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Judy Freed's avatar

I loved so many this week. A few faves: Craig Dykstra's “Does anybody really know what climate is? Does anybody really care?” — Fox News, Beverly Sharp's “Out, damned spit! Out, I say!” — the Hawk Tuah Girl, Jon Ketzner's “A date that will live in infinity.” — Bill Murray, Terri Berg Smith's “It is what it isn’t.”—Donald Trump

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Suzanne S Barnhill's avatar

Agreed. I thought this crop of Invitational entries was unusually good.

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Ed Rorie's avatar

I think the JD Vance quote was the best, especially given the harmony between the final syllables woman and ottoman.

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Mandy Worley's avatar

Fav: To thy gown self, be true. Thank you Chris Doyle!

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Not Simple, Ever's avatar

I like Duncan’s Ottoman, hard to choose though, very glib week!

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Hortense of Gotham City's avatar

That living together question: not a grammar question. Just saying.

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Sally Booher's avatar

I like the Lorena Bobbitt “he’s not playing with a full dick” the best.

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Jon Ketzner's avatar

My headline suggestion was “ That’s what she almost said.” I thought of the “ not” Jesse used ( the joke rhythms better) but chose “almost” because it struck me as more in line with the contest challenge. Jesse is the Elon Musk of inkings; I’m a guy living in a Maytag dryer box. Just pleading.

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BeverAmb@gmail.com's avatar

Oops! I had a typo on my "Alexa" joke; the iPhone AI assistant is "Siri," not "Suri," which is what I sent in by mistake.

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Suzanne S Barnhill's avatar

Did Alexa mean to say "Siri"?

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Gene Weingarten's avatar

Yes! Changing it.

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Leslie Franson's avatar

Could someone explain the Prince Albert reveal party to me? What is that?

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Leslie Franson's avatar

to both Jon Kretzner's entries: EWWWW! But as a 3rd year student of Welsh on Duolingo, I like the Welsh Wordle entry!

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Steve Honley's avatar

Q: Think America will ever elect a President who is openly, out of the closet, atheistic ?

A: Yes. I think we are heading there. And one reason I think so is that I’m not sure that anyone has even asked if Harris goes to church, or what her views are. I don’t know. Do you? And I think even Trump supporters know he has no religious faith at all.

Actually, Gene, she has been asked about her faith many times. She was brought up in both Hindu and Christian traditions, but she is a member of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco. (And as you surely know, she is married to an observant Jew.) Here's a link: https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/08/19/kamala-harris-religion/.

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Jon Gearhart's avatar

“Now is the winner of our discontent.” — Virtually half the electorate on Nov. 6. (Mark Raffman, Reston, Va.)

Well, technically speaking, that was virtually half the electorate in nearly every election this century...

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Richard Wexler's avatar

Clearly the judging reflects liberal media bias, since the best quote was from J.D. Vance. And the Catherine the Great quote also could have been attributed to Emma Peel.

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Helena Handbasket's avatar

I don't get the Barbra Streisand thing.

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Gene Weingarten's avatar

Barbra is Jewish. She doesn't eat pork.

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Helena Handbasket's avatar

That's kinda what I thought, but the phrase wasn't "eat a pig," but "have a pig" -- it could be a pet!

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Gene Weingarten's avatar

Well, to tie it up, I could add: An observant Jew generally cannot have a pig as a pet because the Jewish Bible forbids eating or raising pigs. The Leviticus section of the Tanakh states that pigs are unclean and that their flesh and carcasses should not be touched.

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Gene Weingarten's avatar

Er, that was lifted from Wiki. I had no idea about that, myself, being a Bad Jew.

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Helena Handbasket's avatar

Thanks for the info -- I never knew that!

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Dale of Green Gables's avatar

"'Weird Dudes" for $200 Ken'" A: "Seat of his pants."

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