# 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:** 358
**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:** [December 26, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7147 "2022-12-26T21:25:13Z")
Bad habits. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7148 "2022-12-26T21:28:21Z")
Their convent isn’t named Our Lady of Perpetual Intoxication for nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7149 "2022-12-26T21:45:21Z")
Saint Pauli’s girls. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7150 "2022-12-26T22:17:08Z")
_You can’t see it because of the veils, but we’re letting our hair down._ ---
**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:** [December 29, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7151 "2022-12-29T17:18:48Z")
Sorry, got caught up in the holidays and forgot. **Lots** of great captions, particularly Knowed Out’s and Elmer’s but the winner for its blinding simplicity is: > [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#): > > Bad habits. Take it away, QM! ---
**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:** [December 29, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7152 "2022-12-29T17:48:33Z")
Well, once again the Perfesser gave us a better picture than I can find, but this isn’t too bad. Have at it! [![](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/funny-wtf-picture-unrelated-80.jpg) ](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/funny-wtf-picture-unrelated-80.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 29, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7153 "2022-12-29T18:56:27Z")
Every day wasn’t just brainwashing and gruel for Patty Hearst. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7154 "2022-12-29T19:48:12Z")
Her gun-themed restaurant having gone bust, Lauren Boebert decided to try her hand at customized hot tubs for Capitalist-minded mothers. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7155 "2022-12-30T03:41:40Z")
Don’t forget: Breast Cancer Awareness month ---
**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:** [December 30, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7156 "2022-12-30T22:58:31Z")
Boy, less than a flood of responses, huh? I seem to have an anti-knack for picking these pics. In any event, let me pass the baton to **Knowed\_Out** for the sake of the political reference. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7157 "2022-12-31T02:29:01Z")
Occasionally an entry leaves me flabbergasted where I simply can’t come up with a worthy response. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7158 "2022-12-31T03:20:20Z")
Thanks QM. Turns out Weird New Year gets some good results. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/16/16/661616cc8b04942b141759b474030b16.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/16/16/661616cc8b04942b141759b474030b16.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 31, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7159 "2022-12-31T03:21:00Z")
Amen to that, **Lumpy**.(Now back to our game, already in progress.) ---
**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:** [December 31, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7160 "2022-12-31T03:37:03Z")
Yeah. That’s pretty much my experience on mushrooms, too. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7161 "2022-12-31T03:39:26Z")
I’m not sure what the story is here, but I’m sure it has a morel to it. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7162 "2022-12-31T12:40:07Z")
The pig knows that gnome is one fun guy. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7163 "2022-12-31T23:22:06Z")
“… A pig that talented, you don’t want to eat him right away!” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7164 "2023-01-01T01:12:04Z")
… As we pig-step into the new year. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7165 "2023-01-01T03:29:19Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I’m not sure what the story is here, but I’m sure it has a morel to it. This wins because I had to look up “morel” to get the joke. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7166 "2023-01-01T05:40:25Z")
Thanks! Okay, as I post this, it’s New Year’s Eve, so let’s … party? [![](https://1gallery.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/monster-party.jpg) ](https://1gallery.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/monster-party.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=357) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=359)