Style Invitational Week 1008: Rejigger a movie title; plus winning ‘joint legislation’

“You Are 54: Where Car?”: A senior moment strikes in a parking garage. (Julie Thomas and Will Cramer; Brendan Beary)

“The Brief Pelican”: Impressed with the success of the Aflac Duck, the Hanes underwear company signs a new mascot. (Gene McMath)

(The Washington Post) - Style Invitational prize

“What? Did Daddy Do You in the War?” A young girl learns of her father’s overseas affair when a Korean woman comes looking for him. (Russell Beland)

While starting to pore over the past 10 years of Style Invitationals — 515 contests — to select its Greatest Hits for our 20th-anniversary ickstravaganza on March 3, the Empress came upon this classic from Week 524, a contest we’d never repeated but clearly begs to be done again: Rearrange all the words in the title of a movie, and describe the resulting work, as in these winning entries from 2003. Even given the thousands of films to choose from, we’re certain that many of you will send in the same reconfigured movie title, so it’ll probably be the humor in the plot or description that earns it the ink.

Winner gets the Inkin’ Memorial, the Lincoln-statue bobblehead that is the official Style Invitational trophy. Second place receives a package of Butt/Face soap — with each side of the bar inscribed with “butt” or “face,” not to mention coded in brown and white, so you’ll know which side is for which cheek. Donated by the fastidious longtime Loser Phyllis Reinhard.

Other runners-up win their choice of a yearned-for Loser Mug or the ardently desired Grossery Bag. Honorable mentions get a lusted-after Loser magnet. First Offenders receive a smelly, tree-shaped air “freshener” (FirStink for their first ink). E-mail entries to losers@washpost.com or fax to 202-334-4312. Deadline is Monday, Feb. 18; results published March 10 (online March 7). No more than 25 entries per entrant per week. Include “Week 1008” in your e-mail subject line or it might be ignored as spam. Include your real name, postal address and phone number with your entry. See contest rules and guidelines at wapo.st/inviterules. The subhead for this week’s honorable mentions is by Christopher Lamora; the alternative title in the “Next week’s results” line is by Brad Alexander. Join the lively Style Invitational Devotees group on Facebook at on.fb.me/invdev.

  Report from Week 1005

our biennial contest in which we ask you to create “joint legislation” by combining the names of two or more (often many more) freshman members of Congress. To judge from the many thousands of entries sent in this year from almost 500 people (and by the Empress’s count, 105 of them were entering the Invite for the first time), the 113th Congress should be a productive one; already, Rep. Peters (har har) has 247 pieces of legislation to his name (alas, most are unprintable). As usual, quite a few of the entries were cryptic, to say the least; the E figured out only from context, for example, that “Yoho-Vela-Williams” was meant to be read as “Jehovah’s Witnesses.” The winners below are much more valid. But if you’re still stuck on any of them, look at this link to the same list but with translations. But do try to puzzle them out first; otherwise, you’ll miss out on the extra gratification that comes from catching on after a few seconds of thought.