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PERMANENT INKSTAIN FOR KEN KRATTENMAKER



WEEK TITLE SYNOPSIS INK Types
1451 Could have said it worse ourselves Give us a humorously bad "first draft" of a famous line from history, literature or entertainment. H
273 UNSEENS WE'D LIKE TO SEE Provide examples of any of the provided categories of things that will never happen. H H 3
160 SEEKING WISE GUYS Come up with cool new bad-guy terms. I H H
135 JERRY-BUILT SOLUTIONS Come up with Seinfeld-isms: whiny, quirky musings on little questions of life. H
126 EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' What are these people, etc., saying or thinking? H
125 ASK BACKWARD VI You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? E
123 WHY IS POOP FUNNY? Come up with creative answers to any of the five questions above that might be asked by a 5-year-old. H
121 IT'S NO USE Come up with useless products. H 4
120 SIMILE OUTRAGEOUS Come up with inept analogies, rotten comparisons as a literary device. H 3
119 MUZAK TO OUR EAR Come up with unfortunate Muzak songs to hear on the phone while on hold. You can use either a song title or a lyric. H
117 GIVE 'EM HELOISE Come up with a tribute to Heloise, that queen of inanely creative recycling. H H 1
112 POOP FICTION Come up with the opening lines of a book so bad it will compel you to stop reading immediately; maximum 50 words. H
110 DO NOT INHALE THIS PAGE Come up with absurd warning labels that might be found on common products. H
108 NEAR MISSES Come up with the first drafts of great lines in history, entertainment or literature. H H
103 SEND HELP. Come up with ways to raise some badly needed cash for the District of Columbia. H H H H 3
102 HELP! I'M A PRISONER IN THIS CONTEST Come up with fortune cookie messages that you would love to see, but never will. H
101 [deliberately left blank] [deliberately left blank] H H H H H
100 THE JOKE'S ON YOU Retell any of these jokes as they would be told by some celebrity, living or dead. H
99 WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE PICTURES? What's wrong with these pictures? H H
98 YOUR CHEATIN' ART Come up with titles for country music songs featuring any one or more of the following themes: cheatin', thievin', drinkin', truckin', lovin' or dogs. H H
96 STICK IT IN YOUR ERA Come up with a catch phrase for the 1990s. H H
94 WEEKS 1-93 Come up with a great answer to any previous Style Invitational contest, an answer you may have thought of after the contest was over. H H H
93 I WANT THE MONGOOSE Tell us, in 50 words or fewer, why you must have this elegant piece of taxidermy featuring a snake being killed by a mongoose. H H H
92 PLOTBOILERS Tell us what excerpts from celebrities' novels might look like. 4
90 BILL US NOW Come up with funny legislation based on the names of the 102 freshman congresspersons. 3
89 CHILD'S PLAY Come up with bad ideas for new toys for the Christmas season. H H H 1
85 PLAY MYTHTY FOR ME Come up with new urban myths, those vaguely believable, wildly paranoid stories that circulate by word of mouth until they are generally accepted as true. H
80 NICK KNACKS Come up with a great nickname for any contemporary celebrity. H