# 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:** 80
**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 25, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1582 "2020-10-25T04:34:36Z")
_Dorothy’s parents were ahead of their time. No one dared ask them whether their baby was a boy or a girl._ ---
**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 25, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1583 "2020-10-25T04:40:06Z")
“Has anyone seen Mary? She was playing with her Highlights™ Book of Satanic Rituals and I told her she needed to get a costume pronto!” ---
**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 25, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1584 "2020-10-25T04:41:45Z")
_“I’m sure Hitler was cute too when he was a baby.”_ ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1585 "2020-10-25T15:04:22Z")
While I really liked > [@running\_coach](#): > > Mommy says I have “alternative beauty”. This is the winner: > [@Spoons](#): > > _Horns and bones,_ > _And spooky moans,_ > _That’s what little ghouls are made of._ ---
**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 25, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1586 "2020-10-25T21:08:49Z")
Woo-hoo! Okay, what can you folks make of this one? [![](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/02/22/08/16/animal-4869822_960_720.jpg) ](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/02/22/08/16/animal-4869822_960_720.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 25, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1587 "2020-10-25T21:22:26Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Okay, what can you folks make of this one? Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl… 😉 Should I look? Will it be gone? Maybe I should look. But what if it’s not gone, what do I do then? Can it see me if I keep my eyes covered? But If I keep my eyes covered, then I can’t see if it’s gone. Maybe just a peek. But what if it’s still there, what do I do? What if it sees me peeking? What then? Will it hurt me? What if it just wants to play. But it’s so big and I’m so small. OK. I’ll make a run for it. 1…2…3… ---
**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 25, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1588 "2020-10-25T21:27:01Z")
The Republican National Committee meets its future. ---
**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 25, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1589 "2020-10-25T23:29:53Z")
Squeaker was elated to find the body switching spell he learned from the mail order course had worked. He was about to discover what he tasted like. ---
**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 25, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1590 "2020-10-25T23:49:47Z")
Tom, about to fall for Jerry’s old insist-on-seeing-what-he’s-looking-at-and-getting-socked-in-the-eyeball trick. Again. ---
**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 26, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1591 "2020-10-26T08:01:35Z")
_“So this is where I left my favorite toy!”_ ---
**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 26, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1592 "2020-10-26T10:29:27Z")
_“He, he. I know how to help him get rid of that hiccup.”_ ---
**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 26, 2020, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1593 "2020-10-26T10:33:20Z")
_Heinz 58._ ---
**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 26, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1594 "2020-10-26T10:37:28Z")
_“He, he. He’s expecting Minnie Mouse but I’ve catfished him.”_ ---
**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 26, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1595 "2020-10-26T10:39:51Z")
_Certain superstitions are based on reality._ ---
**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 26, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1596 "2020-10-26T10:46:21Z")
“No, my name’s not squeak! Guess again!” ---
**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 26, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1597 "2020-10-26T16:08:45Z")
_Pikachu looks different when you’re hungry._ ---
**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 26, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1598 "2020-10-26T16:17:52Z")
“I was only born a couple of weeks ago, but I already have an insatiable desire to capture you and tease letting you go before I fatally disembowel you.” ---
**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 26, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1599 "2020-10-26T16:28:13Z")
_“Wow, this is bigger than finding the Higgs boson!”_ ---
**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 26, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1600 "2020-10-26T21:53:14Z")
This one was close, and it became another coin flip. So, as a result, this one gets the Honorable Mention: > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > “I was only born a couple of weeks ago, but I already have an insatiable desire to capture you and tease letting you go before I fatally disembowel you.” While this one takes the prize: > [@running\_coach](#): > > Squeaker was elated to find the body switching spell he learned from the mail order course had worked. He was about to discover what he tasted like. Well done, both of you. And it’s your turn to post a picture, **Coach**! ---
**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 26, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1601 "2020-10-26T21:59:08Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Well done, both of you. And it’s your turn to post a picture, **Coach**! Thanks. That one was a challenge. OK, this one will be a bit different. On top of the caption contest, I’m adding an unofficial layer to this one. No prize, just some extra fun. There is something wrong with the picture. Spoiler your answers, please. I’ll reveal the source after. [![](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/5f770ac4c17e7_T8ZVjM5uAHrPxiQMeR5wRxuJ2jeN2myYjnNKNMsUErE__700.jpg) ](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/5f770ac4c17e7_T8ZVjM5uAHrPxiQMeR5wRxuJ2jeN2myYjnNKNMsUErE__700.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=81)