# 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:** 413
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8247 "2023-08-09T21:48:10Z")
Although Pooh-bowling never caught on, it was impressive whenever someone could pick up the Kanga-Roo split. ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8248 "2023-08-09T22:58:43Z")
That’s how they do Rochambeaux in Hundred Acre Wood. ---
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8249 "2023-08-09T23:58:43Z")
Turns out _Hoo Flung Poo_ is a real thing. ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8250 "2023-08-10T13:17:01Z")
In the live action version, the part of Piglet will be played by Sally Field. ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8251 "2023-08-11T03:59:18Z")
Winner > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > It was a sad day when _Jackass_ gained a following in the Hundred Acre Wood. ---
**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 11, 2023, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8252 "2023-08-11T05:42:03Z")
Here’s some bedtime nightmare fuel… [![](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/limon-3-scaled.jpg) ](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/limon-3-scaled.jpg) ---
**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 11, 2023, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8253 "2023-08-11T06:06:30Z")
🎶“Let Ultra-Brite give your mouth—Pop! Zing! Whee!” “Sex appeal!” 🎶 “Um, maybe we should rethink this approach …” [Just because I’m curious, how many others remember those Ultra-Brite toothpaste ads?] ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8254 "2023-08-11T14:45:59Z")
Why would a tube of paint have an expiration date… uh-oh. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8255 "2023-08-11T14:50:58Z")
New! Vicks Morto-Rub. ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8256 "2023-08-11T14:52:19Z")
The long lost remains of Toulouse-Lautrec have been discovered. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8257 "2023-08-12T00:23:31Z")
The depths to which anti-abortion activists will try to prove that aborted fetuses are secretly recycled knows no limits. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8258 "2023-08-12T01:02:30Z")
And with that, Liquitex changed the name of their pigment from “Bone” to “Off White” ---
**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 12, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8259 "2023-08-12T01:48:55Z")
No actual fetuses were harmed in the making of this exfoliating cream. This one grew bones so it’s no longer a fetus. ---
**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 12, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8260 "2023-08-12T13:47:41Z")
The winner… > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > And with that, Liquitex changed the name of their pigment from “Bone” to “Off White” ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8261 "2023-08-12T22:21:17Z")
It’s still summer out there. [![](https://img.freepik.com/premium-photo/portrait-funny-businessman-beach-man-having-fun-by-sea-summer-vacation-travel-concept_411285-4267.jpg?w=740) ](https://img.freepik.com/premium-photo/portrait-funny-businessman-beach-man-having-fun-by-sea-summer-vacation-travel-concept_411285-4267.jpg?w=740) ---
**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 12, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8262 "2023-08-12T22:24:22Z")
Captain Athens takes a week at the beach. ---
**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 12, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8263 "2023-08-12T23:41:29Z")
Sorry, the universe don’t fist bump dweebs. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8264 "2023-08-13T04:16:46Z")
Al Gore hits the beach, searching for man-bear-pig. _Whooooosh!_ ---
**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 13, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8265 "2023-08-13T12:50:17Z")
But it worked for Wes Anderson! ---
**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:** [August 13, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8266 "2023-08-13T22:05:03Z")
@Oly captures what we were all thinking. > [@Oly](#): > > Sorry, the universe don’t fist bump dweebs. A fist-bump for you, amigo! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=412) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=414)