# 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:** 293
**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:** [May 3, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5847 "2022-05-03T18:13:10Z")
Red on dead + Red on donor + Black on donor + Black on donor bare metal _But not anything inside the fundoshi!_ ---
**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:** [May 3, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5848 "2022-05-03T21:50:10Z")
Miracle Face Lift, only four payments of $29.95! Order now and get free shipping. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5849 "2022-05-04T20:31:08Z")
Bob never could follow instructions. In 2021 he saw “homemade masks” on YouTube. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5850 "2022-05-05T11:29:47Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Red on dead + > Red on donor + > Black on donor + > Black on donor bare metal > _But not anything inside the fundoshi!_ Now that I know fundoshi is underwear, this makes sense. All yours, Slithy! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5851 "2022-05-05T15:12:22Z")
Thank you for not pointing out the typo! [caption this encounter](https://www.floridamemory.com/fpc/spottswood/sp01526.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5852 "2022-05-05T15:57:24Z")
“Sorry, Mr. Jones, but you still owe the I.R.S. $140. We’re gonna have to repossess your barrel.” ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5853 "2022-05-05T16:09:18Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Thank you for not pointing out the typo! > > [caption this encounter](https://www.floridamemory.com/fpc/spottswood/sp01526.jpg) [floridamemory.com/fpc/spottswood/sp01526.jpg](http://floridamemory.com/fpc/spottswood/sp01526.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5854 "2022-05-05T16:36:01Z")
You’re really gonna go over Niagara Falls in that thing, huh? ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5855 "2022-05-05T16:42:28Z")
Treasury agents found a clever way to trace the source of illegal booze shipments. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5856 "2022-05-05T16:46:11Z")
At least the tap isn’t three feet lower. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5857 "2022-05-06T16:58:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > “Sorry, Mr. Jones, but you still owe the I.R.S. $140. We’re gonna have to repossess your barrel.” OK Prof., it’s your turn in the barrel ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5858 "2022-05-06T17:49:32Z")
Hurrah! [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.ee19fa865996d15410dfcb3f24ff5dc4?rik=NtjWrCnDY12vJg&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.ee19fa865996d15410dfcb3f24ff5dc4?rik=NtjWrCnDY12vJg&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5859 "2022-05-06T18:01:10Z")
Gulliver was a Scotsman. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5860 "2022-05-06T20:27:19Z")
And the Lollipop Guild never saw Dorothy, Toto, or the wizard again. “Saints preserve us! The Disney company bought the entire village, when we woke up we had been turned into a theme park!” ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5861 "2022-05-06T21:55:53Z")
While hailing the diverse casting, critics savaged the idea of a 55-year old Dorothy. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5862 "2022-05-06T22:24:35Z")
Everybody watched in terror as the flying monkeys went straight for the scratching-post bonnet. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5863 "2022-05-07T12:38:29Z")
The first time the munchkins saw up Dorothy’s skirt ---
**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:** [May 7, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5864 "2022-05-07T22:47:54Z")
That was a still from Disney’s _Oz the Great and Powerful_. Our winner is: > [@Lumpy](#): > > Gulliver was a Scotsman. though I liked KO’s take as well. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5865 "2022-05-08T00:44:41Z")
Thanks Prof.! [![](https://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/kiddyrocket.jpg) ](https://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/kiddyrocket.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 8, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/5866 "2022-05-08T00:49:54Z")
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