# 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:** 370
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7387 "2023-02-11T18:57:03Z")
An amazing simulation of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in the 1950’s, canned. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7388 "2023-02-12T03:13:11Z")
I got a laugh out of all of these. I’m going to go with > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Photo spread for Quonset Fancy Quarterly, Fall 1973. You’re up, @Elmer_J.Fudd! ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7389 "2023-02-12T15:42:19Z")
Thanks! [![](https://miro.medium.com/max/1200/1*VqYcWZzRRuRYGkEvt3S8uQ.png) ](https://miro.medium.com/max/1200/1*VqYcWZzRRuRYGkEvt3S8uQ.png) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7390 "2023-02-12T16:58:10Z")
The Great McGregor’s Farm Heist - The Planning ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7391 "2023-02-12T20:20:35Z")
Barnyard’s 11 ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7392 "2023-02-13T11:48:36Z")
He declassified us by using brain waves. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7393 "2023-02-13T14:28:09Z")
_Animal Farm_ meets _The Island of Dr Moreau_ ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7394 "2023-02-13T17:52:03Z")
4G good, 5G better. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7395 "2023-02-13T22:12:48Z")
“I’m not playing with this Pig any more.” “Listen, Bitch, …” ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7396 "2023-02-13T22:34:10Z")
The winner! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The Great McGregor’s Farm Heist - The Planning ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7397 "2023-02-13T23:16:54Z")
Woof! How 'bout… [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Baobab_Tree_...With_a_message_(33084560572).jpg/1024px-Baobab_Tree_...With_a_message_(33084560572).jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Baobab_Tree_...With_a_message_(33084560572).jpg/1024px-Baobab_Tree_...With_a_message_(33084560572).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:** [February 13, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7398 "2023-02-13T23:25:32Z")
Yeah. I remember the first iteration of the Straight Dope Message Board, too. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7399 "2023-02-14T03:14:44Z")
Baobab and the Technicolor Dreambark ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7400 "2023-02-14T11:44:20Z")
Has anybody noticed the Happy Tree is dead? ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7401 "2023-02-14T15:54:56Z")
As if they weren’t hazardous enough already, the new mutated triffids sported colorful camouflage to lull their victims into complacency. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7402 "2023-02-14T16:03:23Z")
These are all really great! I couldn’t pick, so I read 'em to my family. They laughed at all of them, but they voted and it’s… > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Has anybody noticed the Happy Tree is dead? ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7403 "2023-02-14T19:30:59Z")
Thanks Prof. Let’s see if I can find something suitable. [![](https://wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li/resize/728x/jpeg/43e/eef/a5a38f5b58bab9ce4e77c62678.jpeg) ](https://wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li/resize/728x/jpeg/43e/eef/a5a38f5b58bab9ce4e77c62678.jpeg) ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7404 "2023-02-14T19:33:43Z")
“Mary Poppins’ Knickers” is one of the more controversial pieces of public art in Hyde Park. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7405 "2023-02-14T19:47:07Z")
Third place runner-up in the “Most Humped Statues” contest. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7406 "2023-02-14T20:47:26Z")
Newt Scamander can’t seem to find that other gryphon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=369) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=371)