# 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:** 348
**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 24, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6947 "2022-11-24T12:46:29Z")
_Three little maids from school are we_ _Pert as a school-girl well can be_ _Filled to the brim with girlish glee_ _Three little maids from school!_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6948 "2022-11-24T17:52:24Z")
Nigel knew he was different. The other turkeys always stared at him. ---
**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 24, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6949 "2022-11-24T17:54:32Z")
The meerkats made a tragic miscalculation in disguising themselves to avoid predators. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6950 "2022-11-24T22:34:32Z")
"To be honest,” said Perseus, “this is not how I had pictured the three Graeae in my mind…” ---
**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:** [November 24, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6951 "2022-11-24T22:40:41Z")
Introducing Cluck, Chuck and WTF?! ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6952 "2022-11-24T23:26:27Z")
You guys are hilarious! I really had trouble picking one, but I did… Lumpy gets the win with > [@Lumpy](#): > > " Are you hungry, my darling? All right. You take the baron. You take the bald one. And for you, my sweet… the little girl because you’re my favorite. All right! Dinner is served!" ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6953 "2022-11-25T00:20:49Z")
[![](https://i.redd.it/94r7brqh5uzz.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/94r7brqh5uzz.jpg) ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6954 "2022-11-25T00:25:00Z")
Alfred the Great fixes Thanksgiving dinner. ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6955 "2022-11-25T02:32:05Z")
Let’s see. 13 minutes a pound at 375 degrees. I need to serve the turkey in 45 minutes. Yup, 800 degrees should do it. ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6956 "2022-11-25T02:52:02Z")
I’ve heard of racial quotas, but this is ridiculous! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6957 "2022-11-25T07:41:35Z")
“At Smith-Barney, we cook our birds the old-fashioned way: We burn it.” ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6958 "2022-11-25T08:10:10Z")
“So once again, you forgot about the bird because the Vikings were winning.” ---
**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:** [November 25, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6959 "2022-11-25T16:24:01Z")
Darth Vader was **NOT AMUSED** when he saw what the cook had done to the turkey dinner. ---
**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 25, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6960 "2022-11-25T17:39:50Z")
Our offering to Cthulhu has been accepted! ---
**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 25, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6961 "2022-11-25T19:29:55Z")
Despite his protests that his “Jive Turkey” costume for Halloween, 1973 wasn’t raciest, Chicken Little has been canceled. ---
**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 25, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6962 "2022-11-25T21:46:15Z")
My own entry would have been “dammit, the meat thermometer **still** doesn’t say 180°!” Silver medal goes to > [@](#): > > Darth Vader was **NOT AMUSED** when he saw what the cook had done to the turkey dinner. But the gold goes to: > [@Spoons](#): > > “So once again, you forgot about the bird because the Vikings were winning.” -because who wouldn’t forget all about the oven if the Vikings were actually winning? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6963 "2022-11-26T00:21:26Z")
Thanks! Well, if yesterday was Thanksgiving, that means today is Black Friday, and some shoppers go a little crazy. Let’s see what you can do with this: [![](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/191129115433-002-black-friday-2019.jpg) ](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/191129115433-002-black-friday-2019.jpg) ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6964 "2022-11-26T02:15:45Z")
“Imma PARALYZE you if you break ahead of me in line! I brought the wheelchair for it!” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6965 "2022-11-26T22:55:06Z")
“This is my cart. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My cart is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.” ---
**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 26, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/6966 "2022-11-26T23:27:04Z")
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