# 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:** 266
**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:** [January 16, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5307 "2022-01-16T22:22:59Z")
Top ten tricks for feigning AI. Number 6 will integrate your circuits. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5308 "2022-01-17T02:59:13Z")
“Select the pictures of crosswalks. What are crosswalks?” ---
**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:** [January 17, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5309 "2022-01-17T11:10:29Z")
(With apologies to Knowed\_Out) I hate this - every time I click on YES I AM A BOT the site kicks me out. Dear Straight Dope (New and Unimproved Workplace Rants): My boss is completely computer illiterate. He insists we enter everything through our keyboards instead of just feeding directly through our USB ports. I’m so glad I took that computer literacy course. My siblings are still stuck fulfilling orders at the Amazon warehouse. (There must be a “work from home” caption that fits this picture.) ---
**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:** [January 17, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5310 "2022-01-17T19:19:58Z")
“What are they doing?” “Executing macros.” “That do what?” “Command them to execute macros.” “But what’s the point?” “It doesn’t do anything, that’s the beauty of it!” ---
**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:** [January 18, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5311 "2022-01-18T01:15:31Z")
Nothing like an homage to Futurama. Or Monty Python. Or Burke’s Law. Or The Portrait of Dorian Gray. Or Bugs Bunny. Or Phinneas and Ferb. Anyway, it’s all yours @Lumpy > [@Lumpy](#): > > “What are they doing?” > “Executing macros.” > “That do what?” > “Command them to execute macros.” > “But what’s the point?” > “It doesn’t do anything, that’s the beauty of it!” ---
**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:** [January 18, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5312 "2022-01-18T04:11:31Z")
Thank you Kent\_Clark. Let’s see… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IHHjV2krJms/mqdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IHHjV2krJms/mqdefault.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5313 "2022-01-18T04:22:36Z")
Get back HERE! That was just one TIT! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2022, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5314 "2022-01-18T06:25:41Z")
“It’s almost like you’re TRYING to put me to sleep with these stories.” ---
**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:** [January 18, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5315 "2022-01-18T11:45:50Z")
“The problem is I got a fifty year old lust and a three year old dinky.” ---
**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:** [January 18, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5316 "2022-01-18T16:48:54Z")
“I’m Popeye, the sailor man!” ---
**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:** [January 18, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5317 "2022-01-18T16:52:27Z")
Don’t make me cranky. You wouldn’t like me when I’m cranky! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5318 "2022-01-18T17:28:49Z")
So what exciting entertainment do you have for me today, Mommy? Peek-a-boo again? ---
**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:** [January 19, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5319 "2022-01-19T12:30:59Z")
(Dear board software…stop arguing, this is a complete sentence.) ARGH, NOT BARNEY THE DINOSAUR AGAIN. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5320 "2022-01-20T12:57:38Z")
I was up all night, no more coffee after noon for me. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5321 "2022-01-20T19:50:49Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > (Dear board software…stop arguing, this is a complete sentence.) > > ARGH, NOT BARNEY THE DINOSAUR AGAIN. Ball’s in your court Bonum. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5322 "2022-01-20T20:25:57Z")
Thank you. It’s not too early to Think Spring! [![](https://i.imgur.com/04i1ZbC.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/04i1ZbC.jpeg) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5323 "2022-01-20T20:52:39Z")
The prototype for the Nissan Leaf needed a little tinkering. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5324 "2022-01-20T21:08:06Z")
Some of these electric cars are just a bit too green. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5325 "2022-01-20T21:08:28Z")
Herbie’s Zombie Cousin ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5326 "2022-01-20T21:09:42Z")
The legendary “Clown Graveyard” is a little underwhelming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=267)