Five Captions to Watch Out For | Capitol Quip

By Jason Dick

Posted July 31, 2013 at 3:22pm

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:

It’s coming right at me — Yes, I definitely feel threatened.
3 minutes. This is not working. Let’s just try to repeal it again.
Yes, I expect a crime is about to occur.
The guy took my peanuts and Big Gulp, then he threatened me with a mandate!
Profiling Democrats? Who, me?!

The cartoon with the winning caption will appear on this blog Aug. 5 and in the next 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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