# 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:** ![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 20, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4306 "2021-08-20T20:13:00Z")

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Fudd’s First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.

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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:** [August 20, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4307 "2021-08-20T20:15:03Z")

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Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh. What’s up, Bats?

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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:** [August 20, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4308 "2021-08-20T20:21:04Z")

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“Wascawwy wombat!”

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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:** [August 21, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4309 "2021-08-21T18:36:24Z")

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PWPOWW? KWKKOWW? BWAMM?  
WHO IN H\*\*\* HIRED ELMER FUDD TO BE THE FOLEY ARTIST FOR THIS CARTOON?

(Oh for the days when superheroes were rendered in primary colors.)

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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:** [August 21, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4310 "2021-08-21T18:43:12Z")

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“Be verry quiet. I’m hunting bats.”

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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:** [August 22, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4311 "2021-08-22T00:11:24Z")

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> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#):
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> PWPOWW? KWKKOWW? BWAMM?  
> WHO IN H\*\*\* HIRED ELMER FUDD TO BE THE FOLEY ARTIST FOR THIS CARTOON?

@Bonum_Legatum wins for catching the sound effects joke.

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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:** [August 22, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4312 "2021-08-22T14:01:54Z")

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Thank you. Yesterday was the Dream Cruise on Woodward Avenue, so let’s have a car-themed picture.

I give you, THE OCTOAUTO. (That was really the name of this contraption!)

[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/e8jnT41.jpeg ""Octoauto", 1910") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/e8jnT41)

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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:** [August 22, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4313 "2021-08-22T14:08:36Z")

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I was going to hold out for the 10 wheel model, but, Eight Is Enough.

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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:** [August 22, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4314 "2021-08-22T16:40:37Z")

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They see me rollin’, they hatin’.

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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:** [August 22, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4315 "2021-08-22T16:42:56Z")

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With a flip of a switch, it extends to twice its length!

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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:** [August 22, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4316 "2021-08-22T17:21:30Z")

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“All very nice Q, but where are the flame throwers?”

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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:** [August 23, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4317 "2021-08-23T14:46:18Z")

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Presidential limousine for William Howard Taft, (the heaviest U.S. president).

These submissions were all very good. But I’m going to give this one to FastDan1 for the unexpected reference:

> [@FastDan1](#):
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> I was going to hold out for the 10 wheel model, but, Eight Is Enough.

FastDan1, take it away.

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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:** [August 23, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4318 "2021-08-23T21:11:14Z")

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Thanks!

[![](https://i.imgur.com/uFr2WCd.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/uFr2WCd.png)

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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:** [August 23, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4319 "2021-08-23T22:35:57Z")

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Polly want a tortilla!

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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:** [August 23, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4320 "2021-08-23T22:36:31Z")

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The CIA has carefully trained parrots to deliver messages in inconspicuous places.

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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:** [August 23, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4321 "2021-08-23T22:37:13Z")

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This burrito inspected by Inspector #7. He did a crap job of it too.

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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:** [August 23, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4322 "2021-08-23T22:38:22Z")

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My balut burrito is past its best-by date!

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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:** [August 23, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4323 "2021-08-23T22:38:58Z")

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Parrot + taco = Paco! Or is it a Tarrot?

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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:** [August 24, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4324 "2021-08-24T00:28:35Z")

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Her hat is made of guacamole.

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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:** [August 24, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4325 "2021-08-24T00:51:31Z")

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Never accept an invitation to Mexican night at Ozzy’s house.

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