Pew: try to use it in a sentence

Be it hereby decreed: "Pew" is the funny word of the day.

Submitted by washburn: "I've always thought "pew" was interesting. It's such a short word, but it packs such an aggressive sound - pyuuw - as in putrid. And it sounds completely out of place in the context of a church, where it is surrounded by beautiful-sounding words such as altar and baptismal and loft."


In other business:

Sixteen haiku later: There,
Now don't you feel much better?
See? work CAN be fun.

Thanks to all who participated in the Seventeen Syllables of Satisfaction contest. Your submissions kept me in stiches all day!

And the winner is:

frequent visitor
of my candy bowl: why do
you announce your choice?
Submitted by: c-dub

--c-dub is so restrained. She doesn't insist frequent visitor make his/her selection silently, she doesn't hide the candy bowl. She simply wonders, bemused, at frequent visitor's idiosyncrasy.


Honorable Mentions are awarded to:

"Hang In There"

the picture of cats
you use as a screensaver
makes me feel stabby
Submitted by: washburn

--Most Effective Use of a Title. I see it, washburn, and I feel stabby, too.


Yo, Livestrong! Friendship
bracelets ain't bidness casual.
Neither are your keds.
Submitted by: co-chair

--Best Use of Synecdoche: Co-chair brilliantly uses the offending article of clothing as a representation of the whole offending individual.


Random acts of sloth...
Sit up you worthless weirdo,
The chair 'aint' your bed.
Submitted by: anonymous

--Best Turn of Phrase: "Random acts of sloth." So clever. It just rolls off the tongue.


grandmother of five
you ask for help everyday
learn to use the dell
Submitted by: d

--Most Exasperated: d, let me guess: everytime grandmother comes to ask for help, she regales you with charming grandchild anecdotes?