# 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:** 376
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7507 "2023-03-07T04:33:22Z")
McDonald’s All Arayan Games were the worst marketing disaster until New Coke came along. ---
**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 7, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7508 "2023-03-07T13:29:56Z")
Don’t be schtupid, be a schmarty, Come and join the Nazi party. ---
**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 7, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7509 "2023-03-07T13:30:18Z")
Young man, there’s no need to feel down… ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7510 "2023-03-07T16:12:14Z")
The Josef Mengele Select Invitational is seeking a venue not run by undesirables. ---
**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 7, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7511 "2023-03-07T17:05:57Z")
[not in play] [Can the swastika be redeemed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-swastika-be-redeemed/369674) ---
**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 8, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7512 "2023-03-08T14:36:22Z")
The winner > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > It really was a good idea to cancel the 1940 Olympics. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7513 "2023-03-08T15:45:41Z")
Let’s lighten things up with some happy Germans [![](https://ttn-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/26080047/FrankfordHallOktoberfest_AE_9-29_PatrickClark_08.jpg) ](https://ttn-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/26080047/FrankfordHallOktoberfest_AE_9-29_PatrickClark_08.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:** [March 8, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7514 "2023-03-08T15:48:27Z")
“I know you said you’re Austrian but are you sure you don’t have a little German in you? Would you like to?” ---
**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 8, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7515 "2023-03-08T17:15:07Z")
Happy Marchtoberfest! Half-Pints drink free! ---
**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 8, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7516 "2023-03-08T22:06:23Z")
Keep your Hans to yourself. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7517 "2023-03-09T01:19:45Z")
_Searches crowd for Clark Griswold_ ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7518 "2023-03-10T01:30:38Z")
@Knowed_Out wins the best bad pun award for keeping it mercifully short. Take it away. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Keep your Hans to yourself. ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7519 "2023-03-10T01:57:28Z")
Owl be waiting for you. [![](https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2015TheDarkness_Press_230315.jpg) ](https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2015TheDarkness_Press_230315.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:** [March 10, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7520 "2023-03-10T03:54:55Z")
I’m not sure if they sing or play music, but the one in the middle looks like he can catch mice. ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7521 "2023-03-10T03:57:57Z")
When you named the bird Yoko, the writing was on the wall. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7522 "2023-03-10T04:44:09Z")
Kid Peregrine’s band of peculiar rockers, featuring Owl Write the Songs ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7523 "2023-03-10T05:36:27Z")
Some Queen cover bands were less successful than others. ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7524 "2023-03-10T05:38:15Z")
[English accent] “That’s some bird! And the owl is pretty good too!” [/English accent] ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7525 "2023-03-10T13:39:37Z")
The owl may look extraneous, but it earns its pay when the band covers _Who Are You_. ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7526 "2023-03-10T15:22:17Z")
The next version of **The Fantastic Four!** Left-to-right: Ben, Reed, Fantasti-Owl, Sue and Johnny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=375) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=377)