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The Invitational Week 65: A Thousand Words
Write a funny poem about the artwork of your choice. Plus winning rewrites of the State of the Union.
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Give Me Libby or Give Me Death
... Hello. This is the story of a Granny, and her car. The Granny is named Libby Sheeran, and she died eleven years ago. The car, however, did not die…
Mar 26
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Never Have I Ever Played This Stupid Game Before.
Hello. That’s the challenge for this Weekend Gene Pool. Everyone else has apparently played this game but me. Rachel has played it 6,000 times, because…
Mar 23
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Invitational Week 64: You're Workin' on a Chain, Gang
A classic connection game. Plus winning ways to stress yourself out.
Mar 21
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Gene Weingarten
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Sphygmomanometry 101
Hello. I get my blood pressure checked more often than you do. I get my blood pressure checked more often than the crew of Apollo 13 did. I get my blood…
Mar 19
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Shame (On You)
Hello. Welcome to the renowned Weekend Gene Pool, in which I will confess a career-jeopardizing unethical action from my past in exchange for soliciting…
Mar 16
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Gene Weingarten
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The Invitational Week 63: SOTU-Speak
Use words from Biden's State of the Union speech to write some lines for another oration. Plus winning photo captions.
Mar 14
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Welcome to The Mean Pool
Hi. The cartoon above is pretty hard-ass, isn’t it? Wincingly broad-brush, arguably less than fair, kinda … mean. It’s been around on the Web for years…
Mar 12
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Gene Weingarten
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What, Was He Just Biden His Time?
Hello. Welcome to the Weekend Gene Pool Gene Poll. I’ve been waiting to do this poll for weeks now, waiting on some resuscitative event that might even…
Mar 9
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The Invitational Week 62: Hi, Anxiety!
Tell us some funny ways to stress yourself out. Plus winning diary entries by historical figures.
Mar 7
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Kissing ... and Telling
Hello. This will be an unusual Gene Pool. It will be devoted almost completely to the sticky issues of sexual betrayal, the right to connubial privacy…
Mar 5
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Slender Reassignment
Hello. Welcome back to the Weekend Gene Pool, which may finally be getting too big for its britches. I mean this personally. I’ve gone four pounds over…
Mar 2
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