# 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:** 142
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2825 "2021-02-26T03:39:16Z")
When I said “put a ladder on our jerseys as a team logo”, I didn’t mean like that! _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2826 "2021-02-26T05:21:00Z")
Udderly ridiculous. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2827 "2021-02-26T10:32:30Z")
More cowladder! ---
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2828 "2021-02-26T11:06:02Z")
With apologies to Prof.Pepperwinkle and his post on the “gorolla-lamp” picture. “Tell me honey, does this ladder make me look fat.” Bossy shows solidarity with the farm dog who has to wear an Elizabethan collar. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2829 "2021-02-26T12:17:30Z")
“Human touch me funny. Human not coming down from hayloft any more.” ---
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2830 "2021-02-26T12:53:35Z")
How did the cow milk herself? She used a ladder. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2831 "2021-02-26T14:06:58Z")
How hanger steaks are made ---
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2832 "2021-02-26T14:11:09Z")
Gary Larson’s humor is lost on some bovine literalists. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2833 "2021-02-26T17:59:03Z")
Elsie was confused about her place on the food ladder. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2834 "2021-02-26T20:19:47Z")
To escape the scourge of drunken cow tippers, Elsie took to sleeping in the treetops. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2835 "2021-02-26T23:10:58Z")
So many good ones. And the winner is… > [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#): > > Bossie didn’t know how well her new career in roof repair would work out, but she knew it had to be better than giving milk at the dairy farm. Go @Quondam_Mechanic ---
**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:** [February 27, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2836 "2021-02-27T00:47:56Z")
I liked the drunken cow-tipper joke myself, but thanks for choosing mine! Somehow I’m finding it next to impossible to find pictures that are not ineluctably linked with collections, options, etc. This is gonna have to do for now, I’m sorry to say. Used to be easier – if anybody has a good source of public-domain jpg’s I’m eager to learn about it. [https://unsplash.com/photos/HwOZy4q3hnI](https://unsplash.com/photos/HwOZy4q3hnI) ---
**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:** [February 27, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2837 "2021-02-27T01:20:03Z")
I wouldn’t touch that with a 50 yard pole. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2838 "2021-02-27T01:21:27Z")
“I practiced this enough with weights. Now, I’m ready to lift this building.” Aside to **QM** : I’ve used pictures from [pixabay.com](http://pixabay.com) before, and they are all public domain. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2839 "2021-02-27T01:21:37Z")
In the Asian version of The Little Dutch Boy, the young lad held up the Great Wall until help arrived. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2840 "2021-02-27T01:41:41Z")
“6-Ball in the corner pocket…next door.” ---
**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:** [February 27, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2841 "2021-02-27T02:37:21Z")
Thanks, **Spoons**. I’ll try them next time (if I ever win this game again, that is.) ---
**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:** [February 27, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2842 "2021-02-27T03:38:56Z")
The ACME Custom-Designed Pole Bracer is proud to announce our new Oppressed Political Refugee line! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2843 "2021-02-27T06:07:56Z")
_Little-known fun fact: Joan Crawford hired a full-time karate master to make sure Christina NEVER brought wire hangers into the closet again._ ---
**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:** [February 27, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2844 "2021-02-27T11:25:58Z")
Boss said “hang this shirt on the pole until it’s dry”. I told him he was an idiot because we were out of hangers. Then he came up with a solution… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=143)