# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![PetroDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@PetroDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetroDude)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/241 "2020-08-03T16:09:34Z")
The design team got reamed for this design. ---
**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, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/242 "2020-08-03T17:36:39Z")
_Flying vehicles may replace cars in the future, but the Michelin Man will remain the same._ ---
**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, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/243 "2020-08-03T17:38:33Z")
_The interdimensional travel era ended before it began._ ---
**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, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/244 "2020-08-03T17:44:18Z")
[not an entry] That sounds more like time travel. [/nae] ---
**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, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/245 "2020-08-03T17:46:58Z")
I could have said: … ended with a screech, but one has to make a choice. 🙂 ---
**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, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/246 "2020-08-03T17:50:00Z")
_Sandman’s Sinister Seven were downsized to six because no one in the creation team was able to come up with a name for the seventh._ ---
**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, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/247 "2020-08-03T17:59:27Z")
_Unlike Michelangelo, modern sculptors can do wanders with the superfluous material._ ---
**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, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/248 "2020-08-03T18:08:04Z")
_When they finally found Atlantis, it looked different from what everyone had imagined._ ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/249 "2020-08-03T18:12:02Z")
Of all the weird things The Flash has been turned into , a giant topiary was the weirdest. ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/250 "2020-08-03T19:00:16Z")
“Glassy Golem vs Hurricane Hugo”, of the Nystagmic school of design. ---
**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, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/251 "2020-08-03T19:02:26Z")
_Dark Matter meets Dark Energy._ ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/252 "2020-08-04T03:25:42Z")
After being bitten by a radioactive cheetah, Kerry Allan was happy to assume his new superhero identity as “The Blur.” ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/253 "2020-08-04T03:30:38Z")
_Whatever you see first in this optical illusion will reveal the truth about your personality._ ---
**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 4, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/254 "2020-08-04T06:00:26Z")
_And once MacGyver was able to put up his own Autobot using nothing but duct tape._ ---
**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 4, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/255 "2020-08-04T06:18:52Z")
Social Distance Suits - Full-Protection Designs for Business, Sports, and Leisure. ---
**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 4, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/256 "2020-08-04T07:04:11Z")
The 2020s Tin Woodsman: “Bring it on, Wicked Bitch of the West!” ---
**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 4, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/257 "2020-08-04T11:20:00Z")
@furryman, you are the winner! > [@furryman](#): > > Of all the weird things The Flash has been turned into , a giant topiary was the weirdest. A whisker behind in second. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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._ A very close third > [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > The interdimensional travel era ended before it began. Overall, a very tough time choosing the best. Have at it, **furryman.** ---
**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 4, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/258 "2020-08-04T11:30:57Z")
Yes, that was fun. 🙂 Congratulations @furryman! Please post the next picture. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/259 "2020-08-04T18:05:55Z")
[![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FmGcIwHMWQ4/UIsfMQrTwiI/AAAAAAAAGbM/OG1rKLr1c_s/s1600/funny-hat-pics-279.png) ](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FmGcIwHMWQ4/UIsfMQrTwiI/AAAAAAAAGbM/OG1rKLr1c_s/s1600/funny-hat-pics-279.png) ---
**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 4, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/260 "2020-08-04T18:09:59Z")
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