatractorboy ! ---
**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 24, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4662 "2026-03-24T07:30:58Z")
Why thank you, Spoons! Ok, inspired by Dr Winston’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ attempt above, try this one out… [![](https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/624x351/p07k32kk.webp) ](https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/624x351/p07k32kk.webp) ---
**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 24, 2026, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4663 "2026-03-24T07:58:15Z")
“Oh my God! It’s the Wicked Witch without makeup!” “And she’s … she’s …” “She’s _beautiful!_” ---
**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 24, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4664 "2026-03-24T11:00:38Z")
“By the way Dorothy, why do you keep carrying that basket around when there’s nothing in it?” ---
**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 24, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4665 "2026-03-24T16:58:35Z")
I asked AI to give me a portrait of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Bad AI! ---
**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 24, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4666 "2026-03-24T17:06:16Z")
Just 43 minutes into the film, the cast is paralyzed as side two of _Dark Side of the Moon_ concludes. ---
**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 25, 2026, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4667 "2026-03-25T08:06:45Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > “By the way Dorothy, why do you keep carrying that basket around when there’s nothing in it?” No doubt in my mind… @Knowed_Out takes it ---
**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 25, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4668 "2026-03-25T10:59:46Z")
Thank yew. [![](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cringe-pics-jorishmctumbles-21-69aa923865a00__700.jpg) ](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cringe-pics-jorishmctumbles-21-69aa923865a00__700.jpg) ---
**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 25, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4669 "2026-03-25T11:24:10Z")
The Newton of the ape world trying to understand why tires hanging by ropes get tangled up when demonstrating inelastic collisions. ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4670 "2026-03-25T13:05:42Z")
After the ‘Banana-gate’ incident with his keeper, Joe-Joe was told to go and think about what he’d done. ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4671 "2026-03-25T13:32:06Z")
“Oh, what I’d give for a Barcalounger.” ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4672 "2026-03-25T16:41:51Z")
Parents hate “meet the teacher night,” especially when their children are in the lower grades. ---
**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 25, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4673 "2026-03-25T19:50:29Z")
The club was quiet because the pole dancers wouldn’t arrive for another hour. ---
**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 25, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4674 "2026-03-25T20:00:18Z")
“Where does a 800-lb gorilla sit in timeout?” ---
**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:** [March 26, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4675 "2026-03-26T02:48:42Z")
“I’m starting to think Tad won’t be showing up for our weekly chess game.” ---
**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 26, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4676 "2026-03-26T10:38:40Z")
> [@billy-jack](#): > > The Newton of the ape world trying to understand why tires hanging by ropes get tangled up when demonstrating inelastic collisions. The weirdest caption wins. @billy-jack ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4677 "2026-03-30T00:19:36Z")
Paging @billy-jack… ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4678 "2026-03-30T00:43:39Z")
Oops. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sZ1sOvbobgc/oar2.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sZ1sOvbobgc/oar2.jpg) ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4679 "2026-03-30T02:25:03Z")
“Oh, so I’m the bad guy for rooting through the trash before you got to it!” ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4680 "2026-03-30T03:30:43Z")
“Andy DaBeare crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shit smelling foulness I can’t even imagine, or maybe I just don’t want to. Five hundred yards… that’s the length of five football fields, just shy of half a mile.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717.md?page=233) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717.md?page=235)