# 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:** 406
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8107 "2023-07-04T19:34:48Z")
Not a very convincing Earthling disguise, um – what did you say we should call you? “Felix?” ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8108 "2023-07-04T20:42:05Z")
“Come closer, Fido. Closer…closer” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8109 "2023-07-04T21:34:55Z")
♫ Green-eyed kitty, ocean kitty Soothing every wave that comes ♪ ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8110 "2023-07-06T00:30:32Z")
Streaky the supercat after exposure to Kryptonite. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8111 "2023-07-10T02:49:35Z")
Yo, **furryman**! OK, I get it, you’ve had other stuff to do, and God knows almost anything is more important than this. But the contest is stalled out. As the poster of the last picture, you need to pick a winning entry 24 hours after the last post. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8112 "2023-07-12T01:10:47Z")
Maybe someone could just post a photo, and someday @furryman will come back and end the suspense… ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8113 "2023-07-12T02:09:56Z")
We could each submit an image and pick one by acclaim. I’ll start with: [![](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b6/a0/2f/b6a02f28fa91d18a3f0e624737a2f6f5.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b6/a0/2f/b6a02f28fa91d18a3f0e624737a2f6f5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8114 "2023-07-12T02:21:42Z")
That’s a nice one. Let’s go with that (and get this show on the road! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8115 "2023-07-12T02:28:13Z")
Works for me. “Jimmy, I don’t care if the blarg followed you home. Take it back to where you found it right now!” ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8116 "2023-07-12T02:34:36Z")
And no house of the future will be complete without the family’s own cloned pet dinosaur. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8117 "2023-07-12T02:43:14Z")
“The last time I let a lizard in this home I had you nine months later.” ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8118 "2023-07-12T02:46:59Z")
Ineligible since I posted the image but I wanted to give the caption: “Mom? I feel funny when you wear that”. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8119 "2023-07-12T04:06:53Z")
“Sorry, kid, but you must be this tall to enter.” ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8120 "2023-07-12T12:47:43Z")
But Mom, the man across the street said you always let _his_ snake come inside. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8121 "2023-07-13T01:31:07Z")
Similar to @Elmer_J.Fudd’s, only I like this one better > [@Oly](#): > > But Mom, the man across the street said you always let _his_ snake come inside. Oly’s up to bat! ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8122 "2023-07-13T13:00:03Z")
Thanks. Drawing from the same well of motifs, you may proceed, Earthlings. [![](https://res.cloudinary.com/jerrick/image/upload/d_642250b563292b35f27461a7.png,f_jpg,q_auto,w_720/b44l8vcts8na1enzbsby.jpg) ](https://res.cloudinary.com/jerrick/image/upload/d_642250b563292b35f27461a7.png,f_jpg,q_auto,w_720/b44l8vcts8na1enzbsby.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8123 "2023-07-13T13:30:15Z")
It’s clear now: Greedo shot first! ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8124 "2023-07-13T13:51:40Z")
I don’t remember. Does a brktxp beat a floon? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8125 "2023-07-13T14:03:21Z")
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge: The Pulp Years. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8126 "2023-07-13T15:33:25Z")
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