# 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:** 124
**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 19, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2463 "2021-01-19T01:24:41Z")
“This guitar costs more than the Space Shuttle.” ---
**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 19, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2464 "2021-01-19T02:41:24Z")
Yeah, it’s an Air Guitar. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2465 "2021-01-19T02:43:17Z")
In space no one can hear you shred. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2466 "2021-01-19T03:04:12Z")
Top of the world, Ma! ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2467 "2021-01-19T12:07:33Z")
They told me that I’d have to practice outside. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2468 "2021-01-19T12:14:34Z")
Missed the edit window: Dad told me that I’d have to practice outside. ---
**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 19, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2469 "2021-01-19T12:30:25Z")
In space, no one can hear you jam. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2470 "2021-01-19T23:07:19Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Elvis has left the building! Oh boy, first one in is the winner! Go, **needscoffee** ---
**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:** [January 20, 2021, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2471 "2021-01-20T05:11:33Z")
Thanks, MMM! New pic: [![](https://sadanduseless.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/funny-animals3-1.jpg) ](https://sadanduseless.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/funny-animals3-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2472 "2021-01-20T10:35:21Z")
In some species determining the sex of a pair is relatively straightforward. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2473 "2021-01-20T11:32:55Z")
The bird on the left is thinking: “Give it up already, he LOST the election.” ---
**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 20, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2474 "2021-01-20T11:52:45Z")
“Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerf herder!” “Who’s scruffy-looking?” ---
**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 20, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2475 "2021-01-20T14:43:27Z")
Nevertheless, she persisted. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2476 "2021-01-21T05:22:21Z")
Winner is @Knowed_Out with > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > “Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerf herder!” > > “Who’s scruffy-looking?” Runner-up is @Prof.Pepperwinkle with > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Nevertheless, she persisted. All the answers were clever! Your turn, @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 21, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2477 "2021-01-21T15:26:12Z")
Thank yew. You all mean absolutely nothing to me. [https://lolman.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/otsutstvie-vsyakoy-logiki-47.jpg](https://lolman.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/otsutstvie-vsyakoy-logiki-47.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 21, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2478 "2021-01-21T15:32:01Z")
“Whew! That’s a relief! I expected the imperialists to be a lot bigger.” ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2479 "2021-01-21T18:25:51Z")
So, OK, I get that you’re a different kind of Indians. But don’t you have your own kind of cowboys? ---
**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 21, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2480 "2021-01-21T18:53:59Z")
I say, do you happen to have some Grey Poupon? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2481 "2021-01-21T19:10:14Z")
“Little one, the first thing you must do if you want to be one of us is to get rid of those ridiculous shoes!” ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2482 "2021-01-21T19:19:26Z")
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