# 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:** 489
**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 28, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9767 "2024-05-28T17:40:15Z")
Thank you, Professor. Now, let’s see what this bunch here can make of this … [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9NELiJWsAIaWS2?format=jpg&name=900x900) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9NELiJWsAIaWS2?format=jpg&name=900x900) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 28, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9768 "2024-05-28T17:58:00Z")
If you’re going to record satanic messages backwards, make sure you get every syllable right. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9769 "2024-05-28T18:16:00Z")
Yeah, fire! FIRE! Ehh-heh, ehh-heh, ehh-heh… ---
**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 28, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9770 "2024-05-28T18:23:16Z")
To be fair, the temp in Monterey drops to about 50 degrees after the sun sets in June. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9771 "2024-05-28T18:41:04Z")
Zoroastrian Rock – unsurprisingly, not a genre that ever caught on. ---
**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 28, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9772 "2024-05-28T18:43:36Z")
At Farmers we know a thing or two, because we’ve seen a thing or two. ---
**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 28, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9773 "2024-05-28T20:25:49Z")
Waiting for Pete Townshend to beat the flames down with his own guitar. ---
**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 28, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9774 "2024-05-28T20:26:54Z")
Jimi excelled at everything, do you _know_ how hard it is to fill a pool up with your own vomit? (I’m probably going to Hell for that one.) ---
**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 29, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9775 "2024-05-29T10:57:21Z")
Jimi almost entered the 27 club too early. ---
**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 30, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9776 "2024-05-30T01:25:32Z")
It was a tough choice, but this one … > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Waiting for Pete Townshend to beat the flames down with his own guitar. … seemed to be best, especially it pays homage to another member of rock ‘n’ roll’s pantheon of stars. It’s your honor, Kent. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9777 "2024-05-30T02:56:41Z")
This couple was at the Monterrey Pop Festival in 1967. And now. . . [![](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape%2Fcover%2Fsport%2F557121-istock-906783794-ca02319d157786496c7bec50f78ffd39.jpg) ](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape%2Fcover%2Fsport%2F557121-istock-906783794-ca02319d157786496c7bec50f78ffd39.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9778 "2024-05-30T02:58:15Z")
… They’re appearing in Cialis commercials. ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9779 "2024-05-30T03:25:05Z")
…they are mama and papa to mamas and papas of mamas and papas. ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9780 "2024-05-30T10:32:48Z")
“Using Dolcolax stool softener allows us to have brighter days and make better lifestyle choices.” ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9781 "2024-05-30T12:35:38Z")
Taken moments before the LSD flashbacks kicked in. ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9782 "2024-05-30T14:56:45Z")
And now they’re running a child sex-trafficking ring out of the basement of a pizza parlor! Thanks for the idea, Hillary! ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9783 "2024-05-30T16:37:29Z")
… they patrol the development, reporting HOA violations and minorities for being where they don’t belong (and yes, they booed Laura Nyro off the stage too). ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9784 "2024-05-30T16:57:11Z")
…all of their children inexplicably resemble David Crosby. ---
**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 31, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9785 "2024-05-31T00:08:49Z")
All good, but @Slithy_Tove has captured the life cycle of a generation. > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > … they patrol the development, reporting HOA violations and minorities for being where they don’t belong (and yes, they booed Laura Nyro off the stage too). Bring us back to the present **Slithy** ---
**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 31, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9786 "2024-05-31T00:24:34Z")
Yes, the present day [![](https://www.circleallaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Buffalo-selfie-770x433.jpg) ](https://www.circleallaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Buffalo-selfie-770x433.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=488) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=490)