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The Invitational Week 48: Well, the Good News Is ...
Put positive spin on a bad-news headline. Plus AN"TIP"ATHY and more winning "air quotes."
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Pat Myers
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Gene Weingarten
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Elon - gating
We begin with a random philosophical Gene Pool Gene Poll: Okay, As Elon Musk was visiting Israel, I visited TwitterX, and read the feed allotted to me…
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Gene Weingarten
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A Crabby Observation
Hello. You think it is Tuesday, but it is in fact Monday. That is because I have been traveling on a secret mission and won’t do the regular Tuesday…
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Gene Weingarten
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The New Lexicon
Hello. Today we deliver the internationally acclaimed Weekend Gene Pool, in which we pretend to entertain you in return for your questions and…
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Gene Weingarten
11
The Invitational Week 47: Oh, for Namesakes!
Compare two people who share part of a name. Plus winning ideas for catalog gift items.
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Pat Myers
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Gene Weingarten
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A Real Tofurkey of a Gene Pool
Hello. Welcome to the Gene Pool in its inaugural attempt at filling Thanksgiving week, an enterprise that will be a bit abbreviated on account of nobody…
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Gene Weingarten
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Carnage Knowledge
Aftermath of the massacre at the First Baptist Church, in Sutherland Springs, Tex., in 2017. — Hello. Welcome to the Weekend Gene Pool. I do need to…
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Gene Weingarten
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The Gene Pool
The Gene Pool
Humor. Outrageous discussions, surprising observations, live chats, polls, and the weekly Invitational humor contest (formerly The Washington Post's Style Invitational). Significant misanthropy tempered by a warm heart.
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