# 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:** 246
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4901 "2026-05-14T00:59:42Z")
“He just wants to know why your hair never gets windblown.” ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4902 "2026-05-14T01:13:06Z")
“Well, you said you wanted a car that had buttons and knobs on the dashboard, instead of touch screens.” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4903 "2026-05-14T01:13:29Z")
“The convertible is great, but it is supposed to be a big nasty _redhead!_” ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4904 "2026-05-14T01:20:35Z")
Presenting: the 2150 Caterham ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4905 "2026-05-14T08:25:35Z")
“They see me ridin’ and they be hatin’” ---
**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:** [May 15, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4906 "2026-05-15T01:51:00Z")
The prom king and queen were expecting a more traditional reception. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4907 "2026-05-15T03:14:36Z")
In case I can’t get on the boards tomorrow (long story), I’ll go with > [@needscoffee](#): > > “He just wants to know why your hair never gets windblown.” ---
**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:** [May 15, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4908 "2026-05-15T03:25:40Z")
Thanks! [![](https://i.imgur.com/Tbpl4Ga.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Tbpl4Ga.jpeg) ---
**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:** [May 15, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4909 "2026-05-15T04:55:15Z")
Alas, poor Yorick. You looked like me. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4910 "2026-05-15T10:28:17Z")
Why Kurt Vonnegut never wrote an autobiography ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4911 "2026-05-15T18:59:26Z")
They said I had to get ahead in show business… ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4912 "2026-05-16T01:24:55Z")
It’s always traumatic to learn that you’re nothing but a billionaire’s clone. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4913 "2026-05-16T03:56:28Z")
“So you _still_ won’t tell me where you hid the secret formula, eh? How about I cut off something _else_, like perhaps an ear?” ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4914 "2026-05-16T04:02:48Z")
[Not in play] “Nope, they still didn’t make my new nose straight enough. Try again!!!” ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4915 "2026-05-16T04:08:12Z")
Winner is @DrDeth for: > [@DrDeth](#): > > They said I had to get ahead in show business… First runner-up is @Knowed_Out with > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Why Kurt Vonnegut never wrote an autobiography If DrDeth is unable to fulfill his role as ~~Miss America~~ Caption Contest winner, then Knowed\_Out will take over in his place. All yours, DrD! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4916 "2026-05-16T19:25:37Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > If DrDeth is unable to fulfill his role as ~~Miss America~~ Caption Contest winner, then Knowed\_Out will take over in his place. > > All yours, DrD! @Knowed_Out it is all yours. I appreciate the honor, however. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4917 "2026-05-16T21:38:10Z")
Yo ho ho [![](https://toyphotographers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSCF3972.jpg) ](https://toyphotographers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSCF3972.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:** [May 16, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4918 "2026-05-16T21:46:48Z")
“because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into scoundrels”. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4919 "2026-05-17T01:51:54Z")
“Which one of you would like to become an honorary parrot?” ---
**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:** [May 17, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/4920 "2026-05-17T02:49:13Z")
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