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The Week in Loserdom:

Losers of the world toasted the wedding of one Dave "Hollywood" Zarrow. Everyone would be wishing him the very best except for the fact that his first runner-up (which included election aftermath) was clearly submitted more than a week late. This week's second runner-up, who would otherwise have been first runner-up, accepted defeat gracefully and asks that the loser pen be thought of as another wedding present. Also in the news, James Pierce follows in Kitty Thuermer's footsteps with his very own (so sweet) Life of a Loser is Short. His $100 payment will, of course, be donated to the Loser Baby. Finally, the Czar printed the Ask Backwards results and, no surprise, almost everyone was a regular. Well, yeah.

Results of Week XL

Summary: Week XL^* as expected, resulted in relatively few entries printed and ink confined largely to the regulars. The "design the back of the T-shirt" contest may have run its course. Mike Elliott did a fine job for the win, which is fortunate because we'll be seeing his work for a long time to come.

The Siberian Express: For just the second time in TWW history, there is no Siberian Express winner. The Czar somehow managed, again, to get the right entries in the right places.

Score Losers: The leader board moved around at double time this week (because of the Ask Backwards results). When the code names are broken, Romm, Doyle, and Smith all had three or more inks; several others had doubles; Meg Sullivan had the win. Week XL itself produced a win for Mike Elliott, and five hits for Hart. Beland and Witte scored four each.

Week XLIV (A Headline For 2050):

The Weak Week Prediction: The Czar hits us this Thanksgiving weekend with a contest guaranteed to generate thousands of entries. Look for lots of fun and make sure your best entries stand out.

The Weak Week Word to the Wise (WWWW) : The Czar loves headline puns. If you can somehow combine a funny future news item with one of those tortured headline plays on words, you've got ink.

Russ to Judgment: On a one-seventeen scale, sixteen being best, Week XLIV gets a:

This should be a fun week all the way around. Look for lots of regulars to get lots of ink.

The Week Link (Week 89, Thanksgiving weekend, 1994):

Week 89 was suggested by Bob Staake, who was offered either a frost-proof freezer or continued employment by The Washington Post (and apparently chose poorly). The contest was bad new toys for the Christmas season. One of the great prizes ever, a "lurching raccoon-in-the-potato-chips-bag," was eventually won by Paul Alter. The report that week was on lame excuses for various infractions. Joe Romm won a female mannequin for one of three of his printed entries.

Coming In A Week Or Two:

TWW's Chuck Smith Interview

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