WK | TITLE | SYNOPSIS | INK TYPES |
1420 |
Singing on the job -- a parody contest |
Write a humorous "work song" for any job or profession. Set it to any well-known tune. |
P |
1418 |
Tour de Fours XVII: Just Undo It |
Coin a word or multi-word term containing the letters U-N-D-O -- consecutive but in any order -- and describe it. |
P |
1415 |
The Year in Redo, Part 1 |
Enter (or reenter) any Style Invitational contest from Week 1360 through 1387, except for Weeks 1361-1363. |
2 H H H P |
1414 |
Divining comedy: 2021 predictions |
Name some humorous news event to happen in 2021. |
H H W |
1410 |
Legends of the fall -- more fictoids |
Tell us some bogus trivia about autumn, or things that happen (or have happened) in autumn. |
H H H W |
1409 |
Skip a groove: Drop a letter or more from a song title |
Drop one or more letters from somewhere in the middle of a song title and describe the new song, and/or quote some lyrics from it. |
3 |
1408 |
Re-Organization |
Slightly change the name of a nonprofit organization and describe it. |
H |
1405 |
Okay, once more around the track |
"Breed" any two of the provided foal names that got ink in Week 1400 and name the offspring to reflect both parents' names. |
H |
1404 |
Ask Backwards XXXIX |
The answers are provided. You supply the questions. |
H H P |
1403 |
Who was that masked man? |
Current a short listing for a current or past TV show that has a coronavirus story line, or one reflecting some other issue in the news right now. |
H |
1401 |
How hai? A joke-haiku contest |
Write a joke (roughly) in the "It's so xxx" genre as a haiku. |
2 |
1400 |
Back on track with our classic 'foal' contest |
"Breed" any two of the provided names of the 100 horses nominated for the 2020 Triple Crown races and name the "foal" to humorously reflect the parents' names. |
P |
1399 |
The lie-zy days of summer |
Tell us some bogus trivia about the summer or things that happen or have happened in the summer. |
H |
1397 |
Trope springs eternal |
Use any of the four provided standard settings -- (a) desert island, (b) bartender at a bar, (c) desert, (d) psychiatrist next to a couch -- and describe a cartoon that includes your choice of characters, along with a caption. |
3 |
1395 |
Add nauseam: A plus-one contest |
Add a "plus one" to some familiar numerical grouping, true or fictional |
H |
1393 |
Second chance (acned conches?) for anagrams |
Describe any of the provided anagram businesses, or offer its slogan. |
4 |
1392 |
Picture this -- caption these cartoons |
Write a caption, either descriptive or in dialogue, for any of the provided Bob Staake cartoons. |
H H |
1391 |
No-covid zone -- a neologism contest |
Coin a new word or phrase that lacks C, O, V, I and D and describe it. |
H H |
1390 |
'Same difference' for a new time |
Explain how any two of the items in the provided list are similar, different or otherwise linked. |
H H |
1387 |
Movie clips -- drop letters from the middle of a title |
Delete one or more letters (they must be consecutive) from the middle of a movie title, and describe the resulting new movie. |
H |
1386 |
Colt following: It's the grandfoals! |
"Breed" any two of the 70 foal names that got ink this week and name the offspring to reflect both parents' names. |
H |
1385 |
Don't you want to see new places? |
Change any place name slightly and describe the new place. |
H H |
1384 |
Of course there are stupid questions! |
Give us stupid questions, especially ones reflecting Our Current Situation. |
H |
1383 |
Questionable Journalism |
Choose any sentence (not a headline) in an article or ad in The Washington Post or another publication dated May 7 through May 18, and write a question it might humorously answer. |
H H |
1382 |
For us, it's still Post Time |
"Breed" any two names from the provided list of 100 of the 145 previous Kentucky Derby winners, from 1875 to 2019, and name the foal to humorously reflect the parents' names. |
H |
1381 |
Let's be equinoxious with fictoids about spring |
Tell us some untrue trivia about springtime or things that happen or happened in the spring. |
H |
1380 |
Both sides now |
Delete one or more letters (in a row) from a word or brief phrase to find another word, and define it. |
L |
1379 |
Your wish: A pun -- a star |
Tell a joke, in your choice of form, whose punchline is a pun on a song title or lyric. |
H |
1378 |
It's (emergency) Parody Time |
Write a song about life in the Age of Corona, set to a familiar tune (or even one of your own, if you perform it on video). |
H |
1377 |
Make your own March Madness |
Think of some sport, game, art project or other activity that you can conjure up using various items that you might find around the house. |
H H H |
1375 |
Mess With Our Heads |
Reinterpret an actual headline (or a major part of it) by adding a bank head, or subtitle. |
H |
1374 |
Versus' verses in a rap battle |
Write a mini-"rap" between any two characters, real or fictional, as in the provided ERB example. |
2 H H |
1369 |
Shoot us some oops |
Tell us a concise original joke that revolves around a typo or misheard word. |
P |
1368 |
Picture This -- cartoon captions |
Supply a caption for one or more of the provided cartoons. |
H |
1363 |
The Year in Redo, Part 2 |
Enter (or reenter) any Style Invitational contest from Week 1334 through Week 1359. |
H |
1360 |
The lyin' in winter: Seasonal fictoids |
Give us some untrue trivia about winter or things that occur in winter. |
H H |
1355 |
The inside word |
Highlight part of a word, name or short phrase in "air quotes" to give the word a new meaning or description. |
H |
1351 |
What concept will you be for Halloween? |
Give us a creative, clever idea for a timely Halloween costume (for one or more people) or an idea for a party or other activity. You may even send us a photo of an actual new costume you've created this year. |
H H H |
1348 |
Same difference |
Explain humorously how any two or more of the provided items are alike, different or otherwise connected. |
H H |
1347 |
Reologisms |
Write a clever, funny definition for any of the provided Loser-concocted words and phrases, and/or show they'd be used. |
2 |
1346 |
AZ if -- balancing acts |
Think of a new word or two-word phrase that begins and ends -- either way -- with one of the provided "alphabetically balanced" pairs. |
H H W |
1345 |
The confaketionary -- food fictoids |
Tell us some comically false "fact" about food, drink or dining. |
H |
1341 |
Portmanteautapping from E to R |
Coin a portmanteau word beginning with E through R, in which the words overlap by at least two letters, and describe it. |
H |
1339 |
Songs for a modern error |
Write humorous lyrics about some modern woe, set to a familiar tune. |
H |
1336 |
Two ways about it |
What's something (printable) you could say in two -- or more -- of the provided situations. |
H |
1334 |
Mull 'er over: A search for collision |
Combine any two words, names, abbreviations, etc., from anywhere in the redacted Mueller report, in a two-word or hyphenated phrase and define it. |
H W |
1329 |
Shakespeare + Thee: Tailgaters |
Select any line from a work by Shakespeare (poetry or prose) and pair it with your own line to create a humorous rhyming couplet. |
H |
1328 |
Hooked on 'classic': a do-over |
Summarize a book or play by any author, or retell a scene (or even a moment) from one, in the style of some other person. |
H |
1327 |
Mess with our (or anyone's) heads |
Reinterpret (or comment wryly on) a headline (or a big part of a headline) by writing a bank head, or subtitle. |
L |
1326 |
Foaling around |
"Breed" any two names from the provided list of 100 horses and name the foal to reflect both names. |
3 |