# 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:** 455
**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 24, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9087 "2024-01-24T21:54:58Z")
Wanted poster for Mimes Against Humanity. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9088 "2024-01-24T21:57:38Z")
“I said, find me a good photo for a M **E** 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:** [January 24, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9089 "2024-01-24T21:58:36Z")
The all-mime version of _Cabaret_ closed after just one performance. ---
**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 25, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9090 "2024-01-25T01:54:41Z")
“John Wesley Hardin. So mean he once shot a man just for snoring.” “Ce n’est rien. Jean-Gaspard Deburau. So mean he once bashed a little boy’s brains in just for approaching him on the street.” (Look it up - it’s true!) Sometime in the 1990, the Comedy Art of Pantomime split into two factions. The mimes kept white face and mimicry. And the pantos: [![](https://jnco.com/cdn/shop/files/20230621_EcommShoot_JNCO_KenM_1140_600x_crop_center.jpg?v=1687990170) ](https://jnco.com/cdn/shop/files/20230621_EcommShoot_JNCO_KenM_1140_600x_crop_center.jpg?v=1687990170) ---
**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 25, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9091 "2024-01-25T11:46:06Z")
They don’t sue you for wearing whiteface. ---
**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 25, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9092 "2024-01-25T14:27:06Z")
Nice work, everybody! Spoons, I choose you! > [@Spoons](#): > > “I said, find me a good photo for a M **E** ME!” ---
**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:** [January 25, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9093 "2024-01-25T23:22:34Z")
Thanks, Prof! Okay, let’s see what you can come up with for this one: [![](https://s3.awkwardfamilyphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/22154924/metal.jpg) ](https://s3.awkwardfamilyphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/22154924/metal.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 25, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9094 "2024-01-25T23:31:49Z")
Best Death Metal album cover EVER! ---
**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 25, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9095 "2024-01-25T23:47:27Z")
The blindfolded gypsy violinists were booked, so the agent sent Norwegian Death Metal instead ---
**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 26, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9096 "2024-01-26T00:04:44Z")
“The Caterers” sounded like a cool band name until the bookings started coming in. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9097 "2024-01-26T06:22:06Z")
“Listen… they’re speed-thrashing our song.” ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9098 "2024-01-26T07:15:09Z")
Season Three of _Schmigadoon!_ looks to be a sharp departure from what Seasons One and Two brought us. ---
**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 26, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9099 "2024-01-26T11:58:42Z")
“I actually said I wanted our anniversary to be commemorated with _jugglers_.” ---
**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 26, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9100 "2024-01-26T15:35:07Z")
A KISS in the Woods ---
**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 26, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9101 "2024-01-26T18:32:37Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > “I actually said I wanted our anniversary to be commemorated with _jugglers_” I got the reference but I’m not sure how many others would. ---
**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 27, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9102 "2024-01-27T01:55:56Z")
Well, if lily-white me has heard about Juggalos, it’s possible others would. ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9103 "2024-01-27T03:27:03Z")
I probably wouldn’t have if they hadn’t featured prominently in the R. S. Belcher urban fantasy novel _King Of The Road_. ---
**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 27, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9104 "2024-01-27T06:00:23Z")
Waitaminnit … you mean ‘Juggalos’ _AREN’T_ the same thing as the ‘Juggies’ that used to show up on Jimmy Kimmel’s **The Man Show**? _ **-“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:** [January 27, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9105 "2024-01-27T06:13:23Z")
This one has got to take it: > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > The blindfolded gypsy violinists were booked, so the agent sent Norwegian Death Metal instead All yours, @Slithy_Tove ! ---
**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 27, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9106 "2024-01-27T06:30:37Z")
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