Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Homages to the Recently Departed
The Washington Post Sunday Magazine has a long-running weekly contest called the Style Invitational. It highlights the creativity and cleverness of their readers. In a typical contest, readers were asked to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter and supply a new definition. Surely you have received the email with the definitions for, among others, ignoranus (a person who's both stupid and an a**hole); sarchasm (the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it); and Dopeler effect (the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly).
The Style Invitational has an annual feature each January that asks people to write poetry about notable people who died during the prior year. Sample entry:
For Joe Barbera:
The cartoon muse to the baby boom
Has met his yabba dabba doom.
It's pretty punny stuff. You can read the featured entries and winners at
Humorous Poems About Notables Who Died in 2006 and More Humorous Poems About Notables Who Died in 2006
The Style Invitational has an annual feature each January that asks people to write poetry about notable people who died during the prior year. Sample entry:
For Joe Barbera:
The cartoon muse to the baby boom
Has met his yabba dabba doom.
It's pretty punny stuff. You can read the featured entries and winners at
Humorous Poems About Notables Who Died in 2006 and More Humorous Poems About Notables Who Died in 2006
