# 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:** 18
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/341 "2020-08-08T22:28:44Z")
_You better have remembered the bird seed this time, or else Bruno here will be biting more than a stick._ ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/342 "2020-08-08T23:31:14Z")
So, OK, the dog waits on the shore and then the owl goes back for the cat… no,wait, that doesn’t work. Maybe the dog takes the mouse to the other side first? ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/343 "2020-08-08T23:36:52Z")
O wise owl, I gladly risk my life for you by carrying you across these floodwaters. However, you do know - since you are so wise - that you can _ **freaking fly** _! ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/344 "2020-08-09T00:13:12Z")
"Here, kitty kitty kitty … " ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/345 "2020-08-09T15:46:24Z")
_“Of course I’m serious, Hedwig. It’s both my first and middle name.”_ ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/346 "2020-08-09T16:27:57Z")
_“My dog owls.”_ _“Shit appens.”_ ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/347 "2020-08-09T16:52:50Z")
_“Let’s see if we can teach the featherless biped to throw the stick a little higher.”_ ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/348 "2020-08-09T16:57:10Z")
You can lead an owl to water but you can’t make him rescue a drowning dog. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/349 "2020-08-09T17:20:55Z")
_“Just lose Belushi, Jerry Lee. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”_ ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/350 "2020-08-09T17:31:16Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > _“My dog owls.”_ > > _“Shit appens.”_ Oh, that’s brilliant ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/351 "2020-08-09T17:40:54Z")
“I’m sorry, I’m sick of being the judge here. You two are going to have to figure out who caught it first on your own.” ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/352 "2020-08-09T17:42:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > > > _“My dog owls.”_ > > > > _“Shit appens.”_ > > Oh, that’s brilliant Can someone explain this one to a dolt here? I get “My dog owls”, but not “Shit appens”. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/353 "2020-08-09T17:51:13Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Can someone explain this one to a dolt here? I get “My dog owls”, but not “Shit appens”. You need the second sentence to point out the Cockney accent “appens”, otherwise you don’t realize the dog " 'owls". ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/354 "2020-08-09T17:52:45Z")
D’oh! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/355 "2020-08-09T17:57:42Z")
Your dog received 1 million bonus points for retrieving a stick and an owl. Harry Potter sure had changed since the last time I saw him. Dumbledore knew that standards had gone downhill when they admitted a dog. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/356 "2020-08-09T19:13:27Z")
“Human, this owl has shared his great wisdom with dog. The early bird in the hand that rocks the cradle to the grave is barking up the wrong end of the stick.” ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/357 "2020-08-09T19:18:04Z")
_That’s one fetching owl._ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/358 "2020-08-09T19:57:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > > > _“My dog owls.”_ > > > > _“Shit appens.”_ > > Oh, that’s brilliant Agreed. @PlaceboTarget takes it. I can’t even decide on a second place, too many good choices. Special mention to **The Professor’s** “One’s an owl, the other’s a good boy”. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/359 "2020-08-09T21:04:40Z")
Thank you. 🙂 Thank you everybody for the nice words. It’s midnight in Romania and I can’t post a picture right now. I’ll do it tomorrow at dawn. 🌔 ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/360 "2020-08-10T04:05:32Z")
Here is the picture for the next round: [![](https://gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/gallery/crazy-camel/funny-camel-photo-12.jpg) ](https://gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/gallery/crazy-camel/funny-camel-photo-12.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=19)