# 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:** 323
### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6447 "2022-08-15T14:53:41Z")
With a few modifications to a roomba, women soon discovered that men were completely dispensable.
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### Author:  [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6448 "2022-08-15T15:58:45Z")
“Wow, they come served on platters here!”
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6449 "2022-08-15T16:02:08Z")
Astronaut Jack was about to learn that the planet’s super-advanced race of snails had evolved shells designed to lure prey to them.
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### Author:  [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6450 "2022-08-15T16:10:36Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#):
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> Astronaut Jack was about to learn that the planet’s super-advanced race of snails had evolved shells designed to lure prey to them
This earns my vote! 😈
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### Author:  [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6451 "2022-08-16T13:50:14Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#):
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> Astronaut Jack was about to learn that the planet’s super-advanced race of snails had evolved shells designed to lure prey to them.
Yes, this takes the prize. It sounds like the plot of many a science-fiction story.
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6452 "2022-08-16T16:24:30Z")
Let’s take a stroll down a different branch of the pulp art trail.
[ ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/d6/b9/d7d6b92edede01bf4919f66dc39e2cd5.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6453 "2022-08-16T16:35:55Z")
“What’s a nice girl like you doing in a dirty thread like this?”
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### Author:  [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6454 "2022-08-16T17:40:24Z")
“Why are you sneering?”
“Well… why are _you_ sneering?”
“I dunno; cause… it looks cool and edgy? People in the movies do it a lot.”
“Yunno, that’s kinda’ stupid. We should just act normal.”
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6455 "2022-08-16T17:42:19Z")
Nobody could impress the ladies like George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6456 "2022-08-16T17:43:02Z")
“Eyes up here, Big Boy!”
“Yeah, but they’re not as fun to look at!”
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### Author:  [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6457 "2022-08-16T17:56:11Z")
Y’know, you remind me of an extraterrestrial snail I once met.
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6458 "2022-08-16T20:51:16Z")
“So tell me, doll, is that dress blue-and-black or white-and-gold?”
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6459 "2022-08-17T00:17:20Z")
“What’s a doll like you doing at the State Fair?”
“I was looking for the pigs and found you.”
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6460 "2022-08-17T00:19:41Z")
Bob didn’t think this gal was two bit floozy until she smacked him with that purse full of quarters.
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### Author:  [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6461 "2022-08-17T15:25:57Z")
He: “I’m so glad we stepped away from the rides for a breas — REST, I MEANT… FOR A REST!”
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6462 "2022-08-17T21:02:53Z")
Kudos to Quondam Mechanic’s shameless pandering to my last caption, Elmer J. Fudd’s historical callback to George Washington Ferris, Jr.; and needscoffee’s meme association. In this outstanding group, the snappy, noirish tone of @Knowed_Out stands out
> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> “What’s a doll like you doing at the State Fair?”
> “I was looking for the pigs and found you.”
Make your move while the city sleeps, @Knowed-Out
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6463 "2022-08-18T01:36:58Z")
Continuing with the pulp theme
[ ](https://www.illustrationhistory.org/images/made/images/uploads/Norman8_580_385_c1.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6464 "2022-08-18T01:39:43Z")
**I Married A Monster**
“I lifted the veil- and she had flesh on _both_ sides of her face!!”
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6465 "2022-08-18T01:43:08Z")
“Oh no! That’s not the miniature cake groom I had specially ordered!”
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6466 "2022-08-18T02:01:27Z")
“And if you ever ask me to do oral again, I’ll slap the other side of your face just as hard!”
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