# 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:** 238
**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 15, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4747 "2021-10-15T15:35:54Z")
Ah, the irony! ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4748 "2021-10-15T15:37:32Z")
You’ve heard of “Detroit Steel”? Well, this is “New York Iron” ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4749 "2021-10-15T15:52:20Z")
Notice how he keeps himself suspended off the ground? That’s to avoid having to get a permit to iron in public. ---
**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 15, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4750 "2021-10-15T18:48:27Z")
“Extreme Ironing” is hoping to find a place as an event at the next Olympics. ---
**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 15, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4751 "2021-10-15T21:30:32Z")
This is what’s called “the Press of Traffic”. ---
**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 15, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4752 "2021-10-15T21:35:57Z")
Sam’s laundry and taxicab. Pickup and delivery. Rapid service. Sam daydreamed that the President would need a pressed shirt immediately. And he could swoop in and save the day. ---
**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 16, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4753 "2021-10-16T01:11:30Z")
Well, _obviously_ the ironing board isn’t going to fit inside the cab! ---
**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 16, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4754 "2021-10-16T02:15:56Z")
…and in the Fall of 2021, in an effort that would quickly prove fruitless, taxi companies started to offer gimmicky add ons in desperate hopes of recapturing some of the market share lifeblood that had been sucked off by Uber. ---
**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 16, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4755 "2021-10-16T19:09:48Z")
Sorry for the delay, folks. Runner-up was the permit joke, but this was my fave: > [@Spoons](#): > > “Extreme Ironing” is hoping to find a place as an event at the next Olympics. Take it away, **Spoons**! ---
**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 16, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4756 "2021-10-16T20:08:49Z")
Thanks, **Quondam\_Mechanic**! I’ve got to be away from my computer for a bit, but I’ll be back to post a picture later today. ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4757 "2021-10-17T01:15:54Z")
Okay, folks, let’s see if you can come up with a good caption for this cartoon: [https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51596499142\_bc5ce10965\_n.jpg](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51596499142_bc5ce10965_n.jpg) ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4758 "2021-10-17T03:08:28Z")
“Take us to your leader! I believe her name is Lady Gaga?” ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4759 "2021-10-17T03:14:40Z")
"What do _your_ people do when you find yourselves all dressed up with nowhere to go? " ---
**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 17, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4760 "2021-10-17T05:05:51Z")
“France. We come from France.” ---
**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 17, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4761 "2021-10-17T11:27:25Z")
“We had a glitch in our navigational system. Is this Andy Warhol’s residence?” ---
**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 17, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4762 "2021-10-17T11:42:46Z")
Lamest abduction line EVER: “I’m officer Joe Friday, this is my partner officer Bill Gannon. You’ll have to come with us.” ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4763 "2021-10-17T13:18:09Z")
What do you mean, the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour was cancelled? ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4764 "2021-10-17T13:18:23Z")
Boy, you earthlings do dress funny! ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4765 "2021-10-17T13:31:35Z")
That’s odd… Their males don’t have 47 boobs. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4766 "2021-10-18T14:54:41Z")
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