# 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:** 171
**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 25, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3406 "2021-04-25T03:29:17Z")
The astronauts have marked the territory for the USA. ---
**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 25, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3407 "2021-04-25T05:41:24Z")
“Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Beagle has landed.” ---
**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 25, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3408 "2021-04-25T05:43:33Z")
“Now remember, guys. When I start driving the moon buggy, you _don’t_ chase it.” ---
**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 25, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3409 "2021-04-25T05:45:52Z")
The canine astronaut program was canceled due to the candidates’ insistence on sticking their heads out the window of the spacecraft. ---
**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 25, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3410 "2021-04-25T05:53:15Z")
“The world wants to know–how was your landing on the moon?” _“Ruff! Ruff!”_ “What was your first remark upon seeing the view from the Lunar Module?” _“Bow- **wow**!”_ ---
**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 25, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3411 "2021-04-25T05:57:38Z")
“Ladies and gentlemen, may I present our first three astrodogs: Heel Armstrong, Mike Collars, and Buzz Pawldrin.” ---
**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 25, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3412 "2021-04-25T11:17:46Z")
“OK boys, Neal lost the keys to his Sherman Oaks apartment on his last lunar mission and really needs you to find them!” ---
**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 25, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3413 "2021-04-25T11:55:56Z")
To boldly go where no dog has gone before. Bad boy! ---
**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 25, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3414 "2021-04-25T11:57:05Z")
Since they ended the Space Shuttle program, NASA has gone to the dogs. ---
**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 25, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3415 "2021-04-25T12:03:58Z")
The final scene in _Planet of the Dogs_ has our Dogonauts finding a fire hydrant melted and buried in the sand. “Damn them! Damn them all to hell!” ---
**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 25, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3416 "2021-04-25T13:43:57Z")
_A dog done bit my sister Nell. (with Fido on the moon) Her face and arms began to swell. (and Fido’s on the moon)_ ---
**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 25, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3417 "2021-04-25T19:25:39Z")
These were the first to howl at the Earth! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3418 "2021-04-25T21:06:57Z")
To boldly go where no dog has gone before… ---
**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:** [April 26, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3419 "2021-04-26T02:14:04Z")
Some excellent submissions here, but I’m awarding @FastDan1 for his out-of-left-field but still apt entry. > [@FastDan1](#): > > The final scene in _Planet of the Dogs_ has our Dogonauts finding a fire hydrant melted and buried in the sand. “Damn them! Damn them all to hell!” The dog has landed, Dan. You’re in the command chair now. ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3420 "2021-04-26T02:29:44Z")
Thanks. Let’s see what you clowns can come up with for this: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/cb8NDCW.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/OPKhUH3) ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3421 "2021-04-26T02:36:00Z")
Spruce Grove Country Club had a rather unorthodox dress code. ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3422 "2021-04-26T02:36:58Z")
29 more of him are packed in the nearby golf cart. ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3423 "2021-04-26T02:37:52Z")
Others use a Big Bertha. Ronald prefers to use a Big Mac. ---
**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 26, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3424 "2021-04-26T12:12:30Z")
_I could be out there entertaining the kids, but, no, that damn Pennywise has got 'em all scared of clowns these days. Grumble, grumble…_ ---
**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 26, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3425 "2021-04-26T12:15:04Z")
_Yeah, this is the life. I get the country clubs and golfing, and Burger King is selling used cars out in Blawnox._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=172)