# 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:** 274
**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:** [February 16, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5467 "2022-02-16T12:19:08Z")
Thank you. Large snowfall predicted for tomorrow. Oh my aching back. But thank goodness some people know how to have fun with it. [![](https://i.imgur.com/LIxmskh.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/LIxmskh.jpeg) (Sorry, the system is not allowing me to embed the picture. You’ll have to click on the link.) ---
**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:** [February 16, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5468 "2022-02-16T12:21:25Z")
Kinder, gentler Boba Fett only slightly altered the formula for carbonite. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5469 "2022-02-16T20:26:49Z")
“Just so you guys know, this app can do the same thing without you having to stuff yourself into an ice mold.” ---
**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:** [February 16, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5470 "2022-02-16T20:28:37Z")
Netflix and Chill, without the Netflix. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5471 "2022-02-17T02:10:02Z")
The new cabonite, made of, and for, snowflakes. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5472 "2022-02-17T15:52:33Z")
I like the fact that Knowed Out included the third person in the caption. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > “Just so you guys know, this app can do the same thing without you having to stuff yourself into an ice mold.” Take it away. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5473 "2022-02-17T17:43:37Z")
Alrighty then. [https://media.flickeringmyth.com/q:i/r:1/wp:1/w:600/u:https://cdn.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AA\_FinbarTea.jpg](https://media.flickeringmyth.com/q:i/r:1/wp:1/w:600/u:https://cdn.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AA_FinbarTea.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5474 "2022-02-17T17:46:02Z")
The Disney remake of _Eraserhead_ sucks. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5475 "2022-02-17T18:47:27Z")
My daughter’s dating a Hasidic Vulcan. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5476 "2022-02-17T19:34:07Z")
The new Tolkein streaming series is apparently not true to the source material. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5477 "2022-02-17T21:56:51Z")
I got a big red warning when I tried to click on the link. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5478 "2022-02-17T22:21:12Z")
Is this better? [https://cdn.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AA\_FinbarTea.jpg](https://cdn.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AA_FinbarTea.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5479 "2022-02-17T22:30:50Z")
“All I’m saying, Gollum, is that if you like it you should put a ring on it.” ---
**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:** [February 18, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5480 "2022-02-18T18:58:17Z")
> [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#): > > My daughter’s dating a Hasidic Vulcan. Live long and prosper boychik. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5481 "2022-02-18T20:52:51Z")
Ah, Nimoy, thou shouldst be living in this hour. How’s this 'n? [![](https://theawesomedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/random-pictures-that-make-no-sense-5-1.jpeg) ](https://theawesomedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/random-pictures-that-make-no-sense-5-1.jpeg) ---
**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:** [February 18, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5482 "2022-02-18T21:02:38Z")
“Hold me, Stanley. I’m feeling lightheaded.” "So am I, Mildred. What the hell was in those drinks? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5483 "2022-02-18T21:43:34Z")
Crashing a wedding is poor form, put throwing shade on the festivities is just plain rude. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5484 "2022-02-18T22:04:08Z")
It was love at first sight, but, sadly, in the end it didn’t work out. She was LED, he was fluorescent. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5485 "2022-02-19T01:00:01Z")
Yoooooooou light up my liiiiife… ---
**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:** [February 19, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5486 "2022-02-19T22:55:43Z")
What dim bulb posted this stoopid picture anyway? Anyway, all darn good captions, butcha gots to pick one. > [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > It was love at first sight, but, sadly, in the end it didn’t work out. She was LED, he was fluorescent. Take it away Bounum. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=273) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=275)