#457

Yet another countdown week #4:

Quiz: The keg is full of (a) wax, (b) vinyl, (c) Pam or (d) jam?

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#456

Yet another countdown week #3:

My Viking crown had exquisite topaz & fab jewels.

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#455

Yet another countdown week #2:

Dexter jumps quickly, aware of buzzing vehicles.

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#454

I'll close out the year with yet another countdown week #1:

Speaking of lazy, Xavier acquired two jobs a month.

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#453

Merry Christmas!

Key Xmas requirement: Charlie Brown's friends dancing to jazz piano on TV.

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#452

Merry Christmas Eve!

49-Beware Xmas parties lacking the requisite mood, viz. joyful.

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#451

Quieter, 'cuz I'm shipping my ex-wife back to a Nevada jail.

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#450

The wizard's job: to sprinkle magic pixie dust over the fairy queen.

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#449

Headquartered in exotic New Zealand, the Japanese banker forgot to save money.

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#448

Quick fix: gimme a TiVO zapper in hand, Cowboys jersey on, BBQ kielbasa.

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My ideal Sunday afternoon.

#447

With a very zany lexicon, Jim wrote quite a book: Portrait of the Designer as a Whacko.

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#446

Quick job: view Phil's dirty magazine of sex.

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A short one!

#445

Lovers won't keep quiet about Tiger sex; find the juicy details on TMZ.

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#444

Wax stains proved joke candles liquified in the gym blaze.

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#443

Literary classics week #5:

In J.D.'s exquisite, moving Catcher in the Rye, he flunks out, goes to the zoo with Phoebe.

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#442

Literary classics week #4:

"'Quoth the raven,'" then blank. "I forgot the word," Poe explained, "just because I'm lazy."

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#441

Literary classics week #3:

"Quaff the amazing potion & be sexy!" vowed Dr. Jeckyll.

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#440

Literary classics week #2:
(Another nod to Melville)

Moby Dick: major whale quashes captain's extreme zeal for vengeance

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#439

Literary classics week #1:

Moby Dick executive summary: crazy Pequod chief jousts against whale.

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#438

Way back in eighty-five, Dexy's lame jig reaped dozens of requests.

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#437

Josh and Zoey took over a mix of loquacious brown pigs.

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#436

Expats rendezvous for bisque at Paris cafes, just like Hemingway.

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#435

The crazy placekicker, when given job offers: "Extend my contract or I quit."

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