The Invitational
Pat MyersLinks from Pat Myers, Empress of The Invitational, the irreverent weekly humor/wordplay contest recently canceled by The Washington Post but now run by the Empress and Czar Gene Weingarten at GeneWeingarten.substack.com.
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Holding On for Dear Laugh
Back around 2010, I had coffee with Marcus Brauchli, who had come from the Wall Street Journal to be the editor of The Washington Post, taking over after the longtime editorship of Len Downie, who’d followed the longtime editorship of Ben B...
It's The Invitational's horse name 'breeding' contest!
Breed Triple Crown nominees
ROGER ROGER and PASSION RULES
and name their foal
YES YES I WILL YES
Rapture x Exuberant Mischief = Rupture
Maitre D x Mistress = Maitre DD
Here’s a special dispatch from my otherwise restful Empress pa...
The Laughtermath
A runner-up in this week’s Invitational results. For more see TinyURL.com/inv-week-97.
Two weeks ago, The Invitational — a humor contest — asked readers to put themselves in the head of either a total Trumpster or a total Harrister, consu...
It's The Invitational's horse name 'breeding' contest!
Breed Triple Crown nominees Gettysburg Address and Midnight Love and name their foal Four Scores
Triple Espresso x Next Level = Caffeine^8
Hancock x Stoke the Fire = Stroke the Fire
Here’s a special dispatch from my otherwise restful Emp...
Same-Day Deliveries!
June 19 birthday boys Boris Johnson and Moe Howard: Both were bowled over by their barbers. (Noted by Kevin Dopart)
Shaquille O’Neal and Michelangelo. Muhammad Ali and Al Capone. Ron DeSantis and Amy Winehouse. Each pair shares a birthday...
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Judge and "Empress" of The Invitational, formerly The Style Invitational, The WaPo weekly humor/wordplay contest. Now see it every Thursday at The Gene Pool at GeneWeingarten.substack.com -- subscribe there!
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