# 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:** 483
**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 7, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9647 "2024-05-07T22:19:49Z")
The Sisters of the Order of the Head Wound have strict criteria for who may join. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9648 "2024-05-07T23:23:49Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > The Sisters of the Order of the Head Wound have strict criteria for who may join. I wanted to post “Sisters of Perpetual Head Trauma”, but now it’s moot. ---
**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 7, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9649 "2024-05-07T23:31:36Z")
Well, head trauma _is_ a major hazard for The Leaping Nuns of the Order of St Beryl. ---
**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 8, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9650 "2024-05-08T00:31:05Z")
Oooh. It is a lonely life: bathing, dressing, undressing, making exciting underwear. ---
**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 8, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9651 "2024-05-08T10:43:23Z")
The earliest facial recognition tests crashed when this photo revealed 61 identical matches. ---
**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 8, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9652 "2024-05-08T14:46:07Z")
If you want to know who we are 🎵 we are gentlemen of Japan… ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9653 "2024-05-08T15:03:55Z")
In a manner reminiscent of Dorian Gray, Julie Andrews extracts her eternal youth from a nunnery housed for the last 60 years on a studio backlot in Burbank. ---
**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 8, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9654 "2024-05-08T20:22:47Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I wanted to post “Sisters of Perpetual Head Trauma”, but now it’s moot. Nevertheless, this one made me snort, so you win anyway! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9655 "2024-05-09T04:53:29Z")
Thanks! [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Ji07Rp5SL.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Ji07Rp5SL.jpg) ---
**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 9, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9656 "2024-05-09T05:04:02Z")
Batman: The Early Years. ---
**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 9, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9657 "2024-05-09T11:01:13Z")
Wanna see my guano? ---
**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 9, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9658 "2024-05-09T12:15:00Z")
Now to have my revenge upon Sister Bertrille! ---
**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 9, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9659 "2024-05-09T12:57:01Z")
Buster Brodie was a consummate method actor. Here we see him preparing for his audition for The Wizard of Oz. ---
**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 9, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9660 "2024-05-09T21:18:39Z")
The stitches should hold. They were done by my tailor, [Franz Reichelt](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reichelt)! ---
**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 10, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9661 "2024-05-10T01:45:12Z")
The prototype for the backpack sundial was never completed. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9662 "2024-05-10T15:38:28Z")
The Flying Nun reference made me laugh, but the deep pull to get the Flying Tailor is too good to pass up. @Slithy_Tove , you’re up! ---
**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 13, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9663 "2024-05-13T05:04:04Z")
Sorry for the delay: [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0200/7124/files/Elsa_Schiaparelli_600_haute_couture_surreal_art_fashion_portrait_article_jewellry_designer_Kids_of_Dada_grande.jpg?48438) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0200/7124/files/Elsa_Schiaparelli_600_haute_couture_surreal_art_fashion_portrait_article_jewellry_designer_Kids_of_Dada_grande.jpg?48438) ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9664 "2024-05-13T10:28:19Z")
Now Featuring: The Lovecraft Collection ---
**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:** [May 13, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9665 "2024-05-13T13:42:42Z")
Borg implants circa 1955. ---
**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 13, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9666 "2024-05-13T14:28:50Z")
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