# 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:** 189
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3766 "2021-06-02T01:12:20Z")
This family clearly needs a label maker. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3767 "2021-06-02T01:13:54Z")
Try UltraRoids, now with pinpoint accuracy! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3768 "2021-06-02T09:48:37Z")
And Ma says the baby has your nose. Some mornings, I look in the closet and just throw anything on. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3769 "2021-06-02T13:14:43Z")
Scotty, I think the transporter is malfunctioning again… ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3770 "2021-06-02T13:20:30Z")
Donald Sutherland has been stepping on pods again. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3771 "2021-06-02T22:01:52Z")
For a moment I thought I was going to have to toss it right back to **Elmer\_J.Fudd** because “The Suburb of Dr. Moreau” is a wonderful line. (For those who didn’t catch the reference, it’s _The Island of Dr. Moreau_.) But just as funny and more _a propos_ of the picture is > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Scotty, I think the transporter is malfunctioning again… So, **Stainless** , take it away! ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3772 "2021-06-03T11:23:45Z")
My thanks, Quondam, I really didn’t expect to win so didn’t check last night. So for today’s, we’ll keep the theme of ‘odd people’ for one more cycle with this one: [![](https://ozthoughtsblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/odd-people02.jpg) ](https://ozthoughtsblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/odd-people02.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3773 "2021-06-03T12:59:36Z")
In the Alliance Cultural Exchange, Colonel and Mrs. Kellenwhite adopted three Tusken Raider children. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3774 "2021-06-03T13:07:09Z")
The adoptions seemed like a good idea until the kids started begging for a pet bantha. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3775 "2021-06-03T13:14:33Z")
The Colonel always found it suspicious that the triplets - Sander, Sandra, and Sandy - were born nine months after his wife attended a Daughters of the Empire convention on Tatooine. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3776 "2021-06-03T18:20:37Z")
“All I’m saying is that nothing like this ever happened in MY side of the family.” The ‘super-soldier serum’ made Steve Rogers into Captain America. But recently declassified files show that earlier attempts had tragic side effects. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3777 "2021-06-03T19:37:16Z")
After the unfortunate accident in the Black Lagoon with the speedboat propeller, Harry and Ellen offered to adopt the three little orphans. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3778 "2021-06-03T20:26:15Z")
Despite their parents’ warnings, the children continued to make that face until it froze like that. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3779 "2021-06-03T20:41:34Z")
Always remember to Snarg your resplendent mannivars! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3780 "2021-06-05T03:26:34Z")
Apologies for being late at this, goof-off Friday here, but after reviewing the candidates, I have to go with: > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The Colonel always found it suspicious that the triplets - Sander, Sandra, and Sandy - were born nine months after his wife attended a Daughters of the Empire convention on Tatooine. Take it away, Elmer! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2021, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3781 "2021-06-05T05:37:40Z")
Thanks! [![](https://i.4pcdn.org/x/1409575361117.jpg) ](https://i.4pcdn.org/x/1409575361117.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3782 "2021-06-05T05:40:04Z")
“Mom, I know that you’ve worked hard on a tasty meat and potatoes dinner. But what I’d really like is some grain. Plain, please.” ---
**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:** [June 5, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3783 "2021-06-05T11:50:47Z")
Hi, folks! Call me Mickey. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3784 "2021-06-05T12:32:40Z")
“Yes, I was gnawing on _squeak_. That’s normal, isn’t it?” ---
**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:** [June 5, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3785 "2021-06-05T20:16:02Z")
Fess up. Who ratted me out? (In more ways than one.) This is MUCH more comfortable than last week’s horse implant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=190)