# A Genuine Caption Contest (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731>\
**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\
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**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 30, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9467 "2024-03-30T17:45:31Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> Elwood Dodd’s fantasies just got darker when people started to indulge his delusions.

Well…well… gosh @Elmer_J.Fudd , just… just go on ahead and, and post the next picture why don’t ya?

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**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 30, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9468 "2024-03-30T19:15:08Z")

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Man, there’s a lot of twisted Easter Bunny imagery on the Internet to choose from.  
[![](https://i0.wp.com/racingnelliebly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2-smoking-bunnies.jpg?w=796&h=484&ssl=1) ](https://i0.wp.com/racingnelliebly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2-smoking-bunnies.jpg?w=796&h=484&ssl=1)

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**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 30, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9469 "2024-03-30T20:05:25Z")

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Harveys for Hookahs

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**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 30, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9470 "2024-03-30T20:40:28Z")

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How to read traditional Native American signs, slide 441: identification of rabbit tobacco in the wild.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9471 "2024-03-31T14:53:44Z")

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Smoked rarebit, anyone?

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**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 31, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9472 "2024-03-31T21:56:09Z")

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After strenuous objection by Beatrix Potter, Disney took the animated version of Peter Rabbit away from the team that made _Alice in Wonderland._

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**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:** [April 1, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9473 "2024-04-01T01:27:51Z")

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Ha! This one wins;

> [@Kent\_Clark](#):
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> After strenuous objection by Beatrix Potter, Disney took the animated version of Peter Rabbit away from the team that made _Alice in Wonderland._

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**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:** [April 1, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9474 "2024-04-01T01:48:59Z")

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I suspect many of you will remember this one, from April 1, 1957. Who can put a fresh spin on it?

[![](https://cdn.forumcomm.com/dims4/default/9cdb950/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+123/resize/840x560!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffcc-cue-exports-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Finforum%2Fbinary%2Fspaghetti%20tree_binary_991205.jpg) ](https://cdn.forumcomm.com/dims4/default/9cdb950/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+123/resize/840x560!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffcc-cue-exports-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Finforum%2Fbinary%2Fspaghetti%20tree_binary_991205.jpg)

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**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:** [April 1, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9475 "2024-04-01T01:53:43Z")

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“Well, this is how cigarettes grow, you see. When they’re fresh, we pick them, and cut them into regular and king sizes. A special machine adds the filter tips, and another machine packages them. It’s just that easy.”

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**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:** [April 1, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9476 "2024-04-01T01:55:00Z")

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“Every April in the Rheinland there is the famous worm harvest from which the nearby town of Worms gets its name…”

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**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:** [April 1, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9477 "2024-04-01T02:01:39Z")

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Christmas icicles just don’t look the same if they’re not on a fur tree.

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**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:** [April 1, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9478 "2024-04-01T02:36:07Z")

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Young Ben Shapiro orders the family maids to prepare his mass-hanging of Barbies.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9479 "2024-04-01T02:56:10Z")

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Those darn Keebler elves have TP’ed our trees again!

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**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:** [April 1, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9480 "2024-04-01T10:46:46Z")

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The spaghetti harvest was doing fine until the Jewish space lasers and chem trails destroyed the whole crop.

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**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:** [April 1, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9481 "2024-04-01T14:17:54Z")

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Previous reports have been in error. This is **linguini** farming.

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**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:** [April 2, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9482 "2024-04-02T01:46:12Z")

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I wanted to see who could get farthest away from the original [Spaghetti Tree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti-tree_hoax) hoax, and I decided @knoodler won on cuteness.

> [@knoodler](#):
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> Those darn Keebler elves have TP’ed our trees again!

Pass the cookies @knoodler. We can use the TP as napkins.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9483 "2024-04-02T03:51:57Z")

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Thanks.

I suspect this one has previously appeared here, but for April 1st I thought I’d bring her back for another go-round.

[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Disaster_Girl.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Disaster_Girl.jpg)

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**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:** [April 2, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9484 "2024-04-02T04:10:12Z")

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“Next time, _I_ get the penmanship medal!”

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**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:** [April 2, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9485 "2024-04-02T13:50:53Z")

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“They laughed at me when I said loved my pony.”

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**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:** [April 2, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9486 "2024-04-02T17:49:43Z")

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“Smoking in bed again. Third time this month.”

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