# 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\
**Page:** 26

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/502 "2020-08-16T15:19:32Z")

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_“You think I have a very shiny nose? Call me Rudolph one more time.”_

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/503 "2020-08-16T15:20:15Z")

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I am a beagle puppy. When will I be beag dog?

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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:** [August 16, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/504 "2020-08-16T15:20:40Z")

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There is nothing more terrifying in Candyland than the sight of Gingerbread warriors charging the sugarplum fortifications atop a fearsome battlebeagle.

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/505 "2020-08-16T15:38:46Z")

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_“C’mon Milo, open your mouth. Everybody eats gingerbread biscuits on Christmas.”_

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/506 "2020-08-16T15:51:51Z")

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_That was one Cookie that could bite you back._

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/507 "2020-08-16T16:37:26Z")

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_“I like the bunny costume better.”_

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/508 "2020-08-16T17:18:12Z")

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_“Crikey. Now I look like Queen Elizabeth.”_

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**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:** [August 16, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/509 "2020-08-16T19:27:45Z")

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“If you insist on making me wear these humiliating things, couldn’t you at least make them out of Milk-Bones?”

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**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:** [August 16, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/510 "2020-08-16T19:29:12Z")

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“At least it’s not the glasses, big nose, and mustache that he was considering.”

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/511 "2020-08-17T01:12:57Z")

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I iz lion. Rawr.

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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:** [August 17, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/512 "2020-08-17T01:16:04Z")

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Hi, I’m Sarah McLachlan. Please say you’ll be the answer for an innocent animal who’s suffering right now. Call or join online within the next thirty minutes, and we;ll send you a photo of the animal you rescued. . . along with a tote bag full of Christmas cookies.

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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:** [August 17, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/513 "2020-08-17T01:26:40Z")

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GingerFred, NORAD’s Santa-tracking beagle, ready for the big night.

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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:** [August 17, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/514 "2020-08-17T01:31:33Z")

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Santa will shoot a snake in a stocking, but he won’t be able to resist _me_ in one!

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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:** [August 17, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/515 "2020-08-17T01:49:51Z")

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Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@SugarplumBot display help.`

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/516 "2020-08-17T01:52:43Z")

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(not an entry)  
The takeover has started.

click…beep

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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:** [August 17, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/517 "2020-08-17T01:56:17Z")

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I hear it too…

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**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/518 "2020-08-17T01:56:19Z")

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Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`.

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/519 "2020-08-17T06:28:09Z")

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_You gotta respect those willing to go the extra mile to make Santa’s nice list._

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/520 "2020-08-17T09:13:26Z")

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_Anti-bark tiaras for all occasions. Order now._

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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:** [August 17, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/521 "2020-08-17T12:13:07Z")

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And this morning’s winner is:

> [@running\_coach](#):
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> I iz lion. Rawr.

for just being too darn cute. Go for it, coach!

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