Not only did Gene and I have lots of entries to choose from, but we also heard from lots and lots of entrants, some of whom enter only (or almost only) the horse name contests each year, but years on end. And even though the amazing Jonathan Paul saw a full third of his submissions -- eight entries -- get ink, we'll also be congratulating FIFTY-FOUR other Losers this week.
Lots of great entries - all my faves were Honorable Mentions this time. I don't know why exactly, but I laughed out loud at 'The Liceman Cometh'. Two other 'Mistress' entries also made me chuckle: HO and Mountee. Also chuckle-worthy: Raptcha. Three 'Donut God' offspring made my faves list, two of which were excellent musical shout-outs: Beignet & the Jet, Glazed Unconfused. Also Fire in the Hole just struck me funny. I'm an editor, so of course I liked the 'Garamond' entries, but in particular New Serif in Town and Baptismal Font get my vote. Three 'Guns Loaded' offspring got my thumbs up: Simon & Shoots Her, Gangsta Wrap, and No. 1 With a Bullet - so much cleverness! My favorite 'Luxor Cafe' entries among the many were Mummy of Invention and Fish and Cheops. And finally, I did have an 'Olive Green' fave, but it wasn't the winning entry, which I had to read several times before I got it; the one that got a giggle from me was Spinach Armada - bonus because it's not only silly, but historical! Anyway, all of the entries were cleverer than I could ever be, so congrats to all. Every year I marvel at the results of this contest!
HO was one entry that I predicted some people wouldn't get. I personally had Lionel HO trains as a child, but I doubt that many children of the past 50 years have. And back in my Neolithic youth, not many girls were acquainted with HO layouts unless their dads or brothers had them.
Yep we are the same age, and I didn’t get it. No trains in what my dad often referred to as the girls’ dormitory he lived in. (It was just my mom, my sister and me.)
Yeah, I agree that in general it's better to list the pairings in the order that the references appear in the foal. We did turn a few of the entries around.
Too many g[0]od ones to name a clear winner, but I particularly appreciate The Liceman Cometh and Beef Strokin' Off. BTW, isn't that the punchline of a common joke?
I had written "god" instead of "good." I guess I should have mentioned Donut God.
That's fixed -- sorry about that. To make the list, to keep from typing in misspellings, I copied all the results into the Google doc, then erased the parents' names. Except for that stowaway Donut God. He's out now.
Not only did Gene and I have lots of entries to choose from, but we also heard from lots and lots of entrants, some of whom enter only (or almost only) the horse name contests each year, but years on end. And even though the amazing Jonathan Paul saw a full third of his submissions -- eight entries -- get ink, we'll also be congratulating FIFTY-FOUR other Losers this week.
Lots of great entries - all my faves were Honorable Mentions this time. I don't know why exactly, but I laughed out loud at 'The Liceman Cometh'. Two other 'Mistress' entries also made me chuckle: HO and Mountee. Also chuckle-worthy: Raptcha. Three 'Donut God' offspring made my faves list, two of which were excellent musical shout-outs: Beignet & the Jet, Glazed Unconfused. Also Fire in the Hole just struck me funny. I'm an editor, so of course I liked the 'Garamond' entries, but in particular New Serif in Town and Baptismal Font get my vote. Three 'Guns Loaded' offspring got my thumbs up: Simon & Shoots Her, Gangsta Wrap, and No. 1 With a Bullet - so much cleverness! My favorite 'Luxor Cafe' entries among the many were Mummy of Invention and Fish and Cheops. And finally, I did have an 'Olive Green' fave, but it wasn't the winning entry, which I had to read several times before I got it; the one that got a giggle from me was Spinach Armada - bonus because it's not only silly, but historical! Anyway, all of the entries were cleverer than I could ever be, so congrats to all. Every year I marvel at the results of this contest!
So many goodies.
On Posting Day on Losernet, I had praised Alfred E. Newsman.
HO was also a favorite for sheer brevity and the double meaning in two letters.
HO was one entry that I predicted some people wouldn't get. I personally had Lionel HO trains as a child, but I doubt that many children of the past 50 years have. And back in my Neolithic youth, not many girls were acquainted with HO layouts unless their dads or brothers had them.
Yep we are the same age, and I didn’t get it. No trains in what my dad often referred to as the girls’ dormitory he lived in. (It was just my mom, my sister and me.)
Brother had a set and I was unbelievably jealous!
An also-ran that should have won, placed, or showed:
Garamond x Innovator = New Serif in Town (Andrew Rosenberg, Brooklyn, N.Y.)
In a previous contest, Brendan Beary turned that pun into a limerick:
The calligrapher gained his renown
And he turned his whole trade upside down
With a fancy new script
At which somebody quipped,
"Seems we've got a new serif in town!"
JefCon: My 2 favorites are:
Chunk of Gold x Rapture = Oregasm (Jeff Contompasis)
Citizen Bull x Naughty Rascal = Beef Strokin’ Off (Jeff Contompasis)
Ditto!
The Dork Lord made me snort-laugh!
"Manhattan subway rider forces stranger sitting next to him into sex act"
--- Headline today (05-01) in the NY Daily News
For those of you who thought sex in the NYC subway system was um...dead and done...
Several are written in such a way that the horses are listed in the *reverse* order of how they're referenced in the actual foal name? Two examples:
Passion Rules x Coal Battle = Carbon Dating
Luxor Cafe x Crab Daddy = Fish and Cheops
It would be funnier to list those (plus a few others) reversed, i.e. "Coal Battle x Passion Rules" and "Crab Daddy x Luxor Cafe."
Yeah, I agree that in general it's better to list the pairings in the order that the references appear in the foal. We did turn a few of the entries around.
This is why I generate N*(N-1) permutations of the candidate list and not (N/2)*(N-1) combinations.
Foal is also an anagram for Olaf.
True.
Also FO LA, often used by Northern Californians.
Too many g[0]od ones to name a clear winner, but I particularly appreciate The Liceman Cometh and Beef Strokin' Off. BTW, isn't that the punchline of a common joke?
I had written "god" instead of "good." I guess I should have mentioned Donut God.
Believe you're referring to the one about the masturbating bull and stroganoff
Yep
Looking forward to Foal Me Twice aka in loose translation from the Iroquois as "Sharp-Stick-in-the-Eye."
Why is Donut God on the list of foals? He’s not a foal, he’s a sire.
That's fixed -- sorry about that. To make the list, to keep from typing in misspellings, I copied all the results into the Google doc, then erased the parents' names. Except for that stowaway Donut God. He's out now.
Surely this invalidates the results. Let's run it back!