# 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:** 69

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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:** [November 29, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1361 "2024-11-29T14:26:23Z")

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Behavior like that should get him enough coal in his stocking, we’ll be able to heat the orphanage until spring!  
_(spoken by one of the nuns in the background)_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [November 29, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1362 "2024-11-29T22:00:07Z")

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Okay @running_coach, as Stalin said “sometimes quantity has a quantity all its own.” Take it away, E for effort boy!

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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:** [November 30, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1363 "2024-11-30T00:22:24Z")

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Gladly!  
In keeping with the season…  
[![](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1500w,f_auto,q_auto:best/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-111212-Awkward-Holiday/ss-111212-awkward-holiday-SantasLittleHelper.jpg) ](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1500w,f_auto,q_auto:best/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-111212-Awkward-Holiday/ss-111212-awkward-holiday-SantasLittleHelper.jpg)

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**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 30, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1364 "2024-11-30T03:24:22Z")

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Another of the 43 macaque monkeys who escaped from a research facility in South Carolina was captured, after being lured into what she thought was a visit from Santa Claus.

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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:** [November 30, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1365 "2024-11-30T06:46:56Z")

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Everybody’s got something to hide except for me and my monkey.

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**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 30, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1366 "2024-11-30T07:13:02Z")

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On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me a monkey in a Christmas tree.

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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:** [November 30, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1367 "2024-11-30T08:01:59Z")

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“I’ve got a thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters producing the works of Shakespeare. And all she wants in a Barbie Dream House. Oh, and a pair of pants.”

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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:** [November 30, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1368 "2024-11-30T11:56:37Z")

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The monkey ventriloquist act didn’t get much further than “Ook ook ack ack.”

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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:** [November 30, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1369 "2024-11-30T15:15:35Z")

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Christmas, 1966. _Tiger Beat_ reader, Debby, receives first prize in the “Win a Date with a Monkee” contest. Second prize was a date with Peter Tork.

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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:** [November 30, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1370 "2024-11-30T18:43:24Z")

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Santa DID bring me a baby sister!!

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [December 1, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1371 "2024-12-01T00:24:01Z")

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@Elmer_J.Fudd gets to open the _special_ stocking.  
Gotta say, a date with anyone named Tork would be twisted.

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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:** [December 1, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1372 "2024-12-01T00:41:46Z")

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Thanks!  
[![](https://www.cultofweird.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/santa-ufo-accident.jpg) ](https://www.cultofweird.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/santa-ufo-accident.jpg)

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**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:** [December 1, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1373 "2024-12-01T00:52:05Z")

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“The _one_ time I leave Rudolph behind, this bozo slams into us!”

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**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:** [December 1, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1374 "2024-12-01T00:55:50Z")

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“Yeah, another DWA - driving while Alien!”

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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:** [December 1, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1375 "2024-12-01T02:58:07Z")

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The ETs had tried to capture the wrong Comet.

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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:** [December 1, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1376 "2024-12-01T03:57:24Z")

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“ET want phone call.”

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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:** [December 1, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1377 "2024-12-01T03:59:40Z")

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Santa Claus _really_ conquers the Martians!

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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:** [December 1, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1378 "2024-12-01T04:07:50Z")

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“Well, probably a few sherries that people had left out for me, but apart from that, nothing at all, officer.”

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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:** [December 2, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1379 "2024-12-02T03:42:43Z")

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The winner:

> [@knoodler](#):
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> “ET want phone call.”

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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:** [December 2, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1380 "2024-12-02T05:03:30Z")

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Thanks **Elmer**!

Sticking with the alien theme:

[![](https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/06/83/42/84/360_F_683428413_uD7x53NUnQuoPNjLQ77eE9Ta8CfQILjK.jpg) ](https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/06/83/42/84/360_F_683428413_uD7x53NUnQuoPNjLQ77eE9Ta8CfQILjK.jpg)

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