# 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:** 163
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3246 "2021-04-09T17:03:38Z")
> [@FastDan1](#): > > What I wouldn’t do for a dead, decaying fish right now. Best of the bunch. @FastDan1, you’re up! ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3247 "2021-04-09T17:52:14Z")
Nice! Next: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/axeNe1j.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/8gJJ08X) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3248 "2021-04-09T18:21:37Z")
_C’mon, gimme a lift. I don’t wanna have to axe again._ ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3249 "2021-04-09T18:22:54Z")
_Take away my gun will they?_ ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3250 "2021-04-09T18:47:09Z")
Dorothy and Scarecrow will give a lift to anybody. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3251 "2021-04-09T19:03:30Z")
Have axe, will travel. Careful with that axe, Eugene. (note - my daughter has started wearing old band shirts to high school. She was wearing a Pink Floyd shirt, and one of her teachers asked her to name a song, she said “Another Brick in the Wall, part 2” (yes, she included the “part 2”); I told her she should have used Careful With That Axe, Eugene if she really wanted the teacher disturbed.) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3252 "2021-04-09T19:06:10Z")
Shortly after this picture was taken, Sid cut his thumb off while chopping wood, ending his attempt to hitchhike across the United States in wood-burning vehicles only. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3253 "2021-04-09T19:29:49Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Careful with that axe, Eugene. I am, quite coincidently, wearing a Pink Floyd shirt right now. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3254 "2021-04-09T20:11:42Z")
_My chopper broke down again._ ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3255 "2021-04-09T20:35:15Z")
_“Oh I’m a lumberjack and I’m OK…”_ ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3256 "2021-04-09T20:35:20Z")
Who’s got one thumb and 0% chance of getting picked up? THIS GUY! ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3257 "2021-04-10T18:19:12Z")
He was the tax man, but then he was t’d off. (From the car driving by:) Look Betty, that guy has a genuine 1830 Collins hatchet in perfect condition! Never mind Bob, keep driving. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3258 "2021-04-10T18:26:38Z")
Shelley Duvall should have just kept driving… ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3259 "2021-04-10T18:36:56Z")
Rare image of a young Abe Lincoln shortly after being kicked out of the house after admitting to cherry tree destruction. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3260 "2021-04-10T23:49:16Z")
Dammit you guys are good. I have to go with @Elmer_J.Fudd for these gems: > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Dorothy and Scarecrow will give a lift to anybody. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Shelley Duvall should have just kept driving… ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3261 "2021-04-10T23:53:07Z")
WooHoo! [![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/53246668e4b097bd81719d73/1453781671248-FW3EU7J378L8ZS91T8W9/image-asset.jpeg?content-type=image%2Fjpeg) ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/53246668e4b097bd81719d73/1453781671248-FW3EU7J378L8ZS91T8W9/image-asset.jpeg?content-type=image%2Fjpeg) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3262 "2021-04-10T23:55:44Z")
The 347th annual convention of the Fairy Godfathers. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3263 "2021-04-11T00:02:02Z")
The Freemasons are a secret society. Very secret. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3264 "2021-04-11T00:18:26Z")
But everyone was beautiful at the Ballet… ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3265 "2021-04-11T00:23:49Z")
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