Playing With Nukes | Capitol Quip

By Jason Dick

Posted July 17, 2013 at 5:46pm

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:

Self-immolation is NOT what I had in mind!
I suppose you’ll blame this on climate change, too …
This is a test. This is only a test. Nothing will actually change.
Well, I guess we both stood our ground.
We’re going to need a wider aisle.

The cartoon with the winning caption will appear on this blog July 21 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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