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The Invitational Week 82: Taylorgaters
Take a line from a 'Tortured Poets' lyric and rhyme it with one of your own. Plus winning list-linkers.
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Pat Myers
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Gene Weingarten
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One and Won
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Gene Weingarten
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Let Me Be The First
Kamala Harris’s pick for Vice President should be Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senator from Ohio. And not just because he has my hair. Or send in an…
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Gene Weingarten
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It's a Real Shirtshow
Welcome to the Weekend Gene Pool, in which I entertain you in return for your anecdotes and observations responding to a question I ask, which, in this…
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Gene Weingarten
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The Invitational Week 81: Picture This
It's our caption contest. Plus winning alt-ideas for Independence Day.
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Pat Myers
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Gene Weingarten
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Trump's Main Vice
Hello.
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Gene Weingarten
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Only Eww (And Eww Alone)
Welcome to the Weekend Gene Pool where we ask you a question, and in return for your answers — for use by us next week — we entertain you. The question…
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Gene Weingarten
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The Invitational Week 80: Same Difference
We give you a random list of things, and you tell us how any two are alike or different. Plus for tl;dr types, history as two rhyming lines.
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Pat Myers
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Gene Weingarten
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This Guy.
Meet Matthew Walther. Note the creepy Reichstag haircut. Note the strangely manicured ‘stache that creates the illusion of a little rectangle of hair in…
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Gene Weingarten
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Special Monday Gene Pool Gene Poll.
Hello. This is a sudden and unexpected tiny Gene Pool, based on a news story today. Here is the story. It is about the demotion of three deans at…
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Gene Weingarten
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The Geezer in the Mirror
Hello. Welcome to The Weekend Gene Pool, in which we ask you for your questions and observations in return for entertainment. Today’s question is a…
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Gene Weingarten
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The Invitational Week 79: The Farce of July
Give us new ways to celebrate Independence Day. Plus memorable 'Barney & Clyde' strips about dementia, penned by the Losers.
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Gene Weingarten
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Pat Myers
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