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Aug 19, 2016

Masters of Pun Compete For Laughs (And Groans) At D.C. Improv

The new Beltway Pundit competition has sold out its first three events, in which competitors prepare speeches and improvise puns in an effort to tickle the judges’ funny bones.

Apr 13, 2011

Post Perplexingly Passes On Perfect Peep Pun

Above is “Chilean CoPeepapo Mine Rescue,” awarded best-of in this year’s Washington Post Peep diorama contest. While we certainly give Mary Jo Ondrejka from Reston, Bryn Metzdorf from Fairfax and Margaret Hartka from Parkton, Md. credit for the ambitious scope of their effort — a nice touch there, with the rolling pin in the hand of Johnny Barrios Rojas‘ Peep wife — but we can’t help wishing that a more punny entry would have taken home this year’s top honors. I can’t be the only one who feels like “TSA Agents Get a Peep Show” totally got jobbed this year, can I?

 
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