# A Genuine Caption Contest (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 19, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731 "2020-07-19T04:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/201 "2020-08-01T13:47:12Z")
Free Chilly Willy ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/202 "2020-08-02T01:25:14Z")
Still time for a last minute submission, 1 hour to go. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/203 "2020-08-02T01:39:40Z")
Odo’s shape-shifting on Holodeck 4 during mealtime in the Amundsen Expedition re-enactment went terribly wrong. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/204 "2020-08-02T01:43:38Z")
“You won’t believe where my new eyes ended up!” ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/205 "2020-08-02T01:48:57Z")
So, that’s what ate all the jackalopes in Antarctica! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/206 "2020-08-02T01:49:35Z")
You should see my brother, the tail-fluke sea penguin! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/207 "2020-08-02T01:54:19Z")
🎶 _“My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light…”_🎶 ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/208 "2020-08-02T01:56:41Z")
Letting a fly into your transporter pod is careless. Letting an orca _and_ a penguin in is just sloppy! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/209 "2020-08-02T02:03:33Z")
🎶 _“I am a man upon the land, I am a silkie on the sea, but you won’t believe what I become at the South Pole!”_ 🎶 ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/210 "2020-08-02T02:12:03Z")
_"My preferred pronoun is “Them”._ ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/211 "2020-08-02T02:27:31Z")
The winner is… > [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > “First I ate a squid and I grew tentacles. Then I caught a shark and my hump fell off. Long story short, mermaids are real and I can prove it.” @needscoffee very nearly overtook in the homestretch with… > [@needscoffee](#): > > Odo’s shape-shifting on Holodeck 4 during mealtime in the Amundsen Expedition re-enactment went terribly wrong. Just for fun, [this where I got the image from.](https://www.boredpanda.com/fantasy-animal-species-photoshop-arne-olav-gurvin-fredriksen/) I very nearly chose the guinea pig lion. @PlaceboTarget, it’s your turn. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/212 "2020-08-02T02:32:04Z")
@PlaceboTarget, I thought your “_Happy Feet Three: Fukushima_” was inspired! @running_coach, that website is like a Grimm’s nightmare! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/213 "2020-08-02T02:34:29Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > @PlaceboTarget, I thought your “ _Happy Feet Three: Fukushima_ ” was inspired! I was also considering that one but I really liked the ones that told a story. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/214 "2020-08-02T02:35:16Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > @PlaceboTarget, it’s your turn. Thank you.🙂 This has been the funniest round so far in my opinion. I was really jealous of other people’s ingenuity and I didn’t think I was going to win. I’ll start looking for a picture. I’m tabular rasa right now. See you soon, I guess. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/215 "2020-08-02T02:37:42Z")
I was going for quantity since I was beat in quality. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/216 "2020-08-02T02:38:27Z")
I told my wife and daughter about the game. On talking about this round with my daughter, I asked her to come up with an idea. I had already submitted my entries and she hadn’t seen mine. She said: _Happy Feet Three: Transformers._ “Man, why didn’t I think of this?” I thought. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/217 "2020-08-02T02:40:41Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I was going for quantity since I was beat in quality. That was mean. 🙂 The interesting thing is that the entry that won this round is not my typical type of humor. I really felt I was a vessel for a voice that needed to be expressed with that one. (Like I’m Venom, or something.) ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/218 "2020-08-02T02:50:09Z")
There is one more thing I would like to share. The entry that includes the cliche of love conquering all was different originally. It included the idea of “species reassignment operation” and how one feels fulfilled with the new identity. I replaced it at the last minute for fear it might sound offending. Right now I think that withdrawing that entry was the wise thing to do. Or was I excessively cautious? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/219 "2020-08-02T02:52:44Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > was going for quantity since I was beat in quality. > > That was mean. ?? That was a compliment. I thought I wouldn’t be able to come up with one better than yours, so I threw in many many entries instead. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/220 "2020-08-02T02:55:21Z")
Ha ha. Sorry. I’ve misread it. I had just woken up and it was not even 6 a.m here. I thought you said you went for quality instead of quantity. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=12)