# 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:** 466
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9307 "2024-03-02T03:41:04Z")
Remembering days, daisy chains and laughs Got to keep the monsters on the path ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9308 "2024-03-02T10:54:57Z")
“Will you marry me, Lily…waitaminute, those aren’t lilies, they’re daisies! I don’t want to marry a girl named Daisy, I want to marry a girl named Lily! Welp, into the pond with you!” ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9309 "2024-03-02T11:17:59Z")
In one of life’s ironies, a cradle robber is invented by grave robbers. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9310 "2024-03-02T11:22:20Z")
“Well, Mr. Monster, sir, I’m here filming a political ad. Why are you here?” ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9311 "2024-03-02T14:34:21Z")
“Thank you for accepting my flower, big green man. Now, can I tell you about my lord, Krishna?” ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9312 "2024-03-02T16:10:33Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > “Thank you for accepting my flower, big green man –. Now, can I tell you about my lord, Krishna?” If _ **that** _ had been the case, I’d have thrown her in too. Why do you think one of the funniest sequences in **Airplane!** was when he punched out the Hare Krishnas and other panhandlers as he walked through the terminal? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9313 "2024-03-02T16:20:08Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > Why do you think one of the funniest sequences in **Airplane!** was when he punched out the Hare Krishnas and other panhandlers as he walked through the terminal? It was actually Christians, political activists, and Jerry’s kids that he punched out. The Krishna’s (one played by David Leisure, no less) had this great line: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/J_SE6smc1LE/maxresdefault.jpg "Airplane! (1980) David Leisure as a Hare Krishna “No, thanks, we gave at the office.”: Entire Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_SE6smc1LE) ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9314 "2024-03-02T16:26:45Z")
EDIT; Oops! Sorry. I thought I won that one. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9315 "2024-03-02T20:58:45Z")
Well, Mr. Gwynne, what projects do you have lined up now that _The Munsters_ has been cancelled? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9316 "2024-03-02T21:52:28Z")
Tough call but I found the smartest to be: > [@Spoons](#): > > “Well, Mr. Monster, sir, I’m here filming a political ad. Why are you here?” ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9317 "2024-03-03T02:27:24Z")
Thanks! Pretty sure that everybody can do something good with this: [![](https://parade.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTkwNTgxMTA1MTMyNjQzNDUz/funny-pictures.webp) ](https://parade.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTkwNTgxMTA1MTMyNjQzNDUz/funny-pictures.webp) ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9318 "2024-03-03T03:10:19Z")
Dick Dastardly and Muttley, The Early Years. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9319 "2024-03-03T03:26:42Z")
To Infinity, and Beyond! _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9320 "2024-03-03T16:43:28Z")
For wrath, for ruin, and the red dawn! ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9321 "2024-03-03T16:49:07Z")
“Dog is my co-pilot.” ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9322 "2024-03-03T17:13:06Z")
Red Rover, Red Rover, get out of the way, I’m comin’ over! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9323 "2024-03-03T21:19:45Z")
The _architect_ sketch ! ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9324 "2024-03-03T22:40:48Z")
Once they colorized The Little Rascals, the nostalgia was goine. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9325 "2024-03-04T00:12:50Z")
The car is actually green, but the Doppler Shift makes it appear red. Little bastard can really beat cheeks. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9326 "2024-03-04T06:15:46Z")
I think that @Lumpy has to take it for this one: > [@Lumpy](#): > > Dick Dastardly and Muttley, The Early Years. All yours, **Lumpy**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=465) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=467)