# 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:** 237
**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 13, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4727 "2021-10-13T03:50:51Z")
Little did Tim know what an interesting evening he was going to have when he bought tickets for a Slim Whitman tribute concert… ---
**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 13, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4728 "2021-10-13T03:53:27Z")
“I’ve worked with Peewee Herman and Johnny Depp and even I think you guys are a little weird.” ---
**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 13, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4729 "2021-10-13T13:02:09Z")
Martian actors: What’s our motivation for walking through that door? Burton: Your salary. ---
**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 13, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4730 "2021-10-13T13:44:30Z")
Trekkie conventions are SO yesterday. “Yes earthling, it all started when we received this call that we won a free vacation in Florida. But - tell us, what’s a _timeshare_?” ---
**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 13, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4731 "2021-10-13T15:45:22Z")
All right, I’ll do it: “Ack ack. Ack ack ack. Ack ack. Ack ack ack ack ack. Ack.” ---
**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 13, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4732 "2021-10-13T15:46:40Z")
When Mars Attends ---
**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 14, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4733 "2021-10-14T03:45:35Z")
The case of _Planet Earth v. Planet Mars_ attracted some … shall we say, _interesting_ … observers to the courtroom. ---
**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 14, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4734 "2021-10-14T10:19:04Z")
“Earthling: Are the lines always this long at the DMV?” “Isn’t this the place where aliens must register?” ---
**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 14, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4735 "2021-10-14T12:40:53Z")
I’m going to agree with QM - sometimes the first one is the best. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Little did Tim know what an interesting evening he was going to have when he bought tickets for a Slim Whitman tribute concert… Go for it, Mr. Fudd (Esq.)! ---
**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 14, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4736 "2021-10-14T16:31:07Z")
Thanks! [![](https://assets.londonist.com/uploads/2015/12/i730/dolls_1.jpg) ](https://assets.londonist.com/uploads/2015/12/i730/dolls_1.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 14, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4737 "2021-10-14T16:42:58Z")
The Olsen twins didn’t realize that the producers supply the masks for The Masked Singer. ---
**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 14, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4738 "2021-10-14T17:12:33Z")
Hi, mister, wanna take me and my sister home to play? ---
**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 14, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4739 "2021-10-14T17:32:43Z")
Because of the problems with the separation surgery, Effi and Steffi had to wear prosthetic heads. ---
**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 14, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4740 "2021-10-14T17:55:55Z")
“We’ve been riding this subway for the past 30 years. It can be soul crushing.” ---
**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 14, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4741 "2021-10-14T18:31:32Z")
Next stop… Overlook Hotel… ---
**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 14, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4742 "2021-10-14T20:23:21Z")
Our lawyer says we have no case, the plastic surgeon SAID he would make us - living dolls. They are actually triplets. They’re going to visit their other sister at the doll hospital. The Gorilla Girls got a new shtick. Barbie works her side of the street, we work ours. Nobody gets hurt. ---
**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 15, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4743 "2021-10-15T00:49:45Z")
Hello, Danny. Commute with us. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4744 "2021-10-15T01:01:45Z")
After hours on the ‘L line. ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4745 "2021-10-15T15:01:56Z")
The winner… > [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#): > > Because of the problems with the separation surgery, Effi and Steffi had to wear prosthetic heads. ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4746 "2021-10-15T15:29:10Z")
Yeah, I kinda gave _myself_ a chuckle with that, I have to admit. Thanks, **Elmer**! Let’s see if you folks can come up with something for this: [![](https://theawesomedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/random-pictures-that-make-no-sense-17-1.jpeg) ](https://theawesomedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/random-pictures-that-make-no-sense-17-1.jpeg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=236) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=238)