# 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:** 236
**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:** [October 11, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4707 "2021-10-11T12:52:44Z")
Another misunderstood order leads to a Cake Wreck: “I told the baker to write ‘Congratulations on your new job, and we all want you to get ahead.’” ---
**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:** [October 11, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4708 "2021-10-11T14:26:27Z")
The wholistic bakery even has Divorce Day cakes. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4709 "2021-10-11T14:49:02Z")
Duncan Hines at rest. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4710 "2021-10-12T00:52:45Z")
Winner is @Quondam_Mechanic with > Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me… Runner-up is @Elmer_J.Fudd with > Marie Antoinette had a solution for the high price of goose down, too. All yours, @Quondam_Mechanic! ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4711 "2021-10-12T01:26:58Z")
Thanks, **needscoffee**. I’ve had this URL on file for a while – I hope not because we’ve used it before. [https://www.teamjimmyjoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Ronald-McDonald-Statue-Destruction-Funny.jpg](https://www.teamjimmyjoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Ronald-McDonald-Statue-Destruction-Funny.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4712 "2021-10-12T01:32:50Z")
I smelled the gas leak, but do you think anyone would ask me? ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4713 "2021-10-12T01:41:27Z")
Turns out, there _is_ a limit to how many clowns you can stuff into one place. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4714 "2021-10-12T01:47:40Z")
Ronald wistfully recalled the day when the Hamburglar Gang moved up to the big leagues. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4715 "2021-10-12T02:07:24Z")
Note to self: “Don’t fuck with Wendy.” ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4716 "2021-10-12T02:10:30Z")
The remake of _Falling Down_ ramps things up a bit. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4717 "2021-10-12T02:10:44Z")
Get rid of me as a mascot? I’ll show them. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4718 "2021-10-12T03:30:24Z")
The experiment in flame-broiling Big Macs didn’t work out very well. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4719 "2021-10-12T03:40:19Z")
🎶 “Two new Bic lighters, special gas, let us spray, pick your exit, flick your Bic, and then run.” 🎶 ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4720 "2021-10-12T10:42:59Z")
“ **I’ll kill you all!** Aha, I’ll drive you crazy, and I’ll kill you all! I’m every nightmare you’ve ever had. I am your worst dream come true!” “Yeah Ronald, bulldozers don’t care.” ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4721 "2021-10-12T12:35:07Z")
I new the mobs would rally against that Veggie Burger. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4722 "2021-10-12T14:48:25Z")
Houston, we have a McProblem. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4723 "2021-10-12T15:11:23Z")
The sole survivor of the Mcpocalypse ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4724 "2021-10-12T18:58:44Z")
This is what happens when the McFlurry machines aren’t maintained properly. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4725 "2021-10-13T01:00:42Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > I smelled the gas leak, but do you think anyone would ask me? Sometimes the first one’s the best… Go for it, doc! ---
**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:** [October 13, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4726 "2021-10-13T02:39:04Z")
Let’s try this… [![](https://preview.redd.it/upc7wgqm3w871.jpg?auto=webp&s=c141abbc74bafb0c5974a8c75bb51a89c50589b3) ](https://preview.redd.it/upc7wgqm3w871.jpg?auto=webp&s=c141abbc74bafb0c5974a8c75bb51a89c50589b3) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=235) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=237)