# 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:** 81
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1602 "2020-10-26T22:19:50Z")
Official caption contest: Upon reflection… Where the hell did I park my car? Unofficial layer: The reflection shows blue skies and not the clouds? ---
**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 26, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1603 "2020-10-26T22:20:32Z")
Extreme termite problem? Call Blonderbuss Exterminators. ---
**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 27, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1604 "2020-10-27T01:39:02Z")
While Susan contemplated the breathtaking beauty of God’s creation off in the distance, she failed to notice the deadly scorpion about to crawl over her bare foot. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1605 "2020-10-27T01:45:20Z")
While Susan enjoyed her morning stroll, she couldn’t help noticing how much the New York City skyline had changed. ---
**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 27, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1606 "2020-10-27T01:48:08Z")
Regarding the added layer where something’s wrong… If that’s the sun behind the clouds off in the distance (i.e. facing the camera), then how can there be sunlight on the rocks facing the camera? They should be in shadow. In other words, it’s Photoshopped: it’s one photo of a landscape with the sun behind the camera, and another photo of the sun breaking through the clouds facing the camera. ---
**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 27, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1607 "2020-10-27T01:49:58Z")
Dunno, the EPA might not like it, but something about this just screams “shopping mall,” y’know? ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1608 "2020-10-27T04:30:13Z")
The light is coming from the wrong direction for the sun to appear where is does. ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1609 "2020-10-27T04:31:45Z")
As usual the lake front was packed with men lying still in their hiding places and waiting for Susan to take her regular morning naked bath. ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1610 "2020-10-27T04:33:40Z")
[not in play] As an aside, how did “Susan” become the default name for the woman in the picture? [/not in play] ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1611 "2020-10-27T04:35:09Z")
[not in play]Karen was taken for different purposes.[/not in play] ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1612 "2020-10-27T04:40:33Z")
“I came all this way to see eagles and there aren’t any! This is unacceptable! I can’t even get a latte around here! Where’s the head ranger?!” exclaimed Karen. ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1613 "2020-10-27T04:41:38Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > [not in play]Karen was taken for different purposes[/not in play] I didn’t see this while I was composing my answer! ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1614 "2020-10-27T04:44:57Z")
"Oh my God. I’m back. I’m home. All the time, it was… We finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!" ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1615 "2020-10-27T04:49:28Z")
_Take a look at this photo and you’ll know why so many people believe astronauts never landed on the moon._ ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1616 "2020-10-27T04:58:41Z")
_Now all she had to do was walk back around the lake to the place where she had taken the first photos and get the selfie stick from where she had left it._ ---
**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 27, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1617 "2020-10-27T06:41:25Z")
_Sometimes big screen TVs feel creepy actually._ ---
**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 27, 2020, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1618 "2020-10-27T06:45:01Z")
_Let’s see how long it takes Susan to sense we’re staring at her._ ---
**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 27, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1619 "2020-10-27T13:43:02Z")
“OK Kayleigh, turn around and look interested at the green screen.” “How can anybody tell if I look interested from behind?” “The camera’s going to pan down.” The trees in the middle have the reflected mountains on top of them instead of behind them ---
**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 27, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1620 "2020-10-27T14:06:31Z")
Where’s Waldo? The bottom of that lake? ---
**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 27, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731/1621 "2020-10-27T15:48:25Z")
_All right, Eve, what was so Me-damned important that you had to ditch Adam and meet with Me way out here, in “private”?_ _Do you think he likes me? I mean like, LIKE likes me?_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=80) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731.md?page=82)