# 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:** 395
**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 8, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7887 "2023-05-08T14:02:10Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > WHY does the board sometimes refuse to generate an image from a valid link?? The original link was to an html page. It needs to be a direct link to an image file (.jpg). If you right click on the image and select “Open image in new tab” you can C&P the file name from that page. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7888 "2023-05-08T14:02:48Z")
I’m not sure if I am just doing it wrong (there is a distinct possibility!), it seems to load the link on but when I try to post, it tells me it is unable to embed an image, or something like that. I’m on an Android phone, if that makes much difference. ---
**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 8, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7889 "2023-05-08T14:04:10Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I’m on an Android phone Just hold your finger down on the image to get the “open in new tab” option. ---
**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 8, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7890 "2023-05-08T14:08:47Z")
(Back in play) Teddy soon found that sleeping with the boss did nothing to advance his career in the floundering paperclip industry. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7891 "2023-05-08T14:10:49Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > [@Lumpy](#): > > > > WHY does the board sometimes refuse to generate an image from a valid link?? > > The original link was to an html page. It needs to be a direct link to an image file (.jpg). If you right click on the image and select “Open image in new tab” you can C&P the file name from that page. I _DID_ that. Open image in new tab opened the image, whose address simply is an html page. ---
**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 8, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7892 "2023-05-08T14:14:53Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I _DID_ that. Open image in new tab opened the image, whose address simply is an html page. Some sites like tumblr, twitter, and Pinterest will do that. The address has to have an image extension like jpg or gif to work here. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7893 "2023-05-08T14:16:34Z")
Thanks, I will try that 😀 ---
**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 8, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7894 "2023-05-08T17:03:28Z")
“Work From Home” takes new meaning for the evicted. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7895 "2023-05-08T21:16:45Z")
At DayQuil, they take their work seriously. ---
**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 9, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7896 "2023-05-09T14:38:17Z")
…but he never woke up. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7897 "2023-05-09T15:55:31Z")
Elmer takes this round! Over to you, 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:** [May 9, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7898 "2023-05-09T19:30:31Z")
Thanks! [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71EpnedvoCL._AC_SL1500_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71EpnedvoCL._AC_SL1500_.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7899 "2023-05-09T19:55:23Z")
Even he himself found the stench intolerable. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7900 "2023-05-09T20:07:53Z")
In space, no one can hear you fart. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7901 "2023-05-09T20:09:10Z")
🎶Oh, the Intergalatic Laxative will get you from here to Mars. 🎶 ---
**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 10, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7902 "2023-05-10T10:33:24Z")
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galaxy spacecraft gets a bad Yelp review for clanky toilets. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7903 "2023-05-10T13:50:56Z")
The true source of dilithium crystals. ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7904 "2023-05-10T21:21:40Z")
The winner: > [@Oly](#): > > The true source of dilithium crystals. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7905 "2023-05-11T04:21:26Z")
They are made so. Looking forward, or perhaps sideways, to Mother’s Day! [![](https://media.guestofaguest.com/t_article_content/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The_21_Worst_Pictures_for_Mother_s_Day.jpg) ](https://media.guestofaguest.com/t_article_content/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The_21_Worst_Pictures_for_Mother_s_Day.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:** [May 11, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/7906 "2023-05-11T13:38:38Z")
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