# Look at the caption! Hilarious! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727 "2011-05-04T18:05:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/1 "2011-05-04T18:05:38Z")
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I can’t stop giggling at [it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_test). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/2 "2011-05-04T18:08:11Z")
Thanks for the alleged thread. If it walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and its quack echoes, is it a duck? ---
**Author:** ![Kiber](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiber/32/317_2.png) [@Kiber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiber)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/3 "2011-05-04T18:40:49Z")
I don’t know - the shadows look all wrong. Plus - the ripples make it look like it’s swimming backwards. I’ve never seen a “duck” do that before. So I’m not convinced . . . . ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/4 "2011-05-04T18:50:09Z")
From a 2001 thread: > [@](#): > > In George B. Thomas’ book “Calculus and Analytic Geometry” you can find “Whales” listed in the index. Turn to the page and – no whales! Of course, there wouldn’t be in calculus book. But two of the graphs of functions look kind of whale-like, so Thomas and his editor (who must’ve been pretty punchy at the time) put “whales” in the index. (I have this story from Thomas himself). > **[Inside Jokes in Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=62353)** > > I noticed a few Jewish “inside jokes” in books. In Peter David’s Imzadi, there are five alien terrorists whose names are Marror, Karpas, Haroset, Hazeret and Zeorah. Those five names also happen to be the names of five items on the Passover seder... ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/5 "2011-05-04T18:54:29Z")
> [@Kiber](#): > > I don’t know - the shadows look all wrong. Plus - the ripples make it look like it’s swimming backwards. I’ve never seen a “duck” do that before. So I’m not convinced . . . . You’re just ducking the question. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/6 "2011-05-04T18:57:31Z")
Well, I’ve been staring at it for several minutes now, and it hasn’t quacked, or indeed swum, like a duck. So far, the jury’s out on this one. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/7 "2011-05-04T18:57:33Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > You’re just ducking the question. Aww, did he ruffle your feathers? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/8 "2011-05-04T18:59:47Z")
Remember when you look at the caption, the caption looks back. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/9 "2011-05-04T19:03:11Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Remember when you look at the caption, the caption looks back. So you’re saying this could go eider way? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/10 "2011-05-04T19:12:06Z")
It’d be a bit less funny, but I think the caption should say “purported,” not “alleged.” ---
**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:** [May 4, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/11 "2011-05-04T19:26:31Z")
I like “putative.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/12 "2011-05-04T19:48:41Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Well, I’ve been staring at it for several minutes now, and it hasn’t quacked, or indeed swum, like a duck. > > So far, the jury’s out on this one. Maybe it’s Heisenberg’s duck. You can only see it or hear it but not do both. Or it could be Schrodinger’s duck and it’s in an undeterminable state between being a duck and not being a duck. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/13 "2011-05-04T19:52:34Z")
I’m down with that. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/14 "2011-05-04T20:51:33Z")
_Ceci n’est pas une pipe._ ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/15 "2011-05-04T21:03:08Z")
\<3 I needed a good quick chuckle after the call I just took. thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/16 "2011-05-04T21:03:17Z")
My very favorite joke of all time: Me - Ask me if I’m a duck. Other person - Are you a duck? Me - No! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/17 "2011-05-04T22:19:30Z")
But does it quack? ---
**Author:** ![Dusty\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/18 "2011-05-04T22:23:03Z")
It’s 'Shopped. I can tell by the pixels. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/19 "2011-05-04T22:23:13Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I can’t stop giggling at [it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_test). Aye, that is _funny_! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727/20 "2011-05-05T00:23:32Z")
Yep, now I’m giggling. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-the-caption-hilarious/580727.md?page=2)