# 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:** 392
**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 29, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7827 "2023-04-29T18:38:57Z")
Danke, Spoons! Here we go… [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.uvsUKz0sJBfN_wDqKFiPhgHaLK?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.uvsUKz0sJBfN_wDqKFiPhgHaLK?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 29, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7828 "2023-04-29T20:52:38Z")
I saw what you did last century. ---
**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 29, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7829 "2023-04-29T20:54:34Z")
“Help! I’ve fallen and nobody heard it.” ---
**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 29, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7830 "2023-04-29T21:10:01Z")
The Wicker Man was a stoner! ---
**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 29, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7831 "2023-04-29T21:11:58Z")
“_It’s not such a bad life,_ thought the tree. _Sun. Fresh air. Time to think. Bees, too, in the spring_”. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7832 "2023-04-30T04:29:00Z")
Ooh, I _like_ this new dryad! ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7833 "2023-04-30T05:03:43Z")
I remember the day I sold my soul to Sid & Marty Krofft. ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7834 "2023-04-30T12:22:42Z")
Lots of nice ones, there, but Elmer comes through again: > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I remember the day I sold my soul to Sid & Marty Krofft. ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7835 "2023-04-30T15:03:49Z")
What’s going on here? [![](https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Hilkert_Ten_Story-preview.jpg) ](https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Hilkert_Ten_Story-preview.jpg) ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7836 "2023-04-30T15:33:55Z")
Michelin Man, Private Detective ---
**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 30, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7837 "2023-04-30T16:00:23Z")
“June, keep filling out that invoice! That’s two — no, make that three recaps, size 185/80R13 at twenty-five dollars, not installed!” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7838 "2023-04-30T17:27:50Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > “Help! I’ve fallen and nobody heard it.” This made me laugh. In play: “Don’t argue with me, honey, I’m too tired.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7839 "2023-04-30T17:33:32Z")
(Not in play) Those lurid pulp covers of the 30s, 40s, and 50s are unparalleled in their graphic depictions. ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7840 "2023-04-30T17:50:54Z")
Combatting the black market trade in rationed items in WW2 was a dangerous task. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7841 "2023-05-01T10:45:53Z")
“Quit keeping score, woman! This isn’t bowling!” ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7842 "2023-05-01T13:48:44Z")
Calling it a little early ‘cause I’ll be AFK for awhile and this one had me spitting coffee…. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Quit keeping score, woman! This isn’t bowling! ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7843 "2023-05-01T18:40:39Z")
Okiedokie. [![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/img/photo/2019/06/weird-wonderful-archival-photos/w02_613464368/main_1500.jpg) ](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/img/photo/2019/06/weird-wonderful-archival-photos/w02_613464368/main_1500.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:** [May 1, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7844 "2023-05-01T19:37:58Z")
“Wait! Don’t get on the ship! It’s a cookbook…for human S’mores!!!” ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7845 "2023-05-01T20:32:04Z")
Virtual Reality Tours: This Week - a walk through the volcanoes of Mars ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7846 "2023-05-01T21:08:03Z")
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