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PERMANENT INKSTAIN FOR PAUL LAPORTE



WEEK TITLE SYNOPSIS INK Types
1342 MRGRS: Mash 2 abbrevs. Combine two acronyms or other abbreviations, whether of entities or expressions, into one big one, and describe it, offer a slogan for the new organization, etc. I H H H
1103 Themes good enough for us Suggest an existing song to be used as the theme for a TV series or program for comic effect. H
485 Asterisky Business Write a joke with a punch line depending on knowledge so esoteric that it requires an asterisked explanation. H
409 Nice Job, if You Get It Take anything that might need its image enhanced and rename it in a way the keeps its essential identity, but makes it seem nicer. H
406 Bum Steerage Offer some spectacularly bad advice to any of the provided people. H
298 THE RIGHT STUFF Write a sentence, or phrase, or entire passage, using only your right hand on the keyboard. This means you may use no keys to the left of N, H, Y and 7. H
296 BILL US LATER Choose among the names of any of the newly elected U.S. senators or representatives and propose a bill they might sponsor. H
284 ASK BACKWARDS MCLXVII You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? H
266 DEFINITELY WEIRD Take any word from the dictionary and redefine it. H
259 SPARE EXCHANGE, BUDDY? Take any phone number of any business or government office in the Washington area, translate the first two digits into their constituent letters and propose any appropriate one-word exchange. H H
256 THE PYLE INVITATIONAL Come up with hip, contemporary riddles and answers. The punch line must contain a painful pun. H
253 IT'S A PITY Enter any of the provided contests. Winners will be judged entirely on the basis of how pitiful an attempt at humor the entry is. H 2
251 QUOTH THE MAVEN Take any famous line, change it by one letter only (add, subtract or change a single letter), and reattribute it. H
250 OH, GREAT Complete the sentence "Wouldn't it be great if . . . H
246 OUR OWN DEVICES What do these contraptions do? Tell us in 50 words or fewer. H
231 GIVING QUARTER Suggest a motto for the "tails" side of any of the state-themed quarters. H
227 WILD PITCHES Come up worthy successors to Joe Camel. Name the product, and describe the totally inappropriate cartoon character that would be created to represent it. H
217 NO QUESTION ABOUT IT Come up with truly stupid questions. H
213 A SIN OF THE TIMES Submit campaign or other political practices that would be illegal and/or unethical. H
209 WE NEED SOME SEASONING Come up with the first signs of spring in Washington. H