# A Genuine Caption Contest (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731>\
**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\
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**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:** [November 18, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4967 "2021-11-18T02:50:11Z")

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“And now, I’ll show you how I inflate the bird before putting in the stuffing.”

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**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 18, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4968 "2021-11-18T14:53:51Z")

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And then he spread his wings like this and gobbled “I love you THIS much” just before I chopped his head off.

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**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 18, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4969 "2021-11-18T15:01:12Z")

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You put your right wing in, you pull your right wing out, you put your right wing in, and you shake it all about…

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**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 18, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4970 "2021-11-18T15:05:16Z")

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“ **Save** the liver! **Don’t** throw it away! I hope I’ve made my point. Don’t throw the liver away.”

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**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:** [November 18, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4971 "2021-11-18T18:16:05Z")

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Thank you, Needscoffee, for getting the image into the thread. Your help is greatly appreciated.

But not enough for you to win. I’m giving it to Knowed\_Out for

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> “Now, for those of you who prefer the turkey cooked hobo style, stuff the posterior end of the turkey over the top of a freshly opened can of malt liquor, and place inside a fully burning trash can fire for 45 minutes.”

KO, you’re next!

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**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 19, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4972 "2021-11-19T12:29:22Z")

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Thank you Dr. WOB. Now, please explain this whatever it is.  
[![](https://wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li/resize/728x/png/02d/e26/e17254540c8cb1bfc013fc5857.png) ](https://wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li/resize/728x/png/02d/e26/e17254540c8cb1bfc013fc5857.png)

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**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 19, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4973 "2021-11-19T14:19:10Z")

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Japanese _Sesame Street_ is very strange.

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**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 19, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4974 "2021-11-19T15:27:14Z")

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“I’ll explain. The space alien’s umbilical cord will turn Aiko into a blue creature to be a mate for yellow Ichiro here, and if I re-jigger the mechanism and then hook into it myself, I’m hoping it will make me less silly-looking.”

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**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 19, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4975 "2021-11-19T15:42:20Z")

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Are you in love with a muppet but just can’t abide the colorful lint build up in your belly button? We have the answer…

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**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 19, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4976 "2021-11-19T16:46:55Z")

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Hi, and welcome back to Belly Button Bingo!

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**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:** [November 19, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4977 "2021-11-19T18:27:07Z")

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Now that we’ve injected the sunlight into her abdomen, the COVID should be cured. After that, we’ll worry about Jon’s bird flu.

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**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 19, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4978 "2021-11-19T18:55:18Z")

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“If this doesn’t appease the Ancient Ones, I give up!”

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**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:** [November 19, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4979 "2021-11-19T22:07:34Z")

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Ishiro Honda’s original concept for Godzilla underwent many changes before the film was finally shot.

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**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 20, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4980 "2021-11-20T02:53:51Z")

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(Alton Brown voiceover) “… and it looks like over here the Iron Chef and Giant Yellow Condom Man are working on some sort of umbilical umami-nator.”

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**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 20, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4981 "2021-11-20T13:04:59Z")

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> [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#):
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> “I’ll explain. The space alien’s umbilical cord will turn Aiko into a blue creature to be a mate for yellow Ichiro here, and if I re-jigger the mechanism and then hook into it myself, I’m hoping it will make me less silly-looking.”

I don’t know why, but this one wins. Play the next track, QM!

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**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 20, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4982 "2021-11-20T14:02:35Z")

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Thanks, **Knowed\_Out**. (Honestly, I thought **Elmer\_J.Fudd** ’s Muppet-belly-button-lint joke was funnier.) Not a lot of time to pick, so you’ll have to make do with this’n:

[![](https://static.parade.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/funny-pictures-3-e1617570880203.jpg) ](https://static.parade.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/funny-pictures-3-e1617570880203.jpg)

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**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 20, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4983 "2021-11-20T14:19:41Z")

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Much to the annoyance of Silver and Scout, silver bullets don’t grow on trees.

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**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 20, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4984 "2021-11-20T14:32:07Z")

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_I got me a race horse filly and she’s got those winnin’ ways_  
_I got me a race horse filly, well she’s got those winnin’ ways_  
_Every time I rides my filly, I done ride her like a boat rides an ocean wave_

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**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:** [November 20, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4985 "2021-11-20T14:38:11Z")

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After we finish “Lady of Spain”, I think we should play " Wipeout".

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**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 20, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/4986 "2021-11-20T14:49:49Z")

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(Bad word)! Here comes another tourist who’s going to say “Quit horsing around.”

When mimes go bad.

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