# 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:** 217
**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 24, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4326 "2021-08-24T00:57:08Z")
The El Paso Clock Company is known for its unusual and lifelike cuckoo clocks. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4327 "2021-08-24T01:19:30Z")
Taco Bell thought it had a winner with its newest menu offering, “the birdito,” but it proved unpopular. ---
**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 24, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4328 "2021-08-24T01:27:09Z")
The new Quetzaldilla, now at Chipotle! ---
**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 24, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4329 "2021-08-24T11:47:13Z")
^^ Yeah, this one! 👏 ---
**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 24, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4330 "2021-08-24T16:44:14Z")
“'E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed 'im to the perch 'e’d be pushing up the daisies! You could stuff 'im in a burrito and eat 'im!” - original line from the Dead Parrot sketch, before editing. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4331 "2021-08-24T16:48:23Z")
“Taco Bell: We Guarantee Your Dinner Will Come With A Small Bill” ---
**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 24, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4332 "2021-08-24T19:05:58Z")
DON’T EAT THAT. It’s full of Polly-saturates. #3: “Things that clue you in that a caterer is going to be shut down by the Board of Health.” ---
**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, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4333 "2021-08-24T20:13:20Z")
Beware any taqueria named “Sylvester’s”. ---
**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 25, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4334 "2021-08-25T01:41:53Z")
I have to go with… > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Never accept an invitation to Mexican night at Ozzy’s house. @Elmer_J.Fudd up next ---
**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 25, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4335 "2021-08-25T05:08:44Z")
Here we go… [![](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/fa/be/48/fabe48640fd1a09d038daefc950ccbc9.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/fa/be/48/fabe48640fd1a09d038daefc950ccbc9.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:** [August 25, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4336 "2021-08-25T05:24:10Z")
“Ringo, can’t you just use a standard drum kit for our percussion section?” ---
**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 25, 2021, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4337 "2021-08-25T09:49:52Z")
Old-school rock n roll bands fighting against the 1960’s “British Invasion”. ---
**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 25, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4338 "2021-08-25T10:50:59Z")
“Maybe they just want an autograph?” ---
**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 25, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4339 "2021-08-25T12:54:29Z")
Gear! ---
**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 25, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4340 "2021-08-25T12:55:09Z")
Ringo, you just had to pull that lever, didn’t you? ---
**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:** [August 25, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4341 "2021-08-25T14:03:21Z")
He can’t help it - he’s a born lever-puller. ---
**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 25, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4342 "2021-08-25T14:07:13Z")
“Cor, this isn’t the Yellow Submarine!” ---
**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 25, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4343 "2021-08-25T21:46:54Z")
[He can’t help it - he’s a born Liverpooler.] ---
**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:** [August 25, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4344 "2021-08-25T22:03:33Z")
[Indeed.](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/evxr0u/in_the_beatles_film_yellow_submarine_1968_ringo/) ---
**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 25, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4345 "2021-08-25T22:09:56Z")
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