# 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:** 149
**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:** [March 10, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2966 "2021-03-10T11:15:01Z")
And in the chronicles of DC Comics: Superman begat Supergirl and Batman begat Batgirl. But the Green Archer sidekick Foot-Archer Girl never made it past the proposal stage. Accuracy is still a problem. Last week she nailed three tourists. So please stand WAY back. ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2967 "2021-03-10T11:25:35Z")
Out of the frame: Sonny Bono with an apple on his head. ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2968 "2021-03-10T11:49:41Z")
In Soviet Mongolia, arrow shoots you! ---
**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 10, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2969 "2021-03-10T15:53:15Z")
_Man in distance wearing ball cap_ Man, that’s pretty impressive! _Man in distance wearing turban_ Sure, but she SAID she was going to be cleaning the yurt. ---
**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 10, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2970 "2021-03-10T16:02:52Z")
Oh, I thought you said she was head-over-heels about her beau! ---
**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 10, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2971 "2021-03-10T20:43:13Z")
That looks like a good way to yurt yourself on the steppes. ---
**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 10, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2972 "2021-03-10T21:11:09Z")
Ming’s friends would take Tae Bo classes, but she preferred Toe Bow. ---
**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 11, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2973 "2021-03-11T02:00:50Z")
@Bonum_Legatum hits the target for putting the most unnecessary backstory into a caption. > [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > And in the chronicles of DC Comics: Superman begat Supergirl and Batman begat Batgirl. But the Green Archer sidekick Foot-Archer Girl never made it past the proposal stage. Fire away, sir. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2974 "2021-03-11T10:35:34Z")
I confess, that was a “throwaway”. I enjoyed others MUCH more. Try this: [[Album] B-24 paint schemes ![](https://i.imgur.com/DTTXMpv.jpeg?fb "B-24 paint schemes") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/P8S0L) (You’ll have to click on the link to see ALL the paint schemes.) ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2975 "2021-03-11T13:04:07Z")
America came through with flying colors! ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2976 "2021-03-11T13:04:28Z")
Camouflage? We don’t need no stinking camouflage! ---
**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 11, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2977 "2021-03-11T14:21:14Z")
Few people know about Andy Warhol’s WWII service with the USAAF. ---
**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 11, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2978 "2021-03-11T16:00:33Z")
Please, sir, can I have a green one? ---
**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 11, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2979 "2021-03-11T16:17:38Z")
After USAF brass saw these bomber paint scheme samples, they unanimously decided on neutral gray in under a minute. ---
**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 11, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2980 "2021-03-11T17:40:22Z")
“And, we are willing to create custom paint jobs. Here are ones we created for Qanon and Fonzi.” ---
**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 11, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2981 "2021-03-11T17:43:59Z")
_Next week, Salvador Dali’s designs!_ ---
**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 11, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2982 "2021-03-11T17:55:15Z")
The KISS Army Air Force ---
**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:** [March 11, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2983 "2021-03-11T21:48:55Z")
“Private, I promised that any individual or any organization purchasing enough war bonds gets to pick a bomber and have it painted whatever they want.” “OK sir, but who would have thought that Bozo the Clown might buy out an entire bond drive?” ---
**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:** [March 12, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2984 "2021-03-12T10:15:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Camouflage? We don’t need no stinking camouflage! It was a tough choice, but I went with the reference to the Humphrey Bogart movie. Prof.Pepperwinkle, what do you have for us? ---
**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 12, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/2985 "2021-03-12T13:52:47Z")
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