# 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:** 444
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8867 "2023-12-12T22:00:16Z")
The head masseuse ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8868 "2023-12-12T22:19:48Z")
Cloning the Beatles was harder than expected. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8869 "2023-12-13T04:22:20Z")
“As the head of this board, I’ll move that we …” ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8870 "2023-12-13T11:46:04Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > You must have misheard. This symposium is about the French author _Balzac_ Nasty, but a winner! Slithe away. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8871 "2023-12-13T15:16:51Z")
[![](https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/03/22/11/50/24/3e3a3537-ab2d-4d98-8881-f5c186683c15/Angus-Mcbean-2006AA4260.jpg) ](https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/03/22/11/50/24/3e3a3537-ab2d-4d98-8881-f5c186683c15/Angus-Mcbean-2006AA4260.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8872 "2023-12-13T15:32:14Z")
Everyone’s an original at the Salvador Dali House of Hairdressing. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8873 "2023-12-13T15:52:22Z")
Where am I, and why am I in this handbasket? ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8874 "2023-12-13T19:30:34Z")
Exhibit A in _Angus McBean v Charles Addams_ ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8875 "2023-12-13T20:23:13Z")
Silly hand mirror, you went dimension-hopping again! How am I supposed to see my gorgeous reflection? ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8876 "2023-12-14T03:34:05Z")
John thought he was prepared for anything when he finally emerged from his bomb shelter; but he’d had no idea… ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8877 "2023-12-14T14:52:56Z")
@Lumpy made the surreal killer of a joke. Okay, now give us something to soft watch. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8878 "2023-12-14T16:29:43Z")
Since 'tis the season: [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_792452-T2/images/I/71EYsVLOUhL._AC_SY679_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_792452-T2/images/I/71EYsVLOUhL._AC_SY679_.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8879 "2023-12-14T17:30:48Z")
…and he comes already wrapped. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8880 "2023-12-14T20:15:05Z")
You’d run, too, if you were caught wearing that in my neighborhood. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8881 "2023-12-14T20:48:48Z")
The lay-dees, they be a-chasin’ me! ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8882 "2023-12-14T21:56:59Z")
I bought the material from an elementary school kid who was going door to door! ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8883 "2023-12-14T22:01:14Z")
“The restaurant had a dress code of ‘jacket and tie required for gentlemen,’ but they didn’t say what kind of jacket and tie was required.” ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8884 "2023-12-15T08:02:41Z")
That guy in the question-mark suit from the infomercials picks up a Christmas side-hustle. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8885 "2023-12-15T10:20:57Z")
Elder Kringle, from the smash Broadway hit musical _The Book of Mormon Saves Christmas._ ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/8886 "2023-12-15T11:58:18Z")
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