# 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:** 44
**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 30, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/861 "2024-09-30T17:14:47Z")
NO idea why the original wouldn’t render. Here it is filtered through a couple of redirects: [![](https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRtlvgGYZqyeVFqQuWamVBKtPgCrn5jKJw79Hp-Yxk7efU057iD) ](https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRtlvgGYZqyeVFqQuWamVBKtPgCrn5jKJw79Hp-Yxk7efU057iD) ---
**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 30, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/862 "2024-09-30T17:15:10Z")
“I was born…a poor Renaissance child.” ---
**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 30, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/863 "2024-09-30T17:51:23Z")
The Stable Master turned out to not be so stable. ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/864 "2024-09-30T18:02:46Z")
This is what happens to all who would thrwart me, Nell! Now, for the last time, will you marry me? ---
**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 30, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/865 "2024-09-30T20:01:38Z")
Mrs Carutthers was sceptical that Edwards’s flatmate had been up all night ‘studying’. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/866 "2024-09-30T21:55:10Z")
“That’s him, Mother. He called me fat.” ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/867 "2024-10-01T14:45:02Z")
> [@Ferris](#): > > Mrs Carutthers was sceptical that Edwards’s flatmate had been up all night ‘studying’. FTW 🙌 ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/868 "2024-10-01T19:33:25Z")
Thank you! [Aside] I struggle more with finding and posting suitable pictures - compared to many of the others, which are fantastic.[/aside] Next up: [![](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/15491327/STRAIN__00802d_hires1.0.0.1441592495.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=750) ](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/15491327/STRAIN__00802d_hires1.0.0.1441592495.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=750) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/869 "2024-10-01T19:44:28Z")
‘Take Rod 1, locate Hole A and attach with medium nut C.’ ‘Bloody Ikea.’ ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/870 "2024-10-01T20:08:07Z")
“Another F in Color Theory? Maybe you just aren’t cut out for fashion college.” ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/871 "2024-10-01T21:28:18Z")
“Eye of Newt? Whoever heard of using Eye of Newt? Go run downtown, lad, and tell Newt to be wary.” ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/872 "2024-10-01T21:37:17Z")
“Either you write bigger, or I get glasses. And I don’t want glasses.” ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/873 "2024-10-01T21:40:12Z")
“… well, I suppose I won’t mark you tardy this time since you’ve got a doctor’s note.” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/874 "2024-10-01T21:40:32Z")
It’s from the HOA. Apparently stinky old men puttering about is in violation of the CC&Rs. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/875 "2024-10-01T22:37:20Z")
“It is written in moon-letters”. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/876 "2024-10-01T22:59:14Z")
Nope. The will is quite clear. Wearing all black does _not_ prove you are a descendant of Johnny Cash. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/877 "2024-10-02T02:25:50Z")
“According to this, I stand to inherit 72 virgins.” “Isn’t that a Watchtower pamphlet?” ---
**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:** [October 2, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/878 "2024-10-02T10:12:01Z")
“Dear friend, this is a chain letter…” ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/879 "2024-10-03T02:20:35Z")
Take ten entries, fit all into ‘funniest caption’… I can’t blame this on Ikea, can I? @iamatractorboy - you figured out the best entry according to me. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/880 "2024-10-03T05:14:51Z")
Cheers Ferris! Speaking of furniture, hopefully this link works… [![](https://i.insider.com/51560a486bb3f7c344000002?width=800&format=jpeg&auto=webp) ](https://i.insider.com/51560a486bb3f7c344000002?width=800&format=jpeg&auto=webp) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717.md?page=45)