# 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 **Page:** 496
### 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: [June 18, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9907 "2024-06-18T20:05:47Z")
In Ulster, ball kick you! ---
### 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: [June 19, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9908 "2024-06-19T17:32:43Z")
30 seconds after this picture was taken, the kids actually looked behind them. This was known as “The Scream Heard 'Round the World”. ---
### 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: [June 19, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9909 "2024-06-19T18:23:36Z")
Another great season for the Ulster Testicles! ---
### 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: [June 20, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9910 "2024-06-20T00:09:17Z")
He drives a windowless van. ---
### 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: [June 20, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9911 "2024-06-20T01:43:47Z")
“Hurry up and take the photo, willya? It’s @#%&$ hot in here!” ---
### 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: [June 20, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9912 "2024-06-20T02:00:29Z")
“If Mr. Ulster Potatohead doesn’t find his nose soon, somebody’s going to be in for a world of hurt!” ---
### Author: ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler) #### Post date: [June 20, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9913 "2024-06-20T02:19:23Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > 30 seconds after this picture was taken, the kids actually looked behind them. This was known as “The Scream Heard 'Round the World”. I think that scream is still around. Dr. WOB wins! ---
### 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: [June 20, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9914 "2024-06-20T14:10:16Z")
Thank you. BTW - weren’t those kids a little young to be playing rugby? My nephew lost an ear playing Rugby! Anyway, new pic: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Francesco_Beda_-_A_Gentleman_Bemused.jpg/530px-Francesco_Beda_-_A_Gentleman_Bemused.jpg?20180905150500) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Francesco_Beda_-_A_Gentleman_Bemused.jpg/530px-Francesco_Beda_-_A_Gentleman_Bemused.jpg?20180905150500) ---
### 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: [June 20, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9915 "2024-06-20T14:20:38Z")
Tom Wolfe needs a new shtick… ---
### 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: [June 20, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9916 "2024-06-20T15:00:24Z")
Liberace: the Glory Days ---
### Author: ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler) #### Post date: [June 20, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9917 "2024-06-20T15:45:28Z")
Puttin’ on the ritz! ---
### 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: [June 20, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9918 "2024-06-20T15:47:20Z")
I say, can somebody remove this javelin? Apparently one mustn’t trundle through the wilds of Africa wearing solid white. ---
### 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: [June 20, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9919 "2024-06-20T18:22:53Z")
“I’m off for a stroll and perhaps an excursion of buggery. I shan’t be back for tiffin!” ---
### 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: [June 21, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9920 "2024-06-21T02:20:12Z")
John Steed’s grandfather awaits the arrival of Lady Peel to begin another adventure. ---
### 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: [June 21, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9921 "2024-06-21T03:10:06Z")
But he would soon face his counterpart and nemesis, the Black Dandy. ---
### Author: ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler) #### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9922 "2024-06-21T04:48:53Z")
A contestant from England’s _Top of the Fops._ ---
### 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: [June 21, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9923 "2024-06-21T14:29:35Z")
“Top of the Fops” almost won it, but there’s still something about > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > “I’m off for a stroll and perhaps an excursion of buggery. I shan’t be back for tiffin!” @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: [June 21, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9924 "2024-06-21T17:22:30Z")
Oh, ribaldry! But now let’s give praise to early automotive pioneers: [![](http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/helica/overland-3.jpg) ](http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/helica/overland-3.jpg) ---
### 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: [June 21, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9925 "2024-06-21T17:25:41Z")
One day I’m-a gonna win that Indianapolis 500. One day. ---
### 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: [June 21, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/9926 "2024-06-21T17:34:18Z")
OK, so you invented a way to go in reverse really fast, but what use is it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=495) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=497)