# 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:** 451
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9007 "2024-01-12T19:50:12Z")
How Puck _really_ replaced Nick Bottom’s head in _A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9008 "2024-01-12T19:59:52Z")
Well, that’s certainly a Poe exchange for heads. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9009 "2024-01-12T20:04:27Z")
“Have no fear. He’s a MAGAT - no one will ever notice the difference.” ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9010 "2024-01-12T20:08:17Z")
“The female up above with the red dress, laser eyeballs, and cleaver agreed to perform the removal.” ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9011 "2024-01-12T20:14:31Z")
“I guess this is okay, but while we’re at it, can you transpose my donkey penis too? This guy may have been a true sourdough, but this ain’t much of a baguette.” ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9012 "2024-01-12T21:56:54Z")
“Once Upon A Time In The West”. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9013 "2024-01-12T23:44:05Z")
A symptom of alienation is the need to make an ass of others ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9014 "2024-01-13T00:29:29Z")
“Tell me again … are we improving the man, or the animal?” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9015 "2024-01-13T03:27:26Z")
Now we know the real reason behind alien abductions. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9016 "2024-01-13T08:08:03Z")
I would love to know where you got that image from. Is it AI generated? (This is a question, not an attempted caption!) ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9017 "2024-01-13T14:34:53Z")
Wow! Thanks for all the submissions! I’ll be away most of the day, so I need to call this one early. I love the wordplay of this one; > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > A symptom of alienation is the need to make an ass of others You’re up, @Slithy_Tove ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9018 "2024-01-13T14:37:38Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I would love to know where you got that image from. Is it AI generated? No. Just another day in the Southwestern Bellows: > **[Mark Rogers Art - Spooky Paranormal Oil Paintings, Prints and Stickers for...](https://www.markrogersart.com/about)** ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9019 "2024-01-13T15:37:34Z")
Thanks @Elmer_J.Fudd I’ve been hoping to win since I learned that the world lost [Elliot Erwitt](https://www.elliotterwitt.com/) a few weeks ago. He was one of the greats of photographic storytelling, and deserves commemoration. [![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cf2039_61c196bf90644973b8d9ae3319f8e2da~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_428,al_c,q_90,enc_auto/cf2039_61c196bf90644973b8d9ae3319f8e2da~mv2.jpg) ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cf2039_61c196bf90644973b8d9ae3319f8e2da~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_428,al_c,q_90,enc_auto/cf2039_61c196bf90644973b8d9ae3319f8e2da~mv2.jpg) The humorous caption for this one is already obvious, so I will be grading on originality ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9020 "2024-01-13T15:42:04Z")
Rumpelstiltskin has just nine months to figure out what he’s going to do with the brat. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9021 "2024-01-13T17:05:36Z")
You may think you’re clever, and no one heard you fart, but you can’t erase the smell. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9022 "2024-01-13T18:23:41Z")
“I wonder who’ll get the Porsche in the divorce settlement…” ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9023 "2024-01-13T18:28:38Z")
Interesting, thanks. My money was on AI! ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9024 "2024-01-13T21:32:16Z")
“I hear that the Best Man has First Night rights?” ---
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9025 "2024-01-14T04:01:30Z")
He’s the guy with the reason why this marriage shouldn’t proceed, and they know it… _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9026 "2024-01-14T04:08:00Z")
The couple’s first fight will be over who actually invited him to the wedding. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=450) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=452)