# 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:** 326
### Author:  [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6507 "2022-08-30T13:07:58Z")
I think if we go fast enough we’ll make it.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6508 "2022-08-30T13:54:53Z")
He thought it meant net height, not gross.
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6509 "2022-08-30T15:08:50Z")
Physics be damned. I got a delivery to make!
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6510 "2022-08-30T15:17:09Z")
Free sunroof installation courtesy of Union Pacific RR.
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### Author:  [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6511 "2022-08-30T18:28:48Z")
“If you are taller than this sign you cannot go on this ride.”
“Wait a minnit, didn’t the guy at the rental place say we’d have enough clearance if we were on the left side of the road.”
“No you idiot, he said we **wouldn’t** have enough clearance and we’d **be left** sitting on the side of the road.”
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6512 "2022-08-30T22:23:10Z")
And Penske takes the lead over U-Haul in rental truck convenience with its new E-Z Open lid.
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### Author:  [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6513 "2022-08-31T02:52:11Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#):
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> “If you are taller than this sign you cannot go on this ride.”
Truer words were never spoken. You’re up next.
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### Author:  [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6514 "2022-08-31T13:03:38Z")
Thank you. Let’s celebrate “The kids go back to school” week:
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/XvXt3D3.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6515 "2022-08-31T15:05:28Z")
Hey! I know this one! We studied invertables in calculus!
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6516 "2022-08-31T15:52:23Z")
This new design allows the bus to roll safely under an overpass.
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### Author:  [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6517 "2022-08-31T16:20:29Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#):
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> This new design allows the bus to roll safely under an overpass.
Ninja’d! 🤬 😁
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6518 "2022-08-31T16:47:41Z")
Five little school buses in a bed,
They all rolled over and one fell out
And the little one said,
Roll over, roll over.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6519 "2022-08-31T16:48:23Z")
This one’s for those really long trips that cross the equator, where everything’s upside down.
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6520 "2022-08-31T17:31:05Z")
As if riding the short bus wasn’t already embarrassing…
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6521 "2022-09-01T02:29:12Z")
“That’s nice, but couldn’t you have built a guard rail for a lot less?”
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6522 "2022-09-01T03:22:39Z")
“The kids get so excited at school that they were bouncing off the ceiling. So, for safety’s sake, we require that they have seats when they do.”
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### Author:  [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6523 "2022-09-01T15:00:29Z")
For the runner-up
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> This one’s for those really long trips that cross the equator, where everything’s upside down.
One wonders if the windshield washers squirt counterclockwise.
But - This one has that certain something:
> [@Spoons](#):
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> “The kids get so excited at school that they were bouncing off the ceiling. So, for safety’s sake, we require that they have seats when they do.”
Take it away Spoons.
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6524 "2022-09-01T19:39:06Z")
Thank you! Let’s stay with the vehicle aspect for a bit, and see what you folks can do with this:
[ ](https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?attachments/weird-car-jpg.119955/)
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### Author:  [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6525 "2022-09-01T19:46:31Z")
The new Buick HyperFlex 3000. The only truck that can park in those pesky “Compact Only” spaces!
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### Author:  [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6526 "2022-09-01T19:57:25Z")
Oscar Meyer’s attempt to penetrate the European market was an utter failure. The
Bratwurstwagen just couldn’t compare to the Weinermobile.
It’s SO embarrassing when the truck tries to scratch that itch on whatever’s handy.
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