# 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:** 387
**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 16, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7727 "2023-04-16T12:34:24Z")
Dammit I was going to say that. > [@knoodler](#): > > The final scene from _Cloverfield Owl_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7728 "2023-04-16T15:57:26Z")
Thanks **K\_O!** Well, Tax Day is upon us… [![](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/184941527/photo/male-chimpanzee-in-business-clothes.jpg?s=170667a&w=0&k=20&c=cYizl1glkL0CoO0dItAACkQrE70eKrV8SM6cPJZwae8=) ](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/184941527/photo/male-chimpanzee-in-business-clothes.jpg?s=170667a&w=0&k=20&c=cYizl1glkL0CoO0dItAACkQrE70eKrV8SM6cPJZwae8=) ---
**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, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7729 "2023-04-16T16:03:29Z")
You’ll go ape when you see how much you’ve saved! ---
**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 16, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7730 "2023-04-16T16:04:00Z")
Hey, if you want Shakespeare, you’re going to have to give me a little more time, pal. ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7731 "2023-04-17T04:51:23Z")
_That feeling you get when you just **know** that THIS time Dr. Zaius is going to approve your dissertation topic._ ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7732 "2023-04-17T04:57:51Z")
_The Office_ really jumped the shark with that episode where Jim sends a chimp to work in his stead just to mess with Dwight. ---
**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 17, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7733 "2023-04-17T10:41:49Z")
Welcome to the new Republic Party. ---
**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 17, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7734 "2023-04-17T10:48:39Z")
Uhhh, **Kent\_Clark** was the active contest master, not me. I was just saying you made the same caption for the owl picture I was going to make. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7735 "2023-04-17T14:12:24Z")
Oh, shit, I’m sorry. I failed to follow the conversation. Let’s go back @Kent_Clark for his choice of winner. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7736 "2023-04-17T15:09:54Z")
Tell you what, let’s not break the flow. Continue on from **Prof. Pepperwinkle’s** post and @knoodler, you go ahead and pick the winner. I’ll catch up. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7737 "2023-04-17T18:10:29Z")
This was the funniest! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > You’ll go ape when you see how much you’ve saved! And thanks to **Kent\_Clark** for being a sport! 👍 ---
**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 17, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7738 "2023-04-17T18:12:57Z")
Thank you much. On to… [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.IarmBOZMx7-vEVamnjiyagDSEs?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.IarmBOZMx7-vEVamnjiyagDSEs?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ---
**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 17, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7739 "2023-04-17T18:50:39Z")
Superman was able to conceal his identity for 70 years because no one could get past those dorky glasses. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7740 "2023-04-17T19:09:01Z")
"So… do I smile or – " ---
**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 17, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7741 "2023-04-17T19:19:58Z")
That moment when you realise you put your underpants on the outside. ---
**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 17, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7742 "2023-04-17T19:37:15Z")
Not in play. Hey! Self-portrait! ---
**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 17, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7743 "2023-04-17T21:21:08Z")
When someone asked Clark Kent “Hey Kent, those aren’t lenses they’re just flat glass; why do you wear fake glasses?” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7744 "2023-04-18T02:43:02Z")
“I hope no one heard that left cheek sneak.” ---
**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 18, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7745 "2023-04-18T04:15:50Z")
“I should have been more specific when I told the waiter I like my Indian food like I like my manner.” ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7746 "2023-04-18T15:57:42Z")
Good stuff! The winner is… > [@iamatractorboy](#): > > That moment when you realise you put your underpants on the outside. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=386) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=388)