# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/461 "2024-08-18T17:42:20Z")
Rudy tries out his new skull detector. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/462 "2024-08-18T17:49:31Z")
(not in play) I couldn’t even see that that was somebody’s head at first because it was almost completely overwritten. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/463 "2024-08-18T18:02:13Z")
1945: war-weary Dutch invent the sport of beach volleyball. Nazi collaborators are indispensable participants. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/464 "2024-08-18T18:06:54Z")
Having dug almost all the way through from China, he needed just a little help at the very end. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/465 "2024-08-18T18:14:05Z")
Choose Your Punctuation: What’s that in the road ahead ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/466 "2024-08-18T19:38:56Z")
This is another fine mess you’ve gotten me into! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/467 "2024-08-18T19:40:26Z")
_How to Get a Head When There’s No Body Around_ ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/468 "2024-08-18T20:09:13Z")
Yeh sorry about that, it’s a bit of an unfortunate spot for the writing to appear on. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/469 "2024-08-18T22:38:48Z")
Mr. Hughes promised to grow all the boys in his care into men but his only experience was as a gardener. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/470 "2024-08-19T02:01:33Z")
_Highlander:The Early Years_ ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/471 "2024-08-19T18:15:48Z")
> [@Ferris](#): > > Mr. Hughes promised to grow all the boys in his care into men but his only experience was as a gardener. Take it away Ferris! ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/472 "2024-08-19T21:30:42Z")
Thanks - I’d laughed out loud at three of the other entries, so obviously a good choice of picture for us. Sticking with the ‘old-time feel’: [![](https://media.hswstatic.com/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250ZW50Lmhzd3N0YXRpYy5jb20iLCJrZXkiOiJnaWZcL3dlaXJkLWNpcmN1cy1mYWN0cy0xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjkwfSwidG9Gb3JtYXQiOiJhdmlmIn19) ](https://media.hswstatic.com/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250ZW50Lmhzd3N0YXRpYy5jb20iLCJrZXkiOiJnaWZcL3dlaXJkLWNpcmN1cy1mYWN0cy0xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjkwfSwidG9Gb3JtYXQiOiJhdmlmIn19) ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/473 "2024-08-19T21:35:53Z")
“I told you we’d look at the fold-out _after_ we finish the joke page.” ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/474 "2024-08-19T21:56:15Z")
Let me finish the whole magazine before you play with the scratch & sniff ad, or there won’t be anything left ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/475 "2024-08-19T22:38:22Z")
Lion: “Dude! All the animals in this mag are NUDE! What is wrong with you, you perv?” ---
**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:** [August 20, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/476 "2024-08-20T02:24:48Z")
Reading between the lions. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/477 "2024-08-20T02:45:12Z")
Elsa loved the _Zoo After Dark_ photo essays. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/478 "2024-08-20T13:23:57Z")
Hey, I appreciate you buying me the magazine, but when I said I was on the lookout for a cougar, this was not what I had in mind! ---
**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:** [August 20, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/479 "2024-08-20T15:38:29Z")
Well, I told you they wouldn’t print that letter. They think you’re lyin’. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/480 "2024-08-21T00:21:22Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Hey, I appreciate you buying me the magazine, but when I said I was on the lookout for a cougar, this was not what I had in mind! I was on the lookout for a winning entry - and this came to mind. 🙂 Next pic’s yours, @iamatractorboy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717.md?page=25)