Style Invitational Week 1477: Take the ha road -- winning road sign/barbecue marquees
Plus the new contest: "Review" a Slinky, sandwich bread, a shoehorn and more
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For Week 1473, we asked you to write a message for the highway sign above, or for the marquee of the Little Pigs barbecue joint. This week the Empress shares 42 of them in this week’s Style Invitational, Week 1477.
And we once again ask you to write a funny “review” for one or more of seven everyday products (e.g., shoehorn, whistle, white sandwich bread) and/or one oddball one (“lion’s mane” headband for a cat). This time it’s on the Walmart website rather than Our Usual Portal, but same idea. Deadline Monday, March 7.
NEW!! If you can’t access the Invite from the link above, use this one instead — but I do hope you’ll subscribe to The Post. Tell them I sent you.
Illustration by Bob Staake for The Post
Field whistle on a lanyard: I am highly disappointed in this product — not a single lovely lady has given me so much as a wink when she walks by. The only good thing is that my spit drains out of it pretty well. ★★☆☆☆.
In my weekly supplementary column, The Style Conversational, I share some classic Invite product reviews of past years, for paper clips, Pringles, handkerchiefs, poop emoji pool floats, what have you. And I even have a photo of my personal cat modeling the lion’s-mane thing.
LINKS TO …
This week's Invitational column, Week 1477, and results of Week 1473
The same column for non-subscribers (but do sign up — there are always great promotions going on!)
No-paywall entry form for Week 1477
This week’s Style Conversational column
Two more contests still running -- Deadline Monday night, Feb. 28, for both:
It’s our contest for a song or cheer for Washington’s newly named NFL team, the Commanders — or, if you’re not into football, you can do any D.C. institution. So song parody or just a cheer; football or something else. We are just one big pair of open arms. See Week 1475 here; see the no-paywall entry form here.
Our contest to find an interesting Googlenope — a phrase that, in quotes, generates no real results on a Google search; and/or an interesting Googleyup — a phrase that, surprisingly, is out there (or out there in large numbers). Or show an ironic, funny contrast between them. Week 1476 is here, and the entry form is 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 18 episodes at bit.ly/invite-podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.
— 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.