The Garden of Eden (yesterday’s post) was one of my go-to columns to read in Saturdays’ Washington Post. However, on Sundays I liked to check out their Style Invitational column.
S.I. was a word play contest that asked readers to submit humorous entries for a particular topic. If you are unfamiliar with how it went, the following will provide a good overview:
Here is a recent column containing more examples of items that appeared in the Invitational (click here.) Excerpt follows:
The Beatles Lennon and McCartney were always wordsmiths with their lyrics that were clever and funny. Hello Goodbye is a good example. Stay to the video’s end when the “Heyla, helloha” refrain brings on the dancing girls in hula skirts. Get it? (Aloha means both Hello and Goodbye.)