The Style Invitational
Week 756 Mess With Our Heads
Saturday, March 15,
2008; Page C02
Penguin
Book Ban Reconsidered
'Aw, Let
the Poor Birds Read if They Want,' Zookeeper Pleads
Take
any headline, verbatim, appearing anywhere in The Post or on w ashingtonpost.com
from March 15 through 24 and reinterpret it by adding a "bank head,"
or subtitle (like the joke bank head offered under the actual Post headline
above). Please include the date and page number of the headline you're citing
from the paper; for Web articles, give the date and copy a sentence or two of
the story (or, better, just copy the whole URL) . You
don't have to use the entire length of the headline, but don't skip words or
use snippets that distort the meaning of the original. Headlines in ads and
subheads within an article can be used, too; photo captions cannot.
Winner
gets the Inker, the official Style Invitational trophy. Second place receives a
ballpoint pen that, on the push of a button, emits a fluorescent-looking light
and the most earsplitting version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" this
side of Roseanne (it does not grab its crotch, however). Donated
by Loser Russell Beland.
Other
runners-up win their choice of a coveted Style Invitational Loser T-shirt or
yearned-for Loser Mug. Honorable Mentions get one of the lusted-after Style
Invitational Magnets. One prize per entrant per week.
Send your entries by e-mail to losers@washpost.com or by fax to 202-334-4312.
Deadline is Monday, March 24. Put "Week 756" in the subject line of
your e-mail, or it risks being ignored as spam. Include your name, postal
address and phone number with your entry. Contests are
judged on the basis of humor and originality. All entries become the property
of The Washington Post. Entries may be edited for taste or content. Results
will be published April 12. No purchase required for entry. Employees of The
Washington Post, and their immediate relatives, are not eligible for prizes.
Pseudonymous entries will be disqualified. The revised title for next week's results
and this week's Honorable Mentions name are by Kevin Dopart
of
Report From Week 750, the Invitational's fourth photo humor contest,
in which we supplied five captions and you were invited to submit your own
pictures to match them. We can conclude from this exercise that most people
think that our own children and pets -- especially if we put a hat on them --
are a heck of a lot funnier than other people think they are. Cute, yes. Soooo cute. Funny, only kind of.
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