The winner of the Inker:
Where’s Hillary?
The man who edits
Photographs for Di Tzeitung
Is a son of a .
(Danny Bravman, Chicago)
The Style Invitational
The Style Invitational is The Post’s weekly humor/wordplay contest, serving up since 1993 an irreverent mix of highbrow and lowbrow -- haughty and potty -- in genres ranging from neologisms to cartoon captions to elaborate song parodies. A new contest appears at washingtonpost.com/styleinvitational every Friday.
(Bob Staake/For The Washington Post)
2.
Winner of the pair of Fighting Granddads:
Joyous wedding tears
For Kate, replaced with fears of
Kids with Grandpa’s ears. (Brad Alexander, Wanneroo, Australia)
3. Springtime in D.C.!
Two things ruin outdoor fun:
Mosquitoes and Nats. (Mae Scanlan, Washington)
4. When Kate wed William,
“For richer or for poorer”
Was more howl than vow. (Howard Walderman, Columbia, Md.)
Nice tryku: Honorable mentions
“Burial at sea”:
The ultimate jettison.
But doesn’t scum float? (Elise Jacobs, Silver Spring, Md.)
Welcome, Osama!
We hope you don’t mind sharing
a room with Adolf. (Miles Moore, Alexandria, Va.)
That hopey-changey
Thing, Sarah, is working out
Fine. Thanks for asking. (Anne Paris, Arlington, Va.)
GOP budget
Gives all 54-year-olds
Cardiac arrest. (J.S. Hedegard, Skokie, Ill., a First Offender)
Donald Trump is rich.
But if he were president,
There’d be hell toupee. (Lindsey Elling, Millersville, Md., an 11th-grader whose English teacher assigned the contest to her class; a First Offender)
“Trump, as requested
I have the long form for you:
Yooooouuu aaaaarrrre suuuch aaaa twiiiiiittt.” (Gary Crockett, Chevy Chase, Md.)
Mr. President,
Where did your mom’s water break?
Show us the birth stain! (Yvonne Yoerger, Annandale, Va., a First Offender)
Escalator ride
Cut short by an unsealed hatch:
Metro opens floors. (Jeff Contompasis, Ashburn, Va.)
Kraken attacking?
Cruel orthodontic device?
No, it’s just Bea’s hat. (Christy Tosatto, Brookeville, Md.)
Pity football fans:
For us, unlike in baseball,
One strike and we’re out. (Craig Dykstra, Centreville, Va.)
NFL lockout:
Expect the ’Skins to have their
Best season in years. (Kevin Dopart, Washington)
BIG HEADLINES ON ICE!
A FIRST-ROUND ROMP FOR THE CAPS!
THEN . . . drat . . . lowercase.
(“Manny Banuelos,” revealed after the judging to be The Post’s Gene Weingarten; he wins no prize)
Tornadoes wiped out
Our power. Can’t watch Fox News.
Don’t know what to think. (Matt Egan, Reston, Va., a First Offender)
Newspapers’ use of
“Enhanced interrogation”
Tortures the language. (Chris Doyle, Ponder, Tex.)
“We must raise taxes!”
“No, we must lower taxes!”
Budget: Can’t budge it. (Dave Prevar, Annapolis)
Doomsday came and went.
Looks like my haiku is still
alive and kicking. (Amanda Yanovitch, Midlothian, Va.)
Next week: Colt following, or Once more with foaling
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