# 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:** 336
**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:** [October 10, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6707 "2022-10-10T22:38:29Z")
Okay, I realize now the picture didn’t really leave much room for variation. I did get a chuckle out of > [@JoseB](#): > > That moment when you look at your mom and realize you are going to be in deep shit… Honorable mention to @Elmer_J.Fudd, although that would have been too nepotistic. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6708 "2022-10-11T04:47:59Z")
Thanks, **Lumpy**! And now, let’s see what the collective intellect of those present can make out of this 🙂 [![](https://hushkit.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/nasa_ad-1_in_flight.jpg?w=1024) ](https://hushkit.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/nasa_ad-1_in_flight.jpg?w=1024) ---
**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:** [October 11, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6709 "2022-10-11T13:20:51Z")
Do NOT use hot-melt glue to attach wings. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6710 "2022-10-11T15:44:18Z")
MEMO: TO:X-PLANE GROUND CREW FROM: NASA Add “Verify wingspan and hangar door width” to aircraft prep checklist. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6711 "2022-10-11T16:05:45Z")
Get 3 of these in a row and you win! ---
**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:** [October 11, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6712 "2022-10-11T17:07:55Z")
In a spectacular oversight failure, it wasn’t until a billion dollars had been spent on the prototype that it was discovered the blueprints had been mirror-imaged and the wings were supposed to have been slanted the other way. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6713 "2022-10-11T18:06:27Z")
In Bizarro World, Wonder Woman is invisible, instead of her jet. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6714 "2022-10-11T20:22:09Z")
It came as quite a shock to aeronautical engineers when they discovered they had been putting wings on the wrong way for 119 years. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6715 "2022-10-11T20:23:02Z")
21st Century Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6716 "2022-10-12T13:32:11Z")
The pilots never quite caught on to the idea of the pivoting wing, and kept trying to fly the craft sideways. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6717 "2022-10-13T00:56:17Z")
In the post-crash investigation, the wing crew _insisted_ they had oriented their component correctly. It was the idiots in the fuselage department who screwed up. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6718 "2022-10-14T17:59:41Z")
Hi there! Well, here goes. The winner is…… **Kent\_Clark** , with this glorious entry that really made me laugh hard: > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > MEMO: > TO:X-PLANE GROUND CREW > FROM: NASA > Add “Verify wingspan and hangar door width” to aircraft prep checklist. Honorable mention goes to **Oly** , with this one: > [@Oly](#): > > In the post-crash investigation, the wing crew _insisted_ they had oriented their component correctly. It was the idiots in the fuselage department who screwed up. Take it away, **Kent\_Clark**! ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6719 "2022-10-14T18:37:59Z")
Roger Wilco. Continuing the aeronautical theme [![](https://www.loungeking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Monkey-flying-and-controlling-a-drone.jpg) ](https://www.loungeking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Monkey-flying-and-controlling-a-drone.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6720 "2022-10-14T18:43:39Z")
Caesar, before we start the rebellion, we need to gather intel. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6721 "2022-10-14T18:56:17Z")
Once again, another chance to get off the island was ruined; this time thanks to Gilligan’s “friends”. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6722 "2022-10-14T18:59:21Z")
There’s somebody that I’m longing to see I hope that he turns out to be Simian to watch over me! ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6723 "2022-10-14T19:01:19Z")
Gorilla warfare takes to the skies ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6724 "2022-10-14T23:26:32Z")
This is the best way to observe the fascinating stalker behavior of the species _homo janus nosibody goodallus_. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6725 "2022-10-15T01:52:46Z")
“Tarz is calling.” “Ignore him. Jane probably stepped in quicksand again.” ---
**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:** [October 16, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6726 "2022-10-16T00:13:49Z")
As much as I love a good _Gilligan’s Island_ or Tarzan reference, I also love a good _Planet of the Apes_ reference. > [@furryman](#): > > Caesar, before we start the rebellion, we need to gather intel. @furryman it’s all yours! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=335) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=337)