# A Genuine Caption Contest (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731>\
**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\
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**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:** [May 26, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3706 "2021-05-26T02:50:36Z")

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🎶

_Listen (oo-wa-oo),_  
_Do you wanna know a secret (oo-wa-oo)…_

🎶

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**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:** [May 26, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3707 "2021-05-26T03:04:36Z")

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Pumba has herpies - pass it on

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**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:** [May 26, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3708 "2021-05-26T03:08:27Z")

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“… and that’s when I found Timon and Pumbaa alone together in the lion’s den!”

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**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:** [May 26, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3709 "2021-05-26T12:34:01Z")

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“Go in peace, my child. I, the Lama of the Meerkat, give you my blessing.”

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**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:** [May 26, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3710 "2021-05-26T12:56:40Z")

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“Hail, Hydra”

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**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:** [May 26, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3711 "2021-05-26T15:24:45Z")

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“Psst! Your zipper is down.”

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**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:** [May 27, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3712 "2021-05-27T12:20:38Z")

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And we have a winner! @Quondam_Mechanic take it away.

> [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#):
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> Watch your step! I just saw Attenborough getting out of that jeep.

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**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:** [May 27, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3713 "2021-05-27T15:02:31Z")

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Thanks, **FastDan1**! Sorry for the delay. Keeping up with the silly quadrupeds theme:

[https://hips.hearstapps.com/rbk.h-cdn.co/assets/17/35/4000x2666/bear.jpg?resize=980:](https://hips.hearstapps.com/rbk.h-cdn.co/assets/17/35/4000x2666/bear.jpg?resize=980:)\*

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**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:** [May 27, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3714 "2021-05-27T15:40:35Z")

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_Legion! Legion! French Foreign Legion!_

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**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:** [May 27, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3715 "2021-05-27T15:47:49Z")

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Mr. Miyagi’s training with Baloo went surprisingly well.

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**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:** [May 27, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3716 "2021-05-27T16:35:17Z")

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🎶  
_"It’s just a jump to the left,_  
_And then a step to the right…"_  
🎶

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**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:** [May 27, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3717 "2021-05-27T17:05:34Z")

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_Oh, I’m a Yummy, tummy, Funny, Lucky Gummy Bear._  
_I’m a Jelly bear, Cuz I’m a Gummy bear,_  
_Oh I’m a movin’, groovin’, Jammin’, Singin’ Gummy Bear_

Uh, guys? Where’d you go? Guys?

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**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:** [May 27, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3718 "2021-05-27T19:17:51Z")

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“Where are the woods? Where are the woods? I can’t just shit anywhere!”

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**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:** [May 27, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3719 "2021-05-27T19:19:55Z")

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These auditions for _Stomp_ are really stressful.

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**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:** [May 27, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3720 "2021-05-27T19:21:41Z")

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The old saying about how you don’t have to run faster than the bear, just faster than your buddy? Well, it’s about to be tested.

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**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:** [May 27, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3721 "2021-05-27T23:48:13Z")

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The production of the live-action Yogi Bear movie stalled when they could not find an appropriate bear to play Boo-Boo.

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**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:** [May 28, 2021, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3722 "2021-05-28T08:11:51Z")

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Does a bear Fitbit in the woods?

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**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:** [May 28, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3723 "2021-05-28T16:27:37Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> _Oh, I’m a Yummy, tummy, Funny, Lucky Gummy Bear._  
> _I’m a Jelly bear, Cuz I’m a Gummy bear,_  
> _Oh I’m a movin’, groovin’, Jammin’, Singin’ Gummy Bear_
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> Uh, guys? Where’d you go? Guys?

This seems to me to capture the spirit of our ursine friend. **Knowed\_Out** , go for it!

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**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:** [May 28, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3724 "2021-05-28T16:54:50Z")

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Thank yew, thank yew. Now let’s hear this gentleman’s story.  
[![](https://theawesomedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Zit9SMM.jpg) ](https://theawesomedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Zit9SMM.jpg)

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**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:** [May 28, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3725 "2021-05-28T17:46:20Z")

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Dave’s mom couldn’t understand why he was still single. He had it all!

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