# 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:** 12
**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, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/221 "2020-08-02T02:59:10Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > had just woken up and it was not even 6 a.m here. What’s your location? And your daughter is very funny! ---
**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, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/222 "2020-08-02T03:01:23Z")
Thank you. I will tell my daughter. I’m in Bucharest, Romania. And I’m Romanian. 🙂 ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/223 "2020-08-02T03:56:23Z")
Yeah, I’ve managed to find something “different.” 🙂 Here is the new picture to caption: * * * [![](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/newscms/2019_27/1455913/jogger-photobomb-today-inline-190703-02.jpg) ](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/newscms/2019_27/1455913/jogger-photobomb-today-inline-190703-02.jpg) ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/224 "2020-08-02T03:57:42Z")
Who put the world in reverse!? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/225 "2020-08-02T03:58:50Z")
“Whaddaya want? A sappy marriage proposal, or my ultra-cool dance moves?” ---
**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, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/226 "2020-08-02T05:07:08Z")
Don’t be caught Off Guard! Impromptu breakdance? Sudden urge to propose? Surprise dog poop to clean up? Be ready for anything, with On-Guard® Pocket Kneepads - always ready when you are. Because you never know when you might “kneed” them. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/227 "2020-08-02T13:50:07Z")
_Runner: “What? Propose? To me? This is so sudden!”_ ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/228 "2020-08-02T15:40:47Z")
Not in play. (The software refuses to accept my submission on the grounds that it doesn’t “seem” to be a full sentence.) ---
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/229 "2020-08-02T15:45:40Z")
Maybe you can stick a sentence after your caption that explains it’s only there to satisfy the software. ---
**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, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/230 "2020-08-02T15:49:22Z")
“This photograph found in the dark room of a photographer may be the key to solving the jogger/dog murder spree that has terrorized the city over the last several weeks.” ---
**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, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/231 "2020-08-02T18:16:55Z")
This man definitely walks away from explosions runs towards a wedding proposal. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/232 "2020-08-02T21:42:18Z")
Only the runner and the dog were aware that the photographer was about to be eaten by a python that had escaped from the [Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission](https://www.wvlt.tv/2020/08/01/florida-officials-remove-5000-pythons-from-the-everglades/). ---
**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 3, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/233 "2020-08-03T03:11:02Z")
I’m going to rewrite my submission. * * * Don’t be caught Off Guard! Impromptu breakdance? Sudden urge to propose? Surprise dog poop to clean up? Be ready for anything, with On-Guard® Pocket Kneepads! ---
**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 3, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/234 "2020-08-03T04:18:13Z")
Thank you all for your entries! 🙂 This time the winner is **running\_coach** with _“Who put the world in reverse!?”_ The runner-up is **needscoffee** with: _"Don’t be caught Off Guard!_ _Impromptu breakdance? Sudden urge to propose? Surprise dog poop to clean up?_ _Be ready for anything, with On-Guard® Pocket Kneepads!"_ Congratulations @running_coach! Please post the next picture. ---
**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 3, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/235 "2020-08-03T11:11:26Z")
Thanks! Sorry about the delay, all. I went to bed just minutes before. [![](https://www.bestourism.com/img/items/big/7769/The-Runner_Unusual-monument_13928.jpg) ](https://www.bestourism.com/img/items/big/7769/The-Runner_Unusual-monument_13928.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:** [August 3, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/236 "2020-08-03T12:43:18Z")
Known as the “Reverse Spinal Tap”, confusing feet (‘) for inches (“) is a common user error in 3D printing. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/237 "2020-08-03T15:33:14Z")
Abra Kadabra’s been doing some more time traveling, so now Barry Allen faces the perils of ancient Egyptian magic in _The Giant Mummy Flash._ ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/238 "2020-08-03T15:37:29Z")
Arms? Are you kidding? You know how much glue it took to put together the legs? ---
**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 3, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/239 "2020-08-03T15:44:01Z")
[unofficial]When [Naruto running](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/naruto-run), watch out for stray sieves. [/unofficial] ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/240 "2020-08-03T15:54:05Z")
These reimaginings of Godzilla have gone too far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=13)