# 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:** ![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 29, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3926 "2021-06-29T14:27:54Z")

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To control buffalo poaching, hunters’ firearms were replaced with paint guns.

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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:** [June 29, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3927 "2021-06-29T16:43:10Z")

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“Yeah, I’m a gay buffalo. Got a problem with that?”

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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:** [June 29, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3928 "2021-06-29T17:25:50Z")

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Jackson Pollock had to re-think his idea of using bison as an art medium.

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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:** [June 29, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3929 "2021-06-29T18:05:08Z")

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I put the Bi in Bison.

Welcome to Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. There’s drama and mirth, and old Mother Earth, with all of her secrets to see…

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**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:** [June 29, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3930 "2021-06-29T18:10:40Z")

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Strangely the sport of Buffalo Paintball never caught on.

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**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 29, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3931 "2021-06-29T20:08:12Z")

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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical began as a Western/Biblical mashup: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Buffalo Robe”.

Remember the Far Side cartoon captioned “God!.. Not _these_ Indians again.”?

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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:** [June 29, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3932 "2021-06-29T20:09:23Z")

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And now, as we reach the end of the month, the Pride Train vanishes into the prairie…

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3933 "2021-06-29T20:48:31Z")

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The trains on plains spray paint into the mane.

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**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3934 "2021-06-30T01:28:05Z")

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“Last stop, Willoughbeast!”

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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:** [June 30, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3935 "2021-06-30T14:10:21Z")

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The winner:

> [@Gyrate](#):
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> The trains on plains spray paint into the mane.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3936 "2021-06-30T14:42:32Z")

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Huzzah!

I’ve only just joined the thread so hopefully this isn’t a repeat:

[![](https://i0.wp.com/65.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7dx9rsRSg1r6tsxvo1_400.jpg?w=700) ](https://i0.wp.com/65.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7dx9rsRSg1r6tsxvo1_400.jpg?w=700)

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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:** [June 30, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3937 "2021-06-30T14:45:44Z")

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Don’t call him the Gimp anymore; he gets real prickly about that word.

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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:** [June 30, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3938 "2021-06-30T15:04:38Z")

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James Franco’s wedding tuxedo

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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:** [June 30, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3939 "2021-06-30T15:10:56Z")

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Velcro Man had a difficult time gaining acceptance into a superhero universe.

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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:** [June 30, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3940 "2021-06-30T15:35:18Z")

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Hellraiser presents the new Summer line of fashions.

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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:** [June 30, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3941 "2021-06-30T15:36:53Z")

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“It’s a pretty good attempt at disguising yourself as a cactus, but you still have some work to do. C+”

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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:** [June 30, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3942 "2021-06-30T15:37:31Z")

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I thought they meant poison pens and radio watches when they said accessories for the Bond Age.

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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:** [June 30, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3943 "2021-06-30T16:37:25Z")

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Tommy REALLY didn’t like birds.

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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:** [June 30, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3944 "2021-06-30T17:08:58Z")

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The “reverse iron maiden” is one of the more confusing artifacts from the Middle Ages.

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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:** [June 30, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/3945 "2021-06-30T19:44:19Z")

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The new champion of the county’s annual balloon popping contest.

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