How ‘Bout Them Apples? | Capitol Quip

By Emily Pierce

Posted May 29, 2013 at 6:29pm

The five finalists for this week’s caption contest are ready for your votes.

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

Here are this week’s finalists:

While the App costs $5.99, it saves you billions.
Genius? Who needs a genius when we’ve got Congress?
This is our newest product: The iEvade!
The brogue takes some getting used to but the tax savings are worth it.
If avoiding paying taxes is your thing, we have an App for that.

The cartoon with the winning caption will appear on this blog June 3 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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