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The Story of Stories
Hello. Last Friday, Rachel and I were having dinner at an upscale Eastern Market taqueria named El Paraiso. (Excellent sangria, tragically desiccated…
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Gene Weingarten
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Kids Do The %&!@!-est Things
Welcome to the Weekend Gene Pool, your source of mirth and my source of your stories. Win-win. Today’s subject matter is kids. The first story was sent…
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Gene Weingarten
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The Invitational Week 68: Pun for the Roses
Our annual crazy-popular horse 'breeding' wordplay contest. Plus winning anagrams.
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Pat Myers
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Gene Weingarten
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The Amazing Adventures of T-Rump
Hello. The other day, as Donald Trump’s hush-money-bribing, election-tampering, money-laundering, and general scumbaggery trial was about to begin, Tom…
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Gene Weingarten
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On the Fritz
Hello, welcome to the Weekend Gene Pool, where I ask you to weigh in on an issue in return for entertaining you. The issue will come later, but first…
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Gene Weingarten
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The Invitational Week 67: Bring Up the Rear
Move the last letter of a word to the front. Plus winning poems about artworks.
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Pat Myers
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Gene Weingarten
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Mexican Food Sucks
Hello. Okay, FWIW, I don’t actually believe Mexican food sucks. I have enjoyed Mexican food, even though much of it looks like the photo above, an…
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Gene Weingarten
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Quaking In Our Boots
Hello. Welcome to the Weekend Gene Pool, where we ask you for personal stories under the solemn promise we will entertain you. On the day of the chat…
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Gene Weingarten
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The Invitational Week 66: Seeds of Change
Make an anagram of a name-brand product. Plus winning 15-name chains.
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Pat Myers
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Gene Weingarten
25
Alert!
Today’s Invitational Gene Pool will actually happen tomorrow. The reason is a gigantic cosmic disturbance that has globally substituted Friday for…
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Gene Weingarten
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ClapClapClap.
Hello. I am not usually awake at 4:02 a.m. but I was this Monday when something quite remarkable happened. I need to set the scene because, well, it was…
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Gene Weingarten
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