# 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:** 386
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7707 "2023-04-13T13:07:46Z")
“_This_ is why we can’t have a volleyball net.” ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7708 "2023-04-13T13:29:20Z")
The planes in Spain fly mainly over the, er, beach. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7709 "2023-04-13T14:29:08Z")
_Der Flying Dutchman_, 21st Century style: the plane can only land once every 100 years… ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7710 "2023-04-13T15:49:46Z")
“Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to make an unscheduled landing. Thank you for flying Royal Ditch Airlines!” ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7711 "2023-04-13T15:52:44Z")
Ignore “No Parking” signs at your own peril. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7712 "2023-04-13T17:06:13Z")
“And for those of you whose final destination is here, you’ll find your luggage on the beach.” ---
**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:** [April 14, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7713 "2023-04-14T16:17:14Z")
Okay these were all good; but being the exile from the past that I am, one made me LOL: > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > “Boss! De plane! De plane!” Take it away Prof! ---
**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:** [April 14, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7714 "2023-04-14T17:36:18Z")
Thanks again! This should be simple. [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.odOuNsIgRjmq87c6nmM2TAHaEK?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.odOuNsIgRjmq87c6nmM2TAHaEK?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:** [April 14, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7715 "2023-04-14T17:53:29Z")
Some men just want to watch the world burn. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7716 "2023-04-14T19:05:22Z")
When you find out your research grant was not approved. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7717 "2023-04-14T20:23:20Z")
The last words he heard were Dr. Bunsen Honeydew cheerfully suggesting “Let’s see what this does.” ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7718 "2023-04-15T01:13:21Z")
The only Muppet who knows their world is entirely controlled by hippie puppet masters and his speech impediment makes it impossible to tell anyone. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7719 "2023-04-15T03:04:33Z")
I am felt and I must scream ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7720 "2023-04-15T11:04:50Z")
Ah, a classic literary allusion. Well done. > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > I am felt and I must scream ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7721 "2023-04-15T19:41:16Z")
Try this. [![](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/0a04faf84d8821131420ecd200023209eae5c31b/c=0-139-1856-1188/local/-/media/2016/04/16/JacksonMS/JacksonMS/635964047679518237-screamblog.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp) ](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/0a04faf84d8821131420ecd200023209eae5c31b/c=0-139-1856-1188/local/-/media/2016/04/16/JacksonMS/JacksonMS/635964047679518237-screamblog.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp) ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7722 "2023-04-15T20:29:36Z")
Owl righty then! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7723 "2023-04-15T23:56:53Z")
The final scene from _Cloverfield Owl_ ---
**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:** [April 16, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7724 "2023-04-16T02:52:21Z")
You’re gonna need a bigger rodent. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7725 "2023-04-16T06:16:09Z")
_Mrs. Gingrich was so upset about not getting enough attention at CPAC 2023 that she started photobombing every time she saw someone aiming a camera._ ---
**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:** [April 16, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7726 "2023-04-16T12:05:12Z")
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