# 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:** 40
**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 22, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/781 "2024-09-22T03:51:44Z")
The “vertical vs. horizontal” pastie debate goes back further than most people know. ---
**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 22, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/782 "2024-09-22T03:53:30Z")
Many centuries ago, mens’ hairlines were _fire_. ---
**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 22, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/783 "2024-09-22T03:55:19Z")
Early chefs struggled with “plating”. ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/784 "2024-09-22T04:00:32Z")
“Always remember, when you’re doing a tonsurectomy …” ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/785 "2024-09-22T04:01:07Z")
Barrettes Gone Wild. ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/786 "2024-09-22T04:03:40Z")
Monday grinding, Tuesday weld. ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/787 "2024-09-22T04:35:02Z")
John the Baptist said he’d pay for the entertainment. We took care of the tip. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/788 "2024-09-22T06:19:08Z")
Mike, your honest opinion please… hat, or monk wig? ---
**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 22, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/789 "2024-09-22T08:56:06Z")
“Off the top of my head, I think your plan for instant sainthood might have a few problems.” ---
**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 22, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/790 "2024-09-22T09:21:31Z")
“Last night’s party? Yeah, things got a little hairy.” ---
**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 22, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/791 "2024-09-22T13:11:59Z")
The first recorded instance of the Chia Pet Afro. ---
**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 22, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/792 "2024-09-22T13:51:00Z")
Medieval courts could be quite literal when it came to meting out punishment for unauthorized ticket sales. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/793 "2024-09-22T15:52:30Z")
“I told them: a LITTLE off the top!” ---
**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 22, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/794 "2024-09-22T17:43:03Z")
(Not in play: WTF _is_ that from?) ---
**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 22, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/795 "2024-09-22T18:19:35Z")
Saint Denis and Saint Piatus, missionaries to pagan France. Denis picked up his head after being decapitated and kept preaching. He is the patron saint of syphilitics. Piatus of Tournai is accurately shown with only the top if his head removed. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/796 "2024-09-23T16:11:06Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > John the Baptist said he’d pay for the entertainment. We took care of the tip. Lots of good stuff but I gotta go with this one. You’re up Slithy\_Tove. ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/797 "2024-09-23T16:21:43Z")
Thanks Buck. Alfred Eisenstaedt: [![](https://www.artnet.com/WebServices/images/ll73087lld2TbJFgaSeR3CfDrCWvaHBOcM9vF/alfred-eisenstaedt-children-at-a-puppet-theatre,-paris.jpg) ](https://www.artnet.com/WebServices/images/ll73087lld2TbJFgaSeR3CfDrCWvaHBOcM9vF/alfred-eisenstaedt-children-at-a-puppet-theatre,-paris.jpg) ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/798 "2024-09-23T16:26:05Z")
Beatlesmania, the early years. ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/799 "2024-09-23T16:30:52Z")
They had never seen a hot dog eaten _that_ way. ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/800 "2024-09-23T16:35:40Z")
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