# 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:** 244
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4867 "2021-11-02T21:14:13Z")
Pilate of the Airwaves ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4868 "2021-11-02T23:26:58Z")
This literally made me laugh, > [@Oly](#): > > A scriptural literalist proselytizing over television. You’re up, @Oly ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4869 "2021-11-03T02:42:35Z")
Sorry, I do not know how to post a photo. What I have tried has failed and I can’t find instructions. If someone wants to school me I’d appreciate, otherwise defer. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4870 "2021-11-03T14:31:20Z")
**Oly** : Step one: find a photo that’s posted online somewhere. That’s the hardest part. Step two: find the URL that you can go to where only the photo appears. At least on my browser, if you right-click on the image, you get a menu with the option “Copy image address.” If you now paste that URL so your browser goes to it, that should have the image you want. If that’s not how your browser works, the very hard way is to look at the HTML source for the page where you found the image and find the URL of a jpg file – which can get messy. Step three: post a reply to the thread where the URL for the image – the “image address” you just found – appears on a line by itself. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4871 "2021-11-03T16:03:24Z")
Thanks **QM** This should inspire some absurdity [![](https://i2.wp.com/ralphammer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sysiphos_1.gif?resize=440%2C260) ](https://i2.wp.com/ralphammer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sysiphos_1.gif?resize=440%2C260) ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4872 "2021-11-03T17:16:24Z")
The funny thing about Sisyphus is… The funny thing about Sisyphus is he… The funny thing about Sisyphus is he was… The funny thing about Sisyphus is…forget it. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4873 "2021-11-03T17:17:52Z")
The Original Rock & Roller ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4874 "2021-11-03T17:18:35Z")
The funny thing about Sisyphus is… he never got his rocks off. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4875 "2021-11-03T17:24:13Z")
“Why are you trying to roll that rock to the top of the mountain?” “Because it’s there.” ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4876 "2021-11-03T17:45:25Z")
Not everybody is a Rolling Stones fan. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4877 "2021-11-03T17:57:17Z")
To Loki, having a snake’s fangs drip poison on his face for eternity didn’t sound quite so bad. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4878 "2021-11-03T17:58:11Z")
First thought: ------ “POSTAL EMPLOYEES ANTICIPATE CHRISTMAS CARD SEASON” Second thought: ------- “TURNOVER RATE HIGHEST FOR AMAZON DELIVERY PEOPLE” (Sorry for the “first thought, second thought” business, but I had to add them to complete the post. Otherwise the system had conniption fits about the text not being complete sentences.) ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4879 "2021-11-03T23:57:05Z")
“I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think-” “Aw, who the fuck am I kidding; this is hopeless!” ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4880 "2021-11-04T00:17:34Z")
> [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#): > > the very hard way is to look at the HTML source for the page where you found the image and find the URL of a jpg file – which can get messy. I find myself doing that a lot on pages that don’t want their images to be directly copyable. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4881 "2021-11-04T12:49:46Z")
Today I have a good feeling about this. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4882 "2021-11-04T14:52:02Z")
How does it feel… to be on your own… ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4883 "2021-11-04T17:33:28Z")
Perhaps this wasn’t meant as an entry, but it is apropos to the comic and the comic is apropos to many kind of absurd things that happen as I work with computers. > [@Lumpy](#): > > I find myself doing that a lot on pages that don’t want their images to be directly copyable. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4884 "2021-11-05T17:33:49Z")
Justice was finally served on the Doper who was always posting “Let’s go throw rocks in the quarry.” (He had to REMOVE all those rocks.) ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4885 "2021-11-05T22:42:55Z")
**Oly** , if that was meant to be a selection, you want to make that fact clearer. If it wasn’t you should pick a winner since it’s been more than 24 hours. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4886 "2021-11-05T23:20:49Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Perhaps this wasn’t meant as an entry, but it is apropos to the comic and the comic is apropos to many kind of absurd things that happen as I work with computers. > > > [@Lumpy](#): > > > > I find myself doing that a lot on pages that don’t want their images to be directly copyable. If that is an endorsement, here’s my image; otherwise it can be ignored. [https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.3389af2165e78076a45a81bb8b8a91d5?rik=9LYVRKKcDJzA1A](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.3389af2165e78076a45a81bb8b8a91d5?rik=9LYVRKKcDJzA1A) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=243) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=245)