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I've placed among the honorable mentions in two Washington Post Style Invitational contests before. This time I got two entries into the paper, one in fourth place! Yeah, both had been submitted by somebody else as well, but hey, my name's there twice.

If for some reason you can't access the site, I'll explain: A recurring contest involves "breeding" two Triple Crown winners from a list, yielding a combo in the tradition of horse names, only, y'know, funny. My fourth-place entry went "Tiger Walk x Holy Highway = Fairway to Heaven"; the other was "Neck ’n Neck x Whistleblower = Deep Throat."

To be honest, as happy as this makes me, I like many honorable mentions better than mine. Read the whole list if you can. It's very witty, tho you may need research to get some of them.

Maybe I'll enter the follow-up contest, in which we breed the results of this contest. I've succeeded there once.

Oh, and since my folks really wanted to know, here are my entries that didn't make it:

Barber Shop Rock x The Lumber Guy = Monty Python Song
Barrymore x Wrote = Drew
Big Monster x El Padrino = Godfatherzilla
Boltzapper x Mr. Handsome = Electro-Cute
Currency Swap x The Caller = Khoum on Over
Done Done Done x Late Night Action = Foursome
Full Sunrise x Saturday’s for Fun = Morning Cartoon
Gemologist x Julius Caesar = Rubycon
Motor City x Tiger Walk = Comerica Park
Sabercat x Thunder Moccasin = Lion-O

...Yeah, they chose the best.