# 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:** 190
**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:** [June 6, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3786 "2021-06-06T00:51:09Z")
Bring me to the big cheese. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3787 "2021-06-06T02:05:40Z")
Frank’s parents knew that a deal with the devil rarely worked out well, but they wanted so much for him to be a doctor… But even they were shocked at what happened before he left for the Korean War. ---
**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 6, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3788 "2021-06-06T05:38:54Z")
The winner! > [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > This is MUCH more comfortable than last week’s horse implant. ---
**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 6, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3789 "2021-06-06T18:33:21Z")
Thank you. Lettuce try this one. Click to see the full image [[Album] On the side of a building in Poland ![](https://i.imgur.com/ydCASRM.jpeg?fb "On the side of a building in Poland") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/1PsEX2T) ---
**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 6, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3790 "2021-06-06T21:02:52Z")
Maria used the “special” water that allowed the tree to escape the wall. ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3791 "2021-06-07T00:58:45Z")
The artist planned to have her feet on the ground, but ran out of paint. ---
**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 7, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3792 "2021-06-07T10:49:04Z")
After receiving nourishment from a flat 2D source for years, the shrub suddenly announced “Gee, I’m a tree!” ---
**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 7, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3793 "2021-06-07T13:18:21Z")
This is actually a photo of a _trompe l’oeil_ painting of a tree and building being “watered” by a real girl. The illusion is created by the 2-d photograph and clever lighting. ---
**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 7, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3794 "2021-06-07T17:00:44Z")
Bitten Street really takes its gentrification seriously. ---
**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 7, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3795 "2021-06-07T17:01:08Z")
_Mary, I think we’ve found the source of the flooding._ ---
**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 7, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3796 "2021-06-07T20:50:15Z")
Before Dave Thomas went into fast food, he had a short-lived experiment with a garden equipment franchise also called “Wendy’s”. I will chose Quonam Mechanic’s interpretation. The unexpected reversal is stunning. > [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#): > > This is actually a photo of a _trompe l’oeil_ painting of a tree and building being “watered” by a real girl. The illusion is created by the 2-d photograph and clever lighting. Take it away! ---
**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 7, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3797 "2021-06-07T21:29:23Z")
Thanks, Bonum\_Legatum. I normally avoid cat pictures, but I think this one is kind of different: [![](https://www.armadatekstil.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/funny-cats-pictures-without-words.jpg) ](https://www.armadatekstil.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/funny-cats-pictures-without-words.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3798 "2021-06-07T21:39:29Z")
_“WOOYYAAAAHHH!!”_ _“Fight me”_ ---
**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 7, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3799 "2021-06-07T21:40:28Z")
The guardians of Miao-Lin temple are versed in maneuvers unparalleled in the world of martial arts. ---
**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 7, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3800 "2021-06-07T21:54:16Z")
The Karate Kitty ---
**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 8, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3801 "2021-06-08T02:44:53Z")
Taking the term catfight to a whole 'nother dimension… ---
**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 8, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3802 "2021-06-08T17:35:11Z")
Having bombed with casting white actors instead of Asians in _Iron Fist_, Marvel studios went with cute kitties, demonstrating once again Hollywood’s pulse with the public. ---
**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 8, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3803 "2021-06-08T20:29:07Z")
Michael Bay reboots Garfield. ---
**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 8, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3804 "2021-06-08T21:34:06Z")
I like this’n: > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The guardians of Miao-Lin temple are versed in maneuvers unparalleled in the world of martial arts. So, **Professor** , find us a new one! ---
**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 9, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3805 "2021-06-09T12:30:19Z")
Ah, thank you. Here we go: [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e6/55/ee/e655eef43ee931982382bf3492a42fb5.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e6/55/ee/e655eef43ee931982382bf3492a42fb5.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=189) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=191)