# 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:** 87
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1721 "2025-01-13T13:50:35Z")
Thanks! [![](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/63aedbbc93b51_accidental-surrealism-images.jpg) ](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/63aedbbc93b51_accidental-surrealism-images.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1722 "2025-01-13T15:09:17Z")
Hello, is that the Communications department? I said do a press release to advertise auditions for a new POP band, you idiots! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1723 "2025-01-13T15:58:26Z")
Simon’s visit with the Pope was a blast. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1724 "2025-01-13T17:32:26Z")
“Apparently, His Holiness is still wary of Saracens.” ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1725 "2025-01-13T20:58:21Z")
Looks through the scope. Galileo proved right. Looks to his left. Proof that Simony runs rampant. The day Benedict decides to pack it in. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1726 "2025-01-13T21:13:01Z")
“He claims he can stop a tank - I think that qualifies as a talent. Let’s get him on the show!” ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1727 "2025-01-14T16:01:05Z")
“Hi, Simon. Mariah Carey sent me.” ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1728 "2025-01-14T17:23:43Z")
Definitely, @Knowed_Out. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1729 "2025-01-14T18:30:47Z")
OK, somebody make sense of this. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/73/50/f6/7350f6d3db1d512fe71157b0094fde66.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/73/50/f6/7350f6d3db1d512fe71157b0094fde66.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1730 "2025-01-14T18:33:43Z")
You’d better move or their hair will pop your balloon! ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1731 "2025-01-14T18:36:46Z")
The invention of the balloontiere. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1732 "2025-01-14T22:12:54Z")
Hey kids! I don’t want to burst your balloon, but that’s your future. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1733 "2025-01-14T22:23:58Z")
“Did you hear about that kid in Paris who was abducted by hundreds of small balloons and died a horrible death by stratospheric temperatures and asphyxiation?” ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1734 "2025-01-14T22:31:02Z")
Blackwing and Darkhawk wondered which of the seeming innocents around them might really be The Splatterer in disguise. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1735 "2025-01-14T23:17:27Z")
Look at them. They’ve got Cool Britannia and Britpop ahead of them. But we’ll get them. We’ll be old, fat and voting Brexit. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1736 "2025-01-15T03:51:26Z")
“Hold on to the string, Cindy. I’ll fly you away from your evil stepsisters!” ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1737 "2025-01-15T20:47:20Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Look at them. They’ve got Cool Britannia and Britpop ahead of them. But we’ll get them. We’ll be old, fat and voting Brexit. APPLAUSE!!! You’re next! ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1738 "2025-01-15T21:20:58Z")
Thanks! [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Charles_West_Cope_-The_Night_Alarm_The_Advance.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Charles_West_Cope_-The_Night_Alarm_The_Advance.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1739 "2025-01-15T21:34:21Z")
Only the BEST castles sport 14-peasant closets. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-2/1003717/1740 "2025-01-15T21:53:33Z")
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