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Five Captions Run Aground | Capitol Quip

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By Jason Dick
Posted September 4, 2013 at 6:22pm

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:

  • Geez, who was steering that ship?
  • Here we go — from Baywatch back to the Planet of the Apes.
  • The one advantage of global warming!!!
  • What would America do without us?
  • Maybe if we rearrange the chairs …

The cartoon with the winning caption will appear on this blog on Sept. 8 and in the following 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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