Vote For Your Favorite Washington Monument Capitol Quip

By Rebecca Gale

Posted May 21, 2014 at 4:24pm

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!

Will this orbit exceed 14 days? I have an appointment at the VA.
Did anyone get a golden ticket for this ride?
This was originally designed as an escape pod for the Speaker of the House.
Georgetown finally decided to come up with some public transportation.
I knew we shouldn’t have labeled the elevator “Senators Only.”

The cartoon with the winning caption will appear on this blog on May 26 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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