# 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:** 372
**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 18, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7427 "2023-02-18T17:58:40Z")
Bad News: There are giant spiders roaming the earth capable of entombing in webs all they encounter for future consumption. Good News: Their webbing is made of yummy puff pastry. ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7428 "2023-02-18T19:03:17Z")
Although it’s considered decadent and cruel by today’s standards, traditional epicureans insist that there’s nothing so exquisite as the screams when you first bite in… ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7429 "2023-02-18T19:07:21Z")
_Night of the Living Croissants_ is just the latest failed attempt by the French film industry to break into the Horror genre. ---
**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 19, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7430 "2023-02-19T11:44:58Z")
Turns out the original model for croissants was swaddled babies. ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7431 "2023-02-19T12:53:46Z")
Love 'em but, but especially > [@Lumpy](#): > > Although it’s considered decadent and cruel by today’s standards, traditional epicureans insist that there’s nothing so exquisite as the screams when you first bite in… ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7432 "2023-02-19T14:49:00Z")
Thanks Prof! [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.SDLakPF8N8l-Vk4Rhbc6NQHaEK?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.SDLakPF8N8l-Vk4Rhbc6NQHaEK?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7433 "2023-02-19T15:40:30Z")
Where’s Wile E Coyote when you need him? ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7434 "2023-02-19T15:48:24Z")
Rock stacking is considered vandalism and is forbidden in National Parks. Enforcement in some situations may be…problematic. ---
**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 19, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7435 "2023-02-19T18:19:53Z")
Squirrels have been known to rock it to break open walnuts. ---
**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 19, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7436 "2023-02-19T18:29:34Z")
God’s nipple piercing ---
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7437 "2023-02-19T22:01:39Z")
Nature had been waiting a million years for someone to be dumb enough to stand under a rock so precariously balanced that a puff of wind could tip it. ---
**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 21, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7438 "2023-02-21T22:09:52Z")
Gonna’ go with: > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Squirrels have been known to rock it to break open walnuts. ---
**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 21, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7439 "2023-02-21T22:22:32Z")
Wow! Thanks. Next… It’s Mardi Gras! [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.EreSU2EUOhRzbBx8jOL-IwHaHa?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.EreSU2EUOhRzbBx8jOL-IwHaHa?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ---
**Author:** ![up2eleven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/up2eleven/32/13432_2.png) [@up2eleven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up2eleven)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7440 "2023-02-21T22:34:29Z")
“Look, I’m a cat. I can’t help but show you my tits.” ---
**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 21, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7441 "2023-02-21T22:49:07Z")
Somebody wanted a Mardi Gras Gato? ---
**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 22, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7442 "2023-02-22T11:32:07Z")
Sometimes you have to go through elaborate means to get a cat to take its medicine. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7443 "2023-02-22T15:58:07Z")
When you fall asleep human… I will exact my revenge. ---
**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 22, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7444 "2023-02-22T16:05:49Z")
Cat Tuesday. ---
**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 22, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7445 "2023-02-22T17:52:27Z")
And the winner is… > [@up2eleven](#): > > “Look, I’m a cat. I can’t help but show you my tits.” You’re up, **up!** ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7446 "2023-02-25T02:47:39Z")
Okay, since there’s been no response from **up** : > [@knoodler](#): > > When you fall asleep human… I will exact my revenge. Have a go, **knoodler**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=371) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=373)