Style Invitational contest Week 1463: Fork over your spoonerisms
Plus we have song parodies out the wazoo
Cartoon by Bob Staake for The Washington Post
How is a piece of lawn furniture like a talkative nanny?
One is a patio chair; the other is a chatty au pair.
This week’s contest: Spoonerisms riddles just like that one from back in Week 124. Deadline for Week 1463 is Monday night, Nov. 29.
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AND we have the winners of our latest song contest — this time, all the songs had to be in the first person, “sung” by a particular person. As always, they’re brilliantly clever and funny. And the subjects — including two great videos — range from President Biden to Sen. Joe Manchin to Sting to Eve (singing about “the Adam family”).
In my online supplementary column, The Style Conversational, I talk about this week’s contest and results, and share the results of that first spoonerism contest from back in 1995; be sure to check it out for guidance and inspiration if you’re thinking of entering, but they’re also a good read.
Next week: We’ll be a day early! (You know, Thanksgiving and all.) We’ll have Week 1464 up on Wednesday, Nov. 24 — and I’ll tell you right now that it’s going to be a cartoon caption contest. So start writing those captions!
LINKS TO …
This week's Invitational column, Week 1463, and results of Week 1459:
This week's Conversational
No-paywall entry form for Week 1463
Still running -- deadline Monday night, Nov. 22: Our contest to tell us what would happen if any two people switched professions. See Week 1462 here; see the no-paywall entry form here.
More ways to enjoy The Style Invitational and be part of the Loser Community:
Join the Style Invitational Devotees group on Facebook and the Devs will anagram your name every which way.
Also on Facebook, the Style Invitational Ink of the Day page presents one classic entry as a colorful graphic that's easy to share. "Like" the page to get it regularly on your news feed, or to scroll through the archives. bit.ly/inkofday.
And we're now on Season 2 of the You're Invited podcast, half-hour episodes with host Mike Gips and various Invite luminaries. Catch all 17 episodes at bit.ly/invite-podcast or on most podcast platforms.
— Pat Myers, Empress of The Style Invitational, pat.myers@washpost.com (or just reply to this email)
*That's Loser with a capital L; named for the runner-up prizes emblazoned "LOSER," the community of regular Style Invitational entrants now proudly calls itself the Losers. If you enter the Invite, you're a Genuine Loser. But not (necessarily) a loser.