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5 Captions for Your Next Town Hall | Capitol Quip

By Emily Pierce
Posted August 21, 2013 at 4:00pm

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 great to finally meet the person who approves of my work in Congress. Glad you could make it, Mom.
  • For my next answer, I will need you to raise your other hand to ensure no recording devices are present.
  • Yes, do you have an approved question I can answer with one of my canned responses?
  • I only have time for one more question …
  • What would you like to talk about — motherhood or apple pie?

The cartoon with the winning caption will appear on this blog Aug. 25. 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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