# 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:** 27
**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, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/522 "2020-08-17T12:15:21Z")
Congratulations @running_coach! We can’t wait to see the next picture to caption. 🙂 ---
**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, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/523 "2020-08-17T12:18:18Z")
Thanks! Here ya go. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/40/c7/27/40c727f140e35183bd81b3e96a5c6b97.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/40/c7/27/40c727f140e35183bd81b3e96a5c6b97.jpg) ---
**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, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/524 "2020-08-17T12:24:52Z")
_The lowest five ever._ ---
**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, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/525 "2020-08-17T12:29:11Z")
_So long and thanks for all the fish!_ ---
**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, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/526 "2020-08-17T12:35:50Z")
_“Tag! You’re it.”_ ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/527 "2020-08-17T12:37:04Z")
“Pull my finger!” ---
**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, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/528 "2020-08-17T12:39:46Z")
_“Good. Now spread your legs like 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:** [August 17, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/529 "2020-08-17T12:52:23Z")
"_And Fosse! Fosse! Fosse!_ ---
**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, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/530 "2020-08-17T13:18:25Z")
_The second season of **The Old Man and the Sea** series on Netflix had a less conventional approach._ ---
**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 17, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/531 "2020-08-17T13:28:40Z")
“You’ll never win a game of ro-sham-bo if you always throw paper!” ---
**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, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/532 "2020-08-17T13:37:59Z")
_If **The Creation of Adam** were a meme._ ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/533 "2020-08-17T21:50:45Z")
“I once caught a human THIS big.” ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/534 "2020-08-17T22:14:47Z")
Na-noo, na-noo! It’s Morc from Orca! ---
**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 18, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/535 "2020-08-18T01:20:26Z")
“C’mon, fun’s over! Let Belinda out of your mouth so we can go home now!” ---
**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 18, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/536 "2020-08-18T01:30:55Z")
“Flipper, I told you to lay off the steroids!” ---
**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 18, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/537 "2020-08-18T01:32:30Z")
“And here we see Jim, trying to avoid becoming a tasty snack. Good thing he’s got Mutual of Omaha life insurance…” ---
**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 18, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/538 "2020-08-18T01:53:16Z")
Lol!! ---
**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 18, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/539 "2020-08-18T06:55:14Z")
_“I swear I said wailing, not whaling.”_ ---
**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 18, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/540 "2020-08-18T09:48:48Z")
_Relax. Objects underwater appear larger than they really are._ ---
**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 18, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/541 "2020-08-18T12:20:27Z")
And the winner… > [@Spoons](#): > > “And here we see Jim, trying to avoid becoming a tasty snack. Good thing he’s got Mutual of Omaha life insurance…” Brings back memories of watching Wild Kingdom and wondering why Jim never snapped and fed Marlon to the wolves. Literally. Second place: > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > “You’ll never win a game of ro-sham-bo if you always throw paper!” @Spoons, you’re up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=28)