# 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: ![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: [July 19, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6287 "2022-07-19T01:50:41Z")

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“Of course it’s a trick. I can see the wire holding up the lawn!”

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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: [July 19, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6288 "2022-07-19T13:22:23Z")

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“Landscaping says it’s an Interior Design problem.”

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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: [July 19, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6289 "2022-07-19T17:22:06Z")

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Step 1: Dog poops on lawn.  
Step 2: Lawn eats dog.

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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: [July 19, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6290 "2022-07-19T17:45:04Z")

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My neighbor - the Batman fanatic. He put in a “secret entrance to the Batcave”.

Note: When you have Astroturf installed, pay for the premium tack strips.

Too many good ones, but I could just see Tex Avery using this picture in one of his cartoons

> [@Slithy\_Tove](#):
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> I didn’t see who drove by so fast, but I’m pretty sure he was drawn by Tex Avery.

Take it away Slithy Tove.

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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: [July 19, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6291 "2022-07-19T23:02:13Z")

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Publisher seeks enticing dust jacket blurb:

> **[Marijuana Girl (1951)](https://pulpcovers.com/marijuana-girl-1951/)**
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> Joyce Taylor Would Try Anything -- If It Promised A Thrill! 
> She Fell Prey To The Foulest Of Rackets! 
> From the back:
> What Fatal Weakness Makes Joyce Taylor A Dope Slave...?
> ...Is she deliberately sinful? Does she consciously court depravity? Or...

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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: [July 19, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6292 "2022-07-19T23:46:25Z")

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Even if your names _are_ Maria and Juan, _don’t_ name your daughter _that_!

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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: [July 20, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6293 "2022-07-20T01:25:11Z")

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With those curves she had everything but the straight dope.

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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: [July 20, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6294 "2022-07-20T01:49:08Z")

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This sequel to Reefer Madness was 15 years in the making, because the script writers kept insisting on further research and more granola.

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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: [July 20, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6295 "2022-07-20T15:56:12Z")

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How to spot a marijuana addict. Perfect hair, makeup, and nails; high heels; stockings still attached to garter belt.

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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: [July 20, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6296 "2022-07-20T22:53:28Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> With those curves she had everything but the straight dope.

Hard boiled hard copy from the Prof.

Go man go

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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: [July 21, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6297 "2022-07-21T14:21:02Z")

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While we’re waiting… just thought of this as the edgiest superhero.  
“Quick Marijuana Girl, jump into the Marijuanamobile.”

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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: [July 21, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6298 "2022-07-21T14:31:07Z")

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♬ Girl, you’ll be a marijuana woman soon… ♬

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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: [July 21, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6299 "2022-07-21T15:47:11Z")

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🎵 I was gonna write a wall-o-text post, but then I got high

I was gonna drag a banned poster’s boasts,  
but then I got high

The veins in his head would thrombose,

But then I got high, but then I got high, but then I got high🎵

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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: [July 21, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6300 "2022-07-21T18:34:24Z")

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Thanks! Here we go…

[![](https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.dupntNLktjsaUwU3GtKPTAHaHa?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.dupntNLktjsaUwU3GtKPTAHaHa?pid=ImgDet&rs=1)

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### 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: [July 21, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6301 "2022-07-21T18:45:54Z")

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The bastard child of Baby Yoda and Pikachu.

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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: [July 21, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6302 "2022-07-21T18:52:39Z")

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Juju, after her eye exam.

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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: [July 21, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6303 "2022-07-21T20:53:14Z")

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Sredni Vashtar went forth,

His thoughts were red thoughts and his teeth were white.

His enemies called for peace, but he brought them death.

Sredni Vashtar the Beautiful.

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### Author: ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6304 "2022-07-22T09:49:30Z")

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1. Don’t expose them to sunlight, 2) never feed them after midnight, 3) don’t get them wet.

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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: [July 22, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6305 "2022-07-22T14:06:44Z")

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This one made me laugh:

> [@LegendHasit](#):
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> Don’t expose them to sunlight, 2) never feed them after midnight, 3) don’t get them wet.

But this one made me guffaw:

> [@Slithy\_Tove](#):
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> Sredni Vashtar went forth,
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> His thoughts were red thoughts and his teeth were white.
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> His enemies called for peace, but he brought them death.
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> Sredni Vashtar the Beautiful.

I do love me my Saki.

Well played, **Tove**!

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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: [July 22, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6306 "2022-07-22T15:37:18Z")

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> **[Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come Photos (3 of 13) | Last.fm](https://www.last.fm/music/Arthur+Brown%27s+Kingdom+Come/+images/491bf72458f22e2d0a658f5abb44fadd)**
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> See Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come pictures, photo shoots, and listen online to the latest music.

Any of these you’d care to caption, courtesy of the God of _ **FIRE!** _

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