# 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:** 59
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1161 "2024-11-05T04:32:05Z")
“Buy now, and I’ll throw in a second left-handed bacon stretcher, _for free!_” ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1162 "2024-11-05T08:02:53Z")
Henry R. Bumfuzzle and the first production model of his new Slogdolliper. _(Not shown — the seven-man crew required to operate and maintain the machine.)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1163 "2024-11-05T11:34:34Z")
On a similar theme, and with apologies to Prof Frink from _The Simpsons_ (probably)… “My machine is capable of predicting the winner of the 2024 Presidential election… and if you just wait a few more seconds… here we go… and the winner will be… a small village in northern France just outside Paris, famed for its fine wine and cheese. Hmmm…well that doesn’t seen to have worked…” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1164 "2024-11-05T15:39:29Z")
“It’s the best durn mousetrap you’ll ever see!” ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1165 "2024-11-05T15:40:30Z")
Prof. Pepperwinkle’s father and his first oscillating overthruster. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1166 "2024-11-05T15:50:00Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > “It’s the best durn mousetrap you’ll ever see!” - [not an entry] _beats a path to @knoodler’s door_ [nae] ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1167 "2024-11-05T16:06:20Z")
The latest in eugenics: an artificial womb that will bear White Christian infants adverse to self-pollution and can recite _A Message to Garcia_ at birth. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1168 "2024-11-05T16:32:16Z")
The first electric toothbrush was not a huge seller. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1169 "2024-11-05T21:20:37Z")
The early prototype for the Banana Splits’ Calliopasaxaviatrumparimbaclaribasotrombaphone ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1170 "2024-11-05T21:24:42Z")
Edison’s “Mechanical Uterus” was so slow the babies came out as 80-year-old geezers. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1171 "2024-11-05T21:41:49Z")
Belly button lint remover. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1172 "2024-11-05T23:18:15Z")
They laughed at Alfred’s time machine right up until he started winning the lottery every week… ---
**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:** [November 6, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1173 "2024-11-06T04:05:07Z")
Timely, and it made me laugh: > [@Ferris](#): > > “Pretty simple - you put yer votin’ paper _here_, turn this handle _here_ - an’ it gets counted fer yer in no more than a couple o’ minutes!” All yours, @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:** [November 6, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1174 "2024-11-06T05:10:11Z")
Thanks, @Spoons ! Here’s your next one: [![](https://news-artnet-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2024/07/feast-of-the-gods.png) ](https://news-artnet-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2024/07/feast-of-the-gods.png) ---
**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:** [November 6, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1175 "2024-11-06T05:11:58Z")
“Judas, your invitation stated a plus-one. It did not state a plus-one-dozen.” ---
**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:** [November 6, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1176 "2024-11-06T05:42:29Z")
(Not in play) Remember the outrage over the “Drag Queens posing as da Vinci’s Last Supper” at the Paris Olympics? _This_ painting was the inspiration for that tableau vivant, nothing to do with Jesus ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1177 "2024-11-06T06:03:36Z")
The highlight of bacchanals was the baby tossing. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1178 "2024-11-06T06:13:10Z")
“Well, my broker is E.F. Hutton, and E.F. Hutton says…” ---
**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:** [November 6, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1179 "2024-11-06T08:53:52Z")
🎶 S-A-T-Y-R-D-A-Y _NIGHT!_ S-A-T-Y-R-D-A-Y _NIGHT!_ 🎶 ---
**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:** [November 7, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1180 "2024-11-07T06:51:15Z")
Given what’s happened in the last 24 hours, it’s no wonder that the number of entries is down a bit. Thanks to @running_coach for giving me the biggest, much-needed laugh! You win. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717.md?page=60)