# 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:** ![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:** [April 3, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5687 "2022-04-03T19:00:46Z")

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Uptown Funk you up! Uptown Funk you up!

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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:** [April 3, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5688 "2022-04-03T19:39:14Z")

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Unlike Wilson Phillips, Richards Jagger waited a while before following in their parents’ footsteps.

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5689 "2022-04-03T19:44:48Z")

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Dammit! Even my Grandparents were cooler than I am.

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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:** [April 3, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5690 "2022-04-03T19:45:43Z")

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🎵 Doesn’t matter what they say  
In the jealous games doctors play  
Our hips are healed… 🎵

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5691 "2022-04-04T10:34:05Z")

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I wanna rock and roll all afternoon  
and go to the potty every day

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5692 "2022-04-04T11:17:07Z")

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When the Runaways develop dementia: the Wanderoffs.

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5693 "2022-04-05T01:52:46Z")

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Some great ones this time around, but I’m going to have to give it to @Knowed_Out for this one:

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> I wanna rock and roll all afternoon  
> and go to the potty every day

You’re up, **K\_O**!

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5694 "2022-04-05T11:05:37Z")

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Thanks, **Spoons**!  
I think this is my new nightmare…  
[![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FBG_d_B9Iks/VpLVSUr37aI/AAAAAAAEKVo/2DMQPXX8jtA/s1600/Family%2Bphoto%2B00022.jpg) ](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FBG_d_B9Iks/VpLVSUr37aI/AAAAAAAEKVo/2DMQPXX8jtA/s1600/Family%2Bphoto%2B00022.jpg)

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5695 "2022-04-05T14:13:56Z")

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It’s a ventriloquist dummy! It’s a love doll! It’s double the fun!

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5696 "2022-04-05T14:16:57Z")

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With the new DNA Plastico, you can be your own soulmate!

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5697 "2022-04-05T14:19:54Z")

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“He ain’t heavy, he’s my, uh…

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5698 "2022-04-05T14:56:37Z")

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With home taxidermy, Uncle Jim and Aunt Sally have never looked more lifelike.

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5699 "2022-04-05T15:03:17Z")

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“Keep making that face and one day it will freeze like that.”

Momma was right. 😢.

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5700 "2022-04-05T15:33:47Z")

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“C’mon, Chris! Make fun of my wife’s haircut! I dare you!”

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5701 "2022-04-05T17:14:48Z")

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Can I take her back to the North Pole with me, Santa? Please?

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5702 "2022-04-05T17:23:40Z")

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Those handshake buzzers fit other places besides the palm.

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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:** [April 6, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5703 "2022-04-06T10:39:18Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> With home taxidermy, Uncle Jim and Aunt Sally have never looked more lifelike.

OK, that’s disturbing. You win!

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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:** [April 6, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5704 "2022-04-06T15:52:35Z")

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Thanks!  
[![](https://i.imgur.com/7xJ1ZB1.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/7xJ1ZB1.png)

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5705 "2022-04-06T16:16:03Z")

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Dammit Jim, I’m a doctor not a chibi hobo with a shotgun!

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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:** [April 6, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5706 "2022-04-06T16:21:04Z")

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I see the 2024 candidate from Texas has rolled out his plan for “Cruzcare”.

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