# 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:** 157
**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 27, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3126 "2021-03-27T03:15:46Z")
The skating routine to Stairway to Heaven went over like a lead balloon. ---
**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 27, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3127 "2021-03-27T03:36:31Z")
“Hans, look at that girl skate! She seems to be floating over the ice!” ---
**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 27, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3128 "2021-03-27T04:15:41Z")
When learning to ride a bicycle, you use training wheels. When learning to skate, you use a zeppelin. ---
**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 27, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3129 "2021-03-27T04:46:15Z")
No Londoner alive in 1915 would ever forget the night the Huns dropped a 300 foot tall Ellen Dallerup on Covent Garden. ---
**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 27, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3130 "2021-03-27T10:53:31Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Thanks! After I posted, I looked up the original caption for the comic, and was embarrassed by how simply perfect it was: “Howard, I think the dog wants to go out.” As an aside, I recognized the image immediately. It appeared in the New Yorker years ago and I’ve never forgotten it. And yes, brevity is (almost always) the key to a good caption, in my opinion. ---
**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 27, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3131 "2021-03-27T16:01:06Z")
“And now, please welcome, Miss Hindenberg on Ice!” ---
**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 27, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3132 "2021-03-27T18:08:39Z")
[The Zeppelin Shoot](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e7/10/31/e710313973aaf6286d15dc10242e8e3d--dieselpunk-zeppelin.jpg) just got a lot more interesting. ---
**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 27, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3133 "2021-03-27T18:10:37Z")
Strangely enough, it doesn’t give her any more lift on her jumps. ---
**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 27, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3134 "2021-03-27T19:50:19Z")
“Oh sure, they love you now, but wait till your transportation method becomes obsolete,” muttered Miss Horse-and-Buggy. ---
**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 27, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3135 "2021-03-27T19:54:01Z")
Nobody noticed the Bic lighter Tonya Harding’s boyfriend was holding until it was too late. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3136 "2021-03-27T21:11:31Z")
I laughed! 😀 ---
**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 27, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3137 "2021-03-27T21:22:32Z")
Wow, this was hard - every single answer was a winner! But I’m going to give it to @Elmer_J.Fudd for > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Nobody noticed the Bic lighter Tonya Harding’s boyfriend was holding until it was too late. Congrats, @Elmer_J.Fudd! You’re up! ---
**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 27, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3138 "2021-03-27T21:47:45Z")
Thanks! [![](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/18/5e/d0/185ed02f4fd72a8cbd2f1dcef25b9a9b.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/18/5e/d0/185ed02f4fd72a8cbd2f1dcef25b9a9b.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3139 "2021-03-27T22:01:47Z")
Monkey see, Monkey do. _Considering what’s happened in the past week or two, I don’t know if this is especially funny … but it is sadly appropriate._ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 27, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3140 "2021-03-27T22:10:22Z")
And that’s why they convicted that man on the zebra. ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3141 "2021-03-28T03:03:23Z")
Mandrake could use zebra stripes to hypnotize gorillas into thinking they were Billy the Kid. ---
**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 28, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3142 "2021-03-28T04:05:26Z")
“These are great! I could have used them when I was on the Empire State Building, to get rid of those pesky aircraft.” ---
**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 28, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3143 "2021-03-28T04:12:31Z")
“Me like being sharpshooter, but want to ride zebra next!” ---
**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 28, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3144 "2021-03-28T20:55:29Z")
I blame the weekend. The winner is: > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Mandrake could use zebra stripes to hypnotize gorillas into thinking they were Billy the Kid. ---
**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 28, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3145 "2021-03-28T21:39:01Z")
Zowie! Let’s go with more comics captioning! [![](https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/funny-weird-comic-strip-panels-part1-fb.jpg) ](https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/funny-weird-comic-strip-panels-part1-fb.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=156) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=158)