Five Captions Hoping to Get Pulled Over | Capitol Quip

By Jason Dick

Posted April 24, 2013 at 6:58pm

Five finalists for this week’s caption contest are speeding your way. Now it’s your turn to vote.

Using the comments section below, vote for your favorite caption until 5 p.m. Thursday.

Here are this week’s finalists:

My name? I’m officer Phil I. Buster

Sir, did you know you were going 55 in a 60 vote zone?

Yes, sir, I’m afraid that attempting to pass ANY legislation here is a “moving violation.”

No, sir, a super-majority of the speed limit is not the new normal.

Sir, you’re under arrested development.

The cartoon with the winning caption will appear on this blog on April 29 and in that day’s print edition of Roll Call. The contest winner will receive a signed color print of his or her Capitol Quip cartoon from the cartoonist, R.J. Matson.

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