# 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:** 374
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7467 "2023-02-28T15:38:47Z")
Right about now, Frodo is wishing he’d taken a different path through Moria. ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7468 "2023-02-28T16:01:44Z")
Chairs courtesy of the Estate of Sir Walter Raleigh ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7469 "2023-03-01T15:31:22Z")
“Chairs Across America” failed to reach its goal in raising awareness of drought-stricken regions. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7470 "2023-03-01T15:44:53Z")
The winner, > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Musical Chairs Tournament To Proceed, Rain or Shine! ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7471 "2023-03-01T21:58:38Z")
I really don’t know what this means, if anything… [![](https://cdn2.atlantamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/04/0421_gnarlesb02_oneuseonly.jpg) ](https://cdn2.atlantamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/04/0421_gnarlesb02_oneuseonly.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7472 "2023-03-01T22:05:26Z")
It’s a, nice day for a, woke wedding. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7473 "2023-03-01T22:11:52Z")
“He’s a black man in a white wedding dress. He’s a white man in a black tuxedo. Together … they’re detectives!” ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7474 "2023-03-01T22:14:21Z")
I didn’t even know Cigar Aficionado had a wedding registry. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7475 "2023-03-01T23:00:09Z")
Sometimes prison romances _do_ work out. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7476 "2023-03-02T00:43:22Z")
Vans slip-ons for a wedding? Really? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7477 "2023-03-02T04:43:56Z")
Two band members from Parliament Funkadelic on a break. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7478 "2023-03-02T16:57:30Z")
Hannibal’s latest plan involved B.A. and Face going in disguise. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7479 "2023-03-02T21:05:23Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Vans slip-ons for a wedding? Really? You shot da wabbit, 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:** [March 2, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7480 "2023-03-02T21:38:06Z")
Have we done this one, yet? [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/75/dd/c0/75ddc0c2c69b33b4a3418be8eefdaec2.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/75/dd/c0/75ddc0c2c69b33b4a3418be8eefdaec2.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:** [March 2, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7481 "2023-03-02T21:48:48Z")
“Greetings, fellow human beings!” ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7482 "2023-03-03T00:18:19Z")
The only surviving photo of a Bigfoot/Clown hybrid. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7483 "2023-03-03T03:12:30Z")
Currently up for bid: The first known photograph of someone throwing his hat into the ring. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7484 "2023-03-03T05:56:40Z")
Pablo Fanques’ Fair had the most unusual attractions in its freak show. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7485 "2023-03-03T14:41:59Z")
Lon Chaney, Sr.'s early days ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7486 "2023-03-03T16:32:45Z")
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