# 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 **Page:** 316
### 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 22, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6307 "2022-07-22T15:49:28Z")
Corporate wants the dial-up replaced with the latest iPhone model. Also, the traffic light needs a pedestrian flasher. City regulations. ---
### 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 22, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6308 "2022-07-22T15:57:56Z")
The candidates for Tory leader are more diverse than ever this year. ---
### 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 22, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6309 "2022-07-22T17:12:57Z")
The Bolgia of the Mimes. ---
### 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 22, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6310 "2022-07-22T20:44:13Z")
Further evidence that Halloween should be restored as a kid-only holiday. ---
### 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, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6311 "2022-07-22T20:55:01Z")
The first draft of Peewee’s Playhouse didn’t quite have it right. ---
### 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 22, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6312 "2022-07-22T22:01:39Z")
The Beatles were warned about crossing Abbey Road against the light, but they just had to see it. ---
### Author: ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson) #### Post date: [July 23, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6313 "2022-07-23T05:04:01Z")
The Loktocmcmyolin’s plan to assimilate on Earth was complicated by the discovery of the broadcasts they received from Earth must have been jumbled by the time they received them. ---
### 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 23, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6314 "2022-07-23T15:22:38Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > The Bolgia of the Mimes That’s some good captioning there @Lumpy. You rustle up the next pic ---
### 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 23, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6315 "2022-07-23T16:53:29Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > You rustle up the next pic [![](https://pulptastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fun-with-statues-28.jpg?ezimgfmt=rs:500x427/rscb2/ng:webp/ngcb2) ](https://pulptastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fun-with-statues-28.jpg?ezimgfmt=rs:500x427/rscb2/ng:webp/ngcb2) ---
### Author: ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie) #### Post date: [July 23, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6316 "2022-07-23T16:59:42Z")
YOU _(smack!)_ WILL _(smack!)_ FALL _(smack!)_ IN _(smack!)_ LOVE! _(smack!)_ ---
### 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 23, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6317 "2022-07-23T18:24:00Z")
When Aphrodite and Medusa scheduled an ill-advised play-date ---
### 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 23, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6318 "2022-07-23T18:25:57Z")
Love Hurts. ---
### 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 23, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6319 "2022-07-23T19:43:45Z")
“Call me Stupid Cupid one more time…” ---
### 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 25, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6320 "2022-07-25T16:57:30Z")
And the winna is: > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > “Call me Stupid Cupid one more time…” Let’s go Elmer. ---
### 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 25, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6321 "2022-07-25T20:34:18Z")
[![](https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/191949/screenshots/6653924/bl_2019_recursion_illustration_ig_4x.jpg?compress=1&resize=400x300) ](https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/191949/screenshots/6653924/bl_2019_recursion_illustration_ig_4x.jpg?compress=1&resize=400x300) ---
### 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 25, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6322 "2022-07-25T20:37:59Z")
Efforts to make artichokes actually taste okay went to extremes… ---
### 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 25, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6323 "2022-07-25T20:44:35Z")
This is why the public is never allowed to see what goes on inside GMO labs. ---
### 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 25, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6324 "2022-07-25T21:26:46Z")
“Oh, you’re biosynthesizing hops. I knew there must be some use for beer goggles besides on personal time.” ---
### 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 25, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6325 "2022-07-25T21:26:53Z")
Wilma Flintstone in the 25th Century ---
### 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 26, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6326 "2022-07-26T16:02:48Z")
I love how the bug-zapper takes on all comers. But don’t you think these backyard gas grills have gotten kind of over-engineered? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=315) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=317)