Vote For Your Favorite Capitol Doughnut Quip

By Jason Dick

Posted May 7, 2014 at 6:00pm

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. ET Thursday.

Here are this week’s finalists!

And just like Congress, there is no center!
Caution: May contain nuts.
Where’s the coffee?
Hopefully it’s not too big to fail.
Did Michelangelo need a doughnut when he painted the Sistine Chapel?

The cartoon with the winning caption will appear on this blog on May 11 and in the following 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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