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Unread 05-04-2012, 08:55 AM
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Default Tailgaters, Bumbershoot, The Washington Post, Frank and Me

Many of you remember (and contributed to) an issue of Bumbershoot featuring "tailgaters," funny couplets combining a famous line of poetry with a comedic one. I suggested to the Washington Post that they use the concept for one of their weekly humor contests, and they have done so, giving a nice plug to Bumbershoot and using tailgaters by me and Frank Osen as examples of what they are looking for. Maybe some of you will send in some tailgaters to the Washington Post? They need to be unpublished. You can send in up to 25 of them, so get to work.

Here's the link.
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Many of you remember (and contributed to) an issue of Bumbershoot featuring "tailgaters," funny couplets combining a famous line of poetry with a comedic one. I suggested to the Washington Post that they use the concept for one of their weekly humor contests, and they have done so, giving a nice plug to Bumbershoot and using tailgaters by me and Frank Osen as examples of what they are looking for. Maybe some of you will send in some tailgaters to the Washington Post? They need to be unpublished. You can send in up to 25 of them, so get to work.

Here's the link.
Hey, great news, and congratulations to you, Roger and Frank! Thanks for the link. Let's all get Bumbershooting!

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I just wanted to mention that I posted this over at Drills & Amusements as well, and some people there have started to post tailgaters. I suggest that if you are so inclined as well, you use the D&A thread so we don't have two threads going at once.
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That's a nice plug for Bumbershoot. Good idea!

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Bob, if this thread gets busy, I could shift the posts over to the D&A thread. Congratulations to you and Frank!
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