# 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:** 434
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8667 "2023-11-08T02:29:35Z")
“Grandma loved to pull out a ball of yarn just to see this reaction from these suck-ups who thought they were actually in her will.” > [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Invisible hamsters make adorable pets All pretty sharp, but win goes to @iamatractorboy for thinking outside the box! ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8668 "2023-11-08T06:28:43Z")
[Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/T710AC/young-couple-buried-under-heap-of-boxes-indoors-moving-into-new-house-T710AC.jpg) Thanks! Speaking of boxes… (Sorry, I can never work out how to do this. If someone can do the honours!) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8669 "2023-11-08T06:49:21Z")
Here you go: [![](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/T710AC/young-couple-buried-under-heap-of-boxes-indoors-moving-into-new-house-T710AC.jpg) ](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/T710AC/young-couple-buried-under-heap-of-boxes-indoors-moving-into-new-house-T710AC.jpg) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8670 "2023-11-08T07:09:41Z")
Thanks Spoons ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8671 "2023-11-08T07:38:45Z")
Rare simultaneous knockout in amateur boxing. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8672 "2023-11-08T07:57:42Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Thanks Spoons No problem; glad to help. In play: Boxing Day is an important holiday in the Commonwealth Realms, but it can be an exhausting one. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8673 "2023-11-08T11:43:00Z")
They technically drowned because the boxes were watermarked. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8674 "2023-11-08T14:45:43Z")
Let’s face it. Amazon drone deliveries is an idea whose time has not yet come. At least not for home gym equipment ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8675 "2023-11-08T14:47:11Z")
(In Sir Richard Attenborough’s voice) “Having stunned their prey, the boxes begin to feast.” ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8676 "2023-11-08T19:38:07Z")
The CIA quickly discovered that “cardboarding” was an ineffective method of enhanced interrogation. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8677 "2023-11-09T06:26:14Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > Rare simultaneous knockout in amateur boxing. > > _ **-“BB”-** _ This time, the first is the best… Your turn Bill! ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8678 "2023-11-09T08:30:06Z")
Thank you. In play … [![](https://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2134020/82539289.jpg) ](https://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2134020/82539289.jpg) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8679 "2023-11-09T09:53:46Z")
“This Dvorak keyboard, while not being an exact duplicate of the original, will finally put the Querty keyboard to rest.” ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8680 "2023-11-09T10:41:50Z")
Now that’s my type of woman. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8681 "2023-11-09T11:12:33Z")
Ctrl + Alt + Nipple ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8682 "2023-11-09T13:31:03Z")
While water boarding and cardboarding had little utility in interrogations, “keyboarding” was a wild success. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8683 "2023-11-09T14:42:23Z")
Hey babe! Wanna see my typing skills? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8684 "2023-11-09T14:54:48Z")
Though initial hopes were high that the costume would be effective in luring the hikikomori out of their self-imposed isolation, the young men only used her breasts to search for breast porn, and then ignored her. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8685 "2023-11-09T15:31:58Z")
“Press any key to continue” ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8686 "2023-11-09T18:27:57Z")
You have to hir control-alt-number lock to get it off. Only slightly less complicated than a normal bra for the average man. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=433) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=435)