# 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:** 128
**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:** [January 27, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2543 "2021-01-27T07:58:25Z")
“Sure, the alley’s oiled, but has anybody checked the blade in its slots?” ---
**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:** [January 27, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2544 "2021-01-27T08:00:36Z")
The condemned was wondering why they forced him into these godawful-looking shoes. One look at the setup, and he understood why. ---
**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 27, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2545 "2021-01-27T11:12:38Z")
So Barney Rubble said: “Go ahead and wear your street shoes while on the alley Fred. What could they do to you?” Thanks a lot Barn. ---
**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 27, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2546 "2021-01-27T11:14:07Z")
“Aim for the head pin.” ---
**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 27, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2547 "2021-01-27T11:55:29Z")
“You should see what they cut off to convert splits.” ---
**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 27, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2548 "2021-01-27T13:11:11Z")
_He lived his life in the gutter, odds are that’s where he’ll end up in death as well._ ---
**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 27, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2549 "2021-01-27T14:44:22Z")
“Smokey, this is not ‘nam. This is _bowling_ . There are _rules_.” ---
**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 27, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2550 "2021-01-27T15:14:32Z")
“If you F this up, heads will roll.” (btw, are we allowed to submit more than one entry?) mmm ---
**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 27, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2551 "2021-01-27T15:19:48Z")
“This seems like a rather draconian punishment for submitting more than one entry per picture.” ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2552 "2021-01-27T16:01:49Z")
You have a nice round head. That makes my job so much easier. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2553 "2021-01-27T17:10:44Z")
Mean Mr. Mustard asked: _"btw, are we allowed to submit more than one entry?_ Spoons put up three of them, bing - bang - boom, so apparently you can if you feel like it. I didn’t make the rules. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2554 "2021-01-27T17:34:14Z")
After testicle-based ping pong balls, it seemed like the logical next step ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2555 "2021-01-27T17:41:52Z")
[not an entry] > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > After testicle-based ping pong balls, it seemed like the logical next step _Oh, the anguish! Oh, the shame! To make my privates public for a game!_ History of the World, Part 1 [/not an entry] [entry] Who knew that the French invented bowling! ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2556 "2021-01-27T17:47:35Z")
But wait! That’s not all! It slices and dices and makes thousands of Julian fries! Step up here, Julian. ---
**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 27, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2557 "2021-01-27T18:12:52Z")
Representation of an early illusion performed by William Penn & Teller. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2558 "2021-01-28T00:12:03Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > Mean Mr. Mustard asked: _"btw, are we allowed to submit more than one entry?_ > > Spoons put up three of them, bing - bang - boom, so apparently you can if you feel like it. I didn’t make the rules. > > _ **-“BB”-** _ I’m not the OP, but I seem to recall that it’s been “enter as often as you like.” However, if folks want it to be one entry per picture, that’s fine too. ---
**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 28, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2559 "2021-01-28T11:00:00Z")
I vote for more than one entry per picture. I wouldn’t have wanted to miss any of the three captions entered by **Spoons**. Especially now, we need all the laughs we can get. Lord Vetinari despised mimes and had them hung upside down over a scorpion pit opposite a sign reading “Learn the Words.” He had another special treatment for bowlers. ---
**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 28, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2560 "2021-01-28T14:21:26Z")
Definitely multiple entries. Sometimes I don’t feel I’ve hit my funniest until three or four goes. YMMV. ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2561 "2021-01-28T15:26:10Z")
Yeah, we have some members who love to make up many entries – and I see no reason to stop them. ---
**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 28, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2562 "2021-01-28T16:56:18Z")
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