# 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:** 77
**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 22, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1522 "2020-10-22T18:42:17Z")
Bill Murray, preparing for his cameo in _Scrooged 2_, doing his Carmen Miranda impersonation. ---
**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 22, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1523 "2020-10-22T18:44:16Z")
_“I’m a conehead. Literally.”_ ---
**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 22, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1524 "2020-10-22T18:56:52Z")
_“I crashed a pagan wedding and kind of lost it.”_ _“Where?”_ _“In translation, of course.”_ ---
**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 22, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1525 "2020-10-22T19:32:03Z")
Like it? It’s my new gopher-hunting hat. ---
**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 22, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1526 "2020-10-22T19:45:27Z")
He’s pining for the…[Damnit! No way can I compete with] > [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > “I’m a conehead. ---
**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 22, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1527 "2020-10-22T19:47:14Z")
_“Abyssinia, Henry.”_ ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1528 "2020-10-22T22:39:23Z")
Carl Spackler, in a deleted scene from _Caddyshack Saves Christmas_. ---
**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 22, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1529 "2020-10-22T22:44:58Z")
Bill Murray prepares to compete in the annual Christmas Day tournament at Pebble Beach. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1530 "2020-10-23T00:48:48Z")
I’m going undercover in the War on Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1531 "2020-10-23T03:12:21Z")
_It’s not so much the initiation fee at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club that deters a lot of prospective members; it’s the hazing._ ---
**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 23, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1532 "2020-10-23T03:58:37Z")
_“Speaking of green fingers, I gotta cuckoo’s nest to tend, see?”_ ---
**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 23, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1533 "2020-10-23T04:35:05Z")
“Hey, they’re not just pine needles. They’re _Torrey_ Pines needles.” ---
**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 23, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1534 "2020-10-23T04:43:08Z")
“I got the hat because I got tired of bird crap landing on me when I golf, but it just doesn’t seem to be helping much.” ---
**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 23, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1535 "2020-10-23T04:45:33Z")
“You should see the matching underpants!” ---
**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 23, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1536 "2020-10-23T18:26:26Z")
And the winner is: > [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > “I’m a conehead. Literally.” but I liked a lot of 'em. Go ahead, Placebo! ---
**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 23, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1537 "2020-10-23T18:43:06Z")
Thanks a million! 🌠 * * * Let’s hope the new picture will prompt funny stuff as well: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZmLW_Qst7HQ/maxresdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZmLW_Qst7HQ/maxresdefault.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:** [October 23, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1538 "2020-10-23T18:45:14Z")
Little did Jeannine’s brothers realize she was studying how to immobilize attackers with just a touch. ---
**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 23, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1539 "2020-10-23T18:45:29Z")
The first rule of Vendetta Club is… ---
**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 23, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1540 "2020-10-23T18:47:17Z")
The latest rage among 4th graders is Supergluing their fingers to their mouths. ---
**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 23, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1541 "2020-10-23T18:49:53Z")
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