The Style Invitational Week 890: Double-teaming
By The Empress
Saturday, October 16, 2010; C02
Atlanta Falcons + Cincinnati Bengals =
Fal Gals, a women's team with such potty mouths that the networks can't use
mikes on the sidelines.
Here's a suggestion from
erstwhile Loser Jon Reiser: Combine the names of any two pro sports teams --
even from different sports -- and describe the result.
Winner gets the Inker, the
official Style Invitational trophy. Second place wins a collectible (or would
be if it didn't have a little crack in the horn) cow standing in a gondola and
wearing a gondolier costume, except in the daringly naked udder area. Gondi,
let's call her, weighs several pounds and balances on a gondola well over a
foot long. Donated by Cheryl Davis.
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 Loser
Magnets. First Offenders get a smelly, tree-shaped air "freshener"
(Fir Stink for their First Ink). 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, Oct. 25. Put "Week 890" 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 to be published Nov. 13. 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 is by Dave Prevar; the
honorable-mentions subhead is by Kevin Dopart.
Report from Week 886, in which we asked you to coin and define a word or term that was a
palindrome. Among those too frequently submitted were STINKKNITS (smelly
sweaters), BUTTUB (bidet), NERDREN (dorks' offspring) and LAPPAL (friend with
benefits).
The winner of the Inker
AHA HAHA: When you finally
get the joke. (Tom Flaherty, Culpeper, Va., a First Offender)
2. winner of the weird pink
fluffy elephant marionette:
EGADAGE: "Heck,"
"darn," etc. (Jeff Contompasis, Ashburn)
3. NAMETAG-GATEMAN: The
conference organizer who won't let you enter until you've ruined your jacket
with adhesive paper. (Dion Black, Washington)
4. AMENEMA: Blessed relief.
(Anne Morgan, Fairfax, a First Offender)
FUN ENUF: HONORABLE MENTIONS
DROWSYSWORD: Impotence. (Roy
Ashley, Washington)
G.I. GAGA GIG: A flamboyant
concert to support the overturning of "don't ask, don't tell." (Nan
Reiner, Alexandria)
LOOPOOL: Toddlers' swimming
area. (Jeff Contompasis)
BOOBOOBOOB: Implant fail.
(Ann Martin, Bracknell, England; Kathy Hardis Fraeman, Olney)
A PAPAYA PAPA: The leader of
a banana republic. (Rick Morgan, Washington, a First Offender)
RABBI RIB BAR: An all-beef
barbecue joint. (Rick Morgan)
PANTNAP: When your butt falls
asleep. (Dave Komornik, Danville, Va.)
HARA-SARAH: Political suicide
by failure to vet one's running mate. (Frank Mullen III, Aledo, Ill.)
HARASSARAH: Ask a substantive
question. (Kevin Dopart, Washington)
GARBAGE GAB RAG: A
supermarket tabloid. (Craig Dykstra, Centreville)
LOO FOOL: A woman who waits
in an interminable line while the men's room remains vacant. (Nan Reiner)
LEER REEL: The item on the
hotel bill that you hope your wife doesn't see. (Barry Koch, Catlett, Va.)
GNAT TANG: Bug juice made
from actual bugs. (Christopher Lamora, Guatemala City)
NOTTON: Polyester. (May
Jampathom, Oakhurst, N.J.)
LOOFA, A FOOL: Two things in
Bill O'Reilly's shower in 2004 (Ira Allen, Bethesda)
CALFLAC: Livestock insurance.
(Mike Duffy, Washington; Ann Martin)
TOYOTATOYOT : Something
that's hard to stop once it gets going. (Ann Martin)
FREE BEERF: How it sounds
after four or five of them. (Craig Dykstra)
T. ELIOT'S TOILET:
Where "The Waste Land" was written. (Chris Doyle, Ponder, Tex.)
YARD POOP DRAY: What you need
to clean up after your two St. Bernards. (Mae Scanlan, Washington)
ABU TUBA: Iraqi prison whose
inmates are subjected to the cruelest torture. (Frank Mullen III)
TARP-RAT: You think bedbugs
in hotel rooms are bad? Wait till you go camping and see these guys. (Melissa
Yorks, Gaithersberg)
DECAF-FACED: Sleepy-looking.
(Craig Dykstra)
TESTES ROCK-CORSET
SET: A jockstrap and cup. (Chris Doyle)
STATTATS: One way for
conceited athletes to show off their career numbers. (Tom Witte, Montgomery
Village)
POPEPOP: High-fructose
Communion beverage designed to bring kids back to Mass. (Jeff Brechlin, Eagan,
Minn.)
AMORAL-AROMA: The smell of
political success. (Kevin Dopart)
NOT-A-TON: The small size at
the Plus-Plus-Plus Dress Store. (Kevin Dopart)
KAZOOZAK: The
worst elevator music ever. (Chris Doyle)
PARTTRAP: A zipper accident.
(Larry Yungk, Arlington)
XEREX: A date who's exactly
like the jerk you just dumped. (Dion Black)
BURNINRUB: The name Dr.
Bengué rejected for his famous balm. (Lois Douthitt, Arlington)
PREPERP: Someone to keep a
wary eye on. (Jim Reagan, Herndon)
RELIVE EVILER: To make poor
use of one's reincarnation. (Gary Crockett, Chevy Chase)
RACECARRACECAR: Photo finish
at the Indy 500. (Christopher Lamora)
SNACKCANS: What couch
potatoes develop. (Edmund Conti, Raleigh, N.C.)
TILE LIT: Bathroom reading.
(Christopher Lamora)
REVEL LEVER: A guy's
joystick. (Jeff Contompasis; Craig Dykstra)
KNOB BONK: A common injury
among eavesdroppers. (Lawrence McGuire, Waldorf)
PAAP: Stuff your dad says.
(Tom Witte)
And last: LE
CRAP PARCEL: What the Inker winner from Montreal got from the Empress. (Kevin
Dopart)
Next week: Plus Fours, or Gimmericks