# 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:** 145
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2885 "2021-03-03T22:00:02Z")
The 131st Combat Tuba Brigade was well represented in the parade. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2886 "2021-03-03T22:02:03Z")
No one may resist the awesome power of the mighty Pflugelhornblitzenschmatterklumpenrachteren! And now they get two miles to the gallon. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2887 "2021-03-03T22:11:45Z")
_Second Lieutenant Sousa was initially assigned to work in artillery design, but his heart wasn’t really in it._ ---
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2888 "2021-03-03T22:14:26Z")
The Kaiser’s answer to the Scottish Bagpipe Battalion. Known as the Oom-Pah Brigade, it was immediately banned by the Geneva Convention when its first test firing left thousands of partially deafened and totally neurotic rabbits in its wake. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2889 "2021-03-03T22:18:14Z")
♬ _A quiet man of music Denied a simpler fate/ He tried to be a soldier once But his music wouldn’t wait_ ♬ (ETA: [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsocZrEcp0Y)) ---
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2890 "2021-03-03T22:25:37Z")
“Achtung! Prepare for der Oom-Pah-Pah inspection!” ---
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2891 "2021-03-03T22:46:19Z")
All Loud on the Western Front ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2892 "2021-03-03T22:53:44Z")
Pictures hidden for almost 60 years finally prove without a doubt that Dr, Suess was an Imperial Japanese collaborator. ---
**Author:** ![blabbermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2893 "2021-03-04T00:22:39Z")
Do you find something funny about the word “Tromboner”? [https://comb.io/lpyuSx](https://comb.io/lpyuSx) ---
**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:** [March 4, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2894 "2021-03-04T01:40:42Z")
Headline: WHOSVILLE GOES TO WAR! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2895 "2021-03-04T05:32:12Z")
Every one of these responses is fantastic! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2896 "2021-03-04T05:40:37Z")
“Sir, our band plans to blow the opposition away, at halftime of this year’s Army-Navy football game.” ---
**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:** [March 4, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2897 "2021-03-04T10:42:53Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Every one of these responses is fantastic! Agreed. This may be the best batch of entries (and photo) yet. mmm ---
**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:** [March 4, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2898 "2021-03-04T12:55:09Z")
They will hear the _Moonlight Sonata_ all the way to Belgrade!! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2899 "2021-03-04T14:43:49Z")
Unfortunately for Martin Mull, [Dueling Tubas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojqrd7FeXmg) escelated out of control. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2900 "2021-03-04T22:23:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > No one may resist the awesome power of the mighty Pflugelhornblitzenschmatterklumpenrachteren! And now they get two miles to the gallon. > [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#): > > The Kaiser’s answer to the Scottish Bagpipe Battalion. Known as the Oom-Pah Brigade, it was immediately banned by the Geneva Convention when its first test firing left thousands of partially deafened and totally neurotic rabbits in its wake. > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > All Loud on the Western Front > [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Pictures hidden for almost 60 years finally prove without a doubt that Dr, Suess was an Imperial Japanese collaborator. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Headline: > WHOSVILLE GOES TO WAR! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > They will hear the _Moonlight Sonata_ all the way to Belgrade!! These are my favorites. Since Prof captioned 2 of them, he wins. Grats Prof! ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2901 "2021-03-05T00:03:54Z")
Thank you! Yeah, they were all great. Let me hand this one off to you: [![](https://littlegoldpixel.com/wp-content/uploads/littlegoldpixel_publicdomanreview2.jpg) ](https://littlegoldpixel.com/wp-content/uploads/littlegoldpixel_publicdomanreview2.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:** [March 5, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2902 "2021-03-05T00:31:45Z")
“Give it a rest, Lydia!” ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2903 "2021-03-05T01:36:27Z")
After Graham Short carved the Lord’s Prayer on the head of a pin, he turned his attention to the art of tattoo. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2904 "2021-03-05T01:55:56Z")
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