# 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:** 412
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8227 "2023-08-06T02:38:56Z")
“Yeah, I’m blonde. So what??!” ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8228 "2023-08-06T15:08:57Z")
It’s a bridge vehicle. We’re still working out the details. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8229 "2023-08-06T15:12:32Z")
Posts to the Ex-Wives Facebook group can get really competitive. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8230 "2023-08-06T15:16:13Z")
“I couldn’t get the damn bottle to break, so we tried this…” ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8231 "2023-08-06T19:19:20Z")
“John’ll be right back. He had to swim for the keys.” ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8232 "2023-08-06T20:24:44Z")
“It’s in the divorce agreement. Nothing about _where_ I had to park it.” ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8233 "2023-08-06T20:51:30Z")
This is NOT how a roll on, roll off ferry is supposed to work. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8234 "2023-08-07T02:29:59Z")
And @Knowed_Out has to take it for this one: > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > “It’s in the divorce agreement. Nothing about _where_ I had to park it.” Made me laugh out loud. **K\_O** , you’re up! ---
**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:** [August 7, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8235 "2023-08-07T19:26:04Z")
Who you gonna call? [![](https://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/phpthumbnails/54/54566/54566_9_600.jpeg?auto=webp) ](https://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/phpthumbnails/54/54566/54566_9_600.jpeg?auto=webp) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8236 "2023-08-07T21:17:29Z")
“Thank you for calling 9-1-1. Your call is very important to us. Please stay on the line for the next available representative.” ---
**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:** [August 7, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8237 "2023-08-07T21:38:40Z")
No, that was one large pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese, and a small pizza with the works. If you don’t get it here in 45 minutes it’s free, right? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8238 "2023-08-08T19:25:59Z")
You win. Now you get the dubious task of finding a picture that won’t kill the thread. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8239 "2023-08-09T04:21:16Z")
I’ll try my best! [![](https://italiangoodness.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/burnt-cooking.jpg?w=764) ](https://italiangoodness.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/burnt-cooking.jpg?w=764) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8240 "2023-08-09T04:31:39Z")
“I really don’t know, dear. Do you suppose that it’s a botched attempt at dinner, or little Joey’s project for the school science fair?” ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8241 "2023-08-09T11:21:47Z")
That’s not how you make lava cake. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8242 "2023-08-09T12:32:01Z")
TONIGHT ON **HARD SLOPPY!** We reveal the childhood photos _HE_ didn’t want you to see! Be the first to witness celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s _first_ attempt to make Beef Wellington! (or maybe John Dory) _”My gran could do better than that! And she’s_ DEAD!!” Indeed! ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8243 "2023-08-09T12:39:24Z")
The Allstate Mayhem Guy as a Youth ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8244 "2023-08-09T14:24:06Z")
All these are great, and Young Gordon Ramsay takes the cake (so to speak). Take it away, @Oly! ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8245 "2023-08-09T20:56:56Z")
Thanks from _Hell’s Thread_. ![](https://media.tenor.com/53hZ7yECMbUAAAAC/weird.gif) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8246 "2023-08-09T21:20:54Z")
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