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Caption, from Getty Images: “Lobster being walked on a leash. “ The other day I was at the smoked-fish counter at Balducci’s, a ridiculously high-end grocery store in Bethesda, Md., which I patronize only infrequently because they have sable fish, which I cannot resist due to my…
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Reinterpret any headline by adding a 'bank head' (that's what this is). Plus a reexamination of our 1993 contests.
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Dall-E cartoon of “Frenchman in beret in hammock” You know what would be great? If while all these criminal cases against Trump inch their way forward…
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Our new contest partners you and a machine. How's that gonna work out? Plus winning pangrams of movie titles.
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Good afternoon. Happy Pi Day. This Gene Pool intro will be mostly about pi and its cherished day, which is today. March 14. 3.14, pi. Or close enough…
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As the Invite turns 30, enter your choice of contests from our year of infancy. Plus winning jokes-as-poems.
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Good afternoon. Today we talk about word games and liars, and there will be an entertaining poll, but first we’re going to talk about money. I hate…
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Use all the letters in a movie title to make a new movie. Plus out-there art concepts.
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