# 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:** 61
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1202 "2020-10-04T12:24:30Z")
🎶Y.M.C.A.! 🎶 ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1203 "2020-10-04T15:16:51Z")
The timing of this stunt with the outbreak of COVID was unfortunate, as many old-school Hindus mistook the funambulists for the return of Chamunda, multi-armed goddess of disease and pestilence. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1204 "2020-10-04T15:47:02Z")
Make sure to get Acme Shock Absorbers before your next road trip! ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1205 "2020-10-04T16:38:18Z")
Anybody else remember the Seventies TV show _Thrill Sikhers_? ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1206 "2020-10-04T19:41:12Z")
Ever since Synchronized Stuntriding was made an Olympic sport, the Indian national team has been practicing nonstop. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1207 "2020-10-04T20:15:43Z")
And now, for your half-time entertainment, The Flying Kyrghyzstan Brothers! ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1208 "2020-10-04T20:16:53Z")
The balance of power in the Indian subcontinent is precarious. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1209 "2020-10-04T21:02:04Z")
“Okay, guys, we’re at takeoff speed. Start flapping on three. One … two …” ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1210 "2020-10-04T23:24:11Z")
Dateline 2023 - because of the Green New Deal, many commuters are finding innovative ways to car pool to work. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1211 "2020-10-05T00:17:01Z")
They’re calling this formation the Kali. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1212 "2020-10-05T06:24:56Z")
Every entry in this round is funny. For the past quarter of an hour I’ve been trying to choose between the following two: > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The truly innovative aspect of this design is the turban engine located on top of the aircraft. > [@Spoons](#): > > “Okay, guys, we’re at takeoff speed. Start flapping on three. One … two …” Eventually I did a coin flip and decided that **Elmer\_J.Fudd** is the winner. Congratulations @Elmer_J.Fudd! Please post the next picture to caption. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1213 "2020-10-05T12:19:47Z")
Thanks! [![](https://media.radiochisinau.md/image/201702/800x/63e02004765cea150bd8e8f28e3a182b.jpg) ](https://media.radiochisinau.md/image/201702/800x/63e02004765cea150bd8e8f28e3a182b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1214 "2020-10-05T12:22:06Z")
Gastropod Theatre Presents _Ben-Hur._ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1215 "2020-10-05T12:23:27Z")
Narcoleptics are ideal as lap-counters at snail races. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1216 "2020-10-05T12:29:09Z")
I had a choice: this, watching grass grow or paint dry. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1217 "2020-10-05T12:34:45Z")
_It wasn’t until he performed a series of unusual experiments that little Albert managed to visualize time as the fourth dimension of space._ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1218 "2020-10-05T12:35:29Z")
Come… on… baby…, …do… the… loco…-…motion. (damn Discourse wouldn’t let me use more than three periods in a row) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1219 "2020-10-05T12:43:00Z")
At least it’s not dial-up. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1220 "2020-10-05T13:02:00Z")
_“How was your day in school, Tobias?”_ _“It was fine, mom.”_ ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1221 "2020-10-05T13:09:55Z")
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