# 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:** 344
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6867 "2022-11-12T21:05:26Z")
There was a time when young Paul Simon wasn’t so uptight. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6868 "2022-11-12T21:27:39Z")
Strange, it came through in my email, but not in the thread itself. [![](https://i.imgur.com/removed.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/removed.png) ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6869 "2022-11-12T22:05:03Z")
I see all three images in Chrome. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6870 "2022-11-12T22:39:41Z")
_Sophie’s Choice_ meets the Presidential turkey pardon. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6871 "2022-11-12T23:22:50Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I see all three images in Chrome Maybe it’s that I’m surfing on my phone… ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6872 "2022-11-13T11:52:49Z")
And our winner… > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > There was a time when young Paul Simon wasn’t so uptight. Carry on , 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:** [November 13, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6873 "2022-11-13T14:34:09Z")
Whew! I wasn’t sure anyone would get the reference. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZW1Sf8w1K-c/hqdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZW1Sf8w1K-c/hqdefault.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6874 "2022-11-13T15:28:16Z")
They always bring up the dinner where Uncle Quince got drunk and tried to ride the turkey. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6875 "2022-11-13T15:39:15Z")
Thus, the reason why Thanksgiving dinners are never left unattended. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6876 "2022-11-13T16:51:08Z")
In older times people celebrated Hallowthanks. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6877 "2022-11-13T18:46:27Z")
In Soviet Thanksgiving, dinner eats you! ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6878 "2022-11-13T20:25:58Z")
This is how you stop a poultrygeist ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6879 "2022-11-14T16:22:29Z")
The winner: > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > This is how you stop a poultrygeist I was so disappointed when I found out this wasn’t the plot to _The Ghost and Mr. Chicken_. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6880 "2022-11-14T20:19:13Z")
Thank you, Mr. Fudd (esq.) How about this one: [![](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article679041.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/Bad%20Postcards) ](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article679041.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/Bad%20Postcards) ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6881 "2022-11-14T20:27:35Z")
There is a legend, passed down from comic to comic, about a joke so filthy it features parrots _and_ a farmer’s daughter. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6882 "2022-11-14T21:24:40Z")
The new birdseed produced a real bumper crop of parrots this year! ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6883 "2022-11-14T22:38:38Z")
Everybody knows about Nancy… she has the biggest parakeets in town! ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6884 "2022-11-14T23:51:48Z")
Joe’s sister Polly Exotic; the Parrot Queen. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6885 "2022-11-15T00:32:38Z")
Oh, sure, like us blue parrots are gonna get a fair shake from that redheaded human! ---
**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:** [November 15, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6886 "2022-11-15T01:29:30Z")
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