# 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:** ![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:** [May 2, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9607 "2024-05-02T05:11:53Z")

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“The future’s so bright I gotta wear shades.”

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9608 "2024-05-02T05:17:11Z")

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🎶  
_If you’re going to San Francisco,_  
_Be sure to wear sunflowers in your hair …_  
🎶

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9609 "2024-05-02T05:19:58Z")

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The sunflower turns on her god when he sets,  
The same look which she turned when he rose.

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9610 "2024-05-02T15:10:53Z")

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Well, I have to say that what I immediately thought of, I thought was obvious:

> Da-doo, 🎶  
> so I was just about to, ya know, walk on by,  
> Good for you,  
> when suddenly,  
> Da doo  
> and without warning, there was this total eclipse of the sun.
> 
> It got very dark and there was this strange  
> sound like something from another world.  
> Da-doo,  
> And when the light came back this weird plant was just sitting there,
> 
> whoop-see-doo  
> just, you know, stuck in, among the zinnias.  
> Audrey Two.  
> I coulda sworn it hadn’t been there before,  
> but the old Chinese man sold it to me anyways,  
> for a dollar ninety-five.  
> Sha la la, la la la, la la la loo. 🎵

Not that you guys didn’t come up with some gems. Our winner is…

> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> The time Jim Henson considered buying the rights to _The Day of the Triffids_…

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9611 "2024-05-02T20:09:17Z")

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Here we go…  
[![](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/ae131aa4-adff-49dd-984d-d99dead45246/d5qsix8-4cda40ed-0f4d-49d8-a955-b4f5ee1eb3e2.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2FlMTMxYWE0LWFkZmYtNDlkZC05ODRkLWQ5OWRlYWQ0NTI0NlwvZDVxc2l4OC00Y2RhNDBlZC0wZjRkLTQ5ZDgtYTk1NS1iNGY1ZWUxZWIzZTIuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.nhAborhHMzeJJ8ZXRzrBf9e4rsE8PZlyawlN28emtzw) ](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/ae131aa4-adff-49dd-984d-d99dead45246/d5qsix8-4cda40ed-0f4d-49d8-a955-b4f5ee1eb3e2.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2FlMTMxYWE0LWFkZmYtNDlkZC05ODRkLWQ5OWRlYWQ0NTI0NlwvZDVxc2l4OC00Y2RhNDBlZC0wZjRkLTQ5ZDgtYTk1NS1iNGY1ZWUxZWIzZTIuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.nhAborhHMzeJJ8ZXRzrBf9e4rsE8PZlyawlN28emtzw)

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9612 "2024-05-02T20:28:21Z")

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So an Earthling walks into a bar, but the second one ducked.

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**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:** [May 2, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9613 "2024-05-02T21:15:59Z")

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Blorznik got the worm!

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9614 "2024-05-02T23:09:46Z")

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What illegal aliens look like, south of the border.

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9615 "2024-05-02T23:16:40Z")

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The Star Wars Cantina Band on a break.

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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:** [May 3, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9616 "2024-05-03T01:32:01Z")

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This stuff gives you more kick than cow vulvas!

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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:** [May 3, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9617 "2024-05-03T01:53:29Z")

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Where da green wimmin?

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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:** [May 3, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9618 "2024-05-03T16:43:07Z")

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“It’s bad enough the humans captured me, but then they gave me an anal probe!”

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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:** [May 3, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9619 "2024-05-03T19:40:39Z")

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All very funny, but this one gets the nod:

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> This stuff gives you more kick than cow vulvas!

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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:** [May 4, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9620 "2024-05-04T02:42:52Z")

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Thanks Elmer!  
[![](https://i0.wp.com/prologue.blogs.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2010/06/0583.jpg?resize=640%2C519) ](https://i0.wp.com/prologue.blogs.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2010/06/0583.jpg?resize=640%2C519)

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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:** [May 4, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9621 "2024-05-04T03:23:33Z")

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Kitted thusly in these mattresses, personally farted into by Her Royal Majesty the Princess Patricia, you will go over the top; entirely protected from shrapnel and machine gun.

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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:** [May 4, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9622 "2024-05-04T04:13:15Z")

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“No, no, no! No more! Not this time, Consigliere! No more meetin’s! No more discussions! No more Sollozzo tricks! You give 'em one message - I want Sollozzo. If not, it’s all-out war, we go to the mattresses.”

Welp, they went to the mattresses.

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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:** [May 4, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9623 "2024-05-04T04:59:07Z")

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Armani: The _Avant Garde_ Years.

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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:** [May 4, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9624 "2024-05-04T14:47:48Z")

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When _Depends_ just isn’t enough.

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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:** [May 4, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9625 "2024-05-04T16:41:27Z")

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Male chauvinist pigs in blankets.

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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:** [May 4, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9626 "2024-05-04T16:45:04Z")

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No more broken hips with Dr. Bellamy’s Torso-Coat!

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