Week 819: Art Re-View

These objects are not what they seem to be, at first glance. They are something else entirely. What are they? (When we did a contest like this the first time, in 2001, numerous entrants wrote in to inform us that the drawings depicted a stick of butter, a keyhole, etc.)

Winner gets the Inker, the official Style Invitational trophy. Second place receives, from Thailand, a three-pack of Pee Bag "disposable in-car mini-toilet," donated by 84-time Loser Larry Yungk, who thinks you should notice that there is no hyphen between "disposable" and "in-car."

Other runners-up win a coveted Style Invitational Loser T-shirt or Loser Mug. Honorable Mentions get one of the lusted-after Style Invitational Magnets. First Offenders get a smelly tree-shaped air "freshener" (Fir Stink for their First Ink). One prize per entrant per week. Send your entries by e-mail to losers@washpost.com or by fax to 202-334-4312. Deadline is Monday, June 1. Put "Week 819" in the subject line of your e-mail or it risks being ignored as spam. Include your name, postal address and phone number with your entry. Contests are judged on the basis of humor and originality. All entries become the property of The Washington Post. Entries may be edited for taste or content. Results will be published June 27. No purchase required for entry. Employees of The Washington Post, and their immediate relatives, are not eligible for prizes. Pseudonymous entries will be disqualified. This week's Honorable Mentions name was sent in by lots of people; the revised title for next week's contest is by Chris Doyle.

Report From Week 815

in which we honored Loser Tom Witte and his 1,000 blots of ink with his favorite kind of contest, neologisms -- and this one was for words containing a W, an I, two T's and an E. Not surprisingly, Tom himself churned out entries for this contest by the dozen, even from the remote mountaintop where he was hiking: 179 in all, and many were terrific. By the way, his name is pronounced, natch, Witty.

The Winner of the Inker

Wattleship: A seniors cruise.

(Tom Witte, Montgomery Village)

2. winner of the light switch plate featuring a picture of Michelangelo's sculpture of David: Iwishsetter: Imaginary best friend. (Pam Sweeney, St. Paul, Minn.)

3. Twinebriated: Seeing double. (Craig Dykstra, Centreville)

4.Westwingnut: A president you didn't vote for. (Mark Eichorn, Arlington, a First Offender)

Half Wittes: Honorable Mentions

Twentiming: Keeping 19 mistresses. (Elwood Fitzner, Valley City, N.D.)

Trystworthiness: The degree to which someone can be counted on not to kiss and tell. (Chris Doyle, Ponder, Tex.)

Whactivate: How to get your old TV to work. (Kevin Dopart, Washington)