# A Genuine Caption Contest (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717>\
**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:** 36

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**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:** [September 12, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/701 "2024-09-12T02:51:57Z")

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“Don’t blame me, I told you to leave that old woman alone.”

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**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:** [September 12, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/702 "2024-09-12T02:54:17Z")

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“OK, who walks who?”

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**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:** [September 12, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/703 "2024-09-12T02:57:22Z")

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Years after being separated at birth, Jim and Gus are reunited.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/704 "2024-09-12T03:08:04Z")

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You…complete…me.

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**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:** [September 12, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/705 "2024-09-12T03:58:37Z")

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“Can we call ourselves LGBTQIA+D?”

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**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:** [September 12, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/706 "2024-09-12T04:02:02Z")

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That’s your look when you’re about to fart, and then you always blame it on me

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**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:** [September 13, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/707 "2024-09-13T01:50:37Z")

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> [@Ferris](#):
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> “Can we call ourselves LGBTQIA+D?”

I giggled. You’re up @Ferris

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**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:** [September 13, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/708 "2024-09-13T04:24:56Z")

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🙂 Thanks, @Knowed_Out

Next picture:  
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**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:** [September 13, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/709 "2024-09-13T04:29:43Z")

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Drone technology has come a long way since 1957.

“Caution: User must not attempt to step off platform until vehicle has landed and rotors have come to a complete stop.”

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**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:** [September 13, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/710 "2024-09-13T04:30:07Z")

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The original Hoveround was not the battlefield clean-up solution the Army was looking for.

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**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:** [September 13, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/711 "2024-09-13T13:32:11Z")

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Reminder: Wait until the blades stop turning _then_ jump off.

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**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:** [September 13, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/712 "2024-09-13T13:35:10Z")

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Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/713 "2024-09-13T14:39:34Z")

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Do I hear “Ride of the Valkyries”?

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**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:** [September 13, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/714 "2024-09-13T14:44:19Z")

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The day before lawn care on US military bases was contracted out to civilian gardeners.

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**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:** [September 13, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/715 "2024-09-13T15:38:45Z")

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Beetle Bailey: “I’ve sat in front of my last mountain of potatoes peeling away.”

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**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:** [September 13, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/716 "2024-09-13T20:17:36Z")

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“Boy, you can buy anything in those surplus stores!”

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**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:** [September 14, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/717 "2024-09-14T05:06:40Z")

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A reward for your culinary and captioning efforts, @Slithy_Tove - yours is the winner.

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**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:** [September 14, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/718 "2024-09-14T05:37:18Z")

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Thanks @Ferris

We had so much fun with Custer. Let’s take a stab at General Gordon

[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/General_Gordon%27s_Last_Stand.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/General_Gordon%27s_Last_Stand.jpg)

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**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:** [September 14, 2024, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/719 "2024-09-14T05:50:55Z")

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“You guys don’t scare me. You’re just a bunch of Khartoum characters.”

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/720 "2024-09-14T06:40:29Z")

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“It’s over, Abdul. I have the high ground.”

_ **-“BB”-** _

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