# 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:** 454
**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 19, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9067 "2024-01-19T18:54:57Z")
_(I’m focusing on the smaller of the two figures on the chairs…)_ Short Round, after “Indiana Jones” _ **-“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 19, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9068 "2024-01-19T23:12:24Z")
The network loved the initial concept for _Fantasy Island_, but felt the ventriloquist act would limit Mr. Roarke’s interaction with the guests, and suggested producers find a more “mobile” sidekick. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9069 "2024-01-19T23:19:18Z")
“One day, son, all this will be yours.” ---
**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 21, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9070 "2024-01-21T05:45:48Z")
This one sounds vaguely filthy, so the winner is… > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > These topless ventriloquists are truly amazing. I never saw their lips move once. ---
**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 21, 2024, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9071 "2024-01-21T09:20:51Z")
And so I wake in the morning and I step outside And I take a deep breath and I get real high And I scream from the top of my lungs “What’s going on?” [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/11/17/learning/VTS11-20-17LN/VTS11-20-17LN-superJumbo.jpg) ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/11/17/learning/VTS11-20-17LN/VTS11-20-17LN-superJumbo.jpg) ---
**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 21, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9072 "2024-01-21T14:20:25Z")
Drivers in some parts of the world are still unclear on the concept of drive-thru dining. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9073 "2024-01-21T16:52:28Z")
Here in my car, I feel safest of all I can dine with my friends It’s the only way to eat in cars ---
**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 21, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9074 "2024-01-21T17:13:20Z")
Have you met my cousin Otto? ---
**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 21, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9075 "2024-01-21T17:55:44Z")
1. Oh, “Sunday” dinner. I heard that as Hyndai dinner 2. I know it was one of these motherfuckers who stole my new rims, and I’m not leaving until I get them back 3. This is probably going to be another sausage-fest, so let’s be ready to leave in a hurry. Okay, not _that_ ready. ---
**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 21, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9076 "2024-01-21T18:08:10Z")
“Excuse me, waiter, but there’s a Honda Civic in my soup.” ---
**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 21, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9077 "2024-01-21T22:43:33Z")
“I’m sorry, but just because you take up a dozen spaces doesn’t mean you get a dozen meals.” ---
**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 22, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9078 "2024-01-22T11:40:04Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Here in my car, I feel safest of all > I can dine with my friends > It’s the only way to eat in cars For the Gary Numan reference, you get next pic @knoodler. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9079 "2024-01-22T15:34:48Z")
Thanks! I can’t get this image out of my head. [![](https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/jason-kelce-chiefs.jpg?w=681&h=383&crop=1) ](https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/jason-kelce-chiefs.jpg?w=681&h=383&crop=1) ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9080 "2024-01-22T16:08:20Z")
Body by Budweiser. ---
**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 22, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9081 "2024-01-22T18:08:48Z")
1. Not the Jason played by Steve Reeves, but the one who makes $14M 2. Wrong, Dean Wormer. Fat, Drunk and Stupid is the _American_ way to go through life! 3. Yes, Taylor’s post-breakup song will include the lyric “and no matter how I asked / you refused to get a wax!” ---
**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 22, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9082 "2024-01-22T18:53:21Z")
“TAAAAAY-Lor!” ---
**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 23, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9083 "2024-01-23T00:58:13Z")
“I’ll show you mine, Taylor, if you show me yours!” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9084 "2024-01-24T18:03:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > “TAAAAAY-Lor!” For the _Streetcar_ reference, this takes the cake. You’re up, Prof! ---
**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 24, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9085 "2024-01-24T21:39:38Z")
Thank you very much. How 'bout… [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.TKD-kbcgG5qdzsij0nWiygHaE8?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.TKD-kbcgG5qdzsij0nWiygHaE8?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9086 "2024-01-24T21:53:29Z")
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