# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/422 "2020-08-13T12:45:15Z")
Water makes music with The Portable Hydraulophone®. Call now! Operators are standing by! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/423 "2020-08-13T12:53:43Z")
Frank’s Gatorade contract is abruptly cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/424 "2020-08-13T12:56:17Z")
_“What concussion? I’m all good, see coach?”_ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/425 "2020-08-13T12:58:53Z")
Athletes Sing Broadway Show Tunes, Free CD with download. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/426 "2020-08-13T17:14:26Z")
_A good hockey player checks his pitch before the game._ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/427 "2020-08-13T17:22:03Z")
🎼 Danke Schoen, darling, Danke Schoen Thank you for all the joy and pain 🎼 ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/428 "2020-08-13T17:26:12Z")
_“The Star-Spangled Banner” sounds better in a microphone._ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/429 "2020-08-13T17:40:15Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > “The Star-Spangled Banner” sounds better in a microphone. - [not an entry] I’ve heard some renditions over a microphone that would have sounded much better with it shut off. In an empty stadium. With the singer locked in a sub-basement. Without air. [/nae] ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/430 "2020-08-13T17:42:41Z")
(off the contest) > [@running\_coach](#): > > Without air I know. In a sewer with a hydrophone. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/431 "2020-08-13T17:50:32Z")
_“And aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\_\_ will always love you!”_ ---
**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 13, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/432 "2020-08-13T20:01:53Z")
“The Zamboni never gets the ice just right.” ---
**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 13, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/433 "2020-08-13T22:08:19Z")
" When I had teeth, I couldn’t fit a whole water bottle in my mouth." ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/434 "2020-08-13T23:58:54Z")
_Little Squirt was a talented fellow._ ---
**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 14, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/435 "2020-08-14T01:32:05Z")
“Hey, they put the cap on the wrong end of this one!!” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/436 "2020-08-14T01:35:53Z")
Desperate for a drink, Greg grabs a bottle from the Australian team. ---
**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 14, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/437 "2020-08-14T01:38:14Z")
Lol!! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/438 "2020-08-14T01:39:17Z")
You gave me the idea. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/439 "2020-08-14T04:51:46Z")
_Just seconds before the record for the largest bubble blown was finally set._ ---
**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 14, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/440 "2020-08-14T05:00:11Z")
"Hey, guys, let’s pretend I’m calling this game. ‘Smith shoots from the point … blocked. Jones gets the rebound, can’t get the shot away. Checked by Harris, and it’s a loose puck. Jones gets it, on the backhand, and … he shoots, he scores!’ And the crowd goes wild! Oh, shit. Guys, trust me, I didn’t pee myself. It was the water bottle." ---
**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 14, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/441 "2020-08-14T12:50:45Z")
All good, but our winner is: > [@running\_coach](#): > > Desperate for a drink, Greg grabs a bottle from the Australian team. Take it away, coach! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=23)