{"id":22755,"date":"2013-10-31T18:27:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T22:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=22755"},"modified":"2013-10-31T18:27:14","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T22:27:14","slug":"musical-humor-week-1041-results-washington-post-style-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2013\/10\/31\/musical-humor-week-1041-results-washington-post-style-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Humor Courtesy of the Washington Post Style Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent Washington Post Style Invitational<\/em> contest, we were asked “to find a question that was part of a song, and supply a humorous answer.” That “Week 1041” contest yielded some hilarious results<\/a>, and I was pleased to get an Honorable Mention for this one:<\/p>\n

* Why don’t we do it in the road?
\nThe road doesn’t have cable.<\/p>\n

(Why don’t we do it in the road? – Beatles)<\/p>\n

Here were my other entries:<\/p>\n

1) Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping?
\nNot anymore. Not anymore.<\/p>\n

(Fr\u00e8re Jacques)<\/p>\n

2) Who\u2019s crying now?
\nWhoever spilled the milk.<\/p>\n

(Who\u2019s Crying Now? – Journey)<\/p>\n

3) Where the party at?
\nOn TV, complaining about the other party.<\/p>\n

(Where the Party At?” – Jagged Edge) <\/p>\n

4) Can U handle it?
\nPut That Thing Back!<\/p>\n

(Can U Handle It? -Usher)<\/p>\n

5) Why do I keep counting?
\nYou still have fingers left.<\/p>\n

(Why Do I Keep Counting?” – The Killers)<\/p>\n

6) What kind of fool am I?
\nRes ipsa loquitur.<\/p>\n

(What kind of fool am I? – Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley)<\/p>\n

7) How can you mend a broken heart?
\nI can’t. I’m a gynecologist.<\/p>\n

(How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? Bee Gees)<\/p>\n

8) Isn’t she lovely?
\nFinally, an upside to blindness.<\/p>\n

(Isn’t she lovely?- Stevie Wonder)<\/p>\n

9) Do you wanna touch me there?
\nI’m calling the cops.<\/p>\n

(Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Gary Glitter\/Joan Jett & the Blackhearts) <\/p>\n

10) Why don’t you get a job?
\nIt’s The Economy, Stupid.<\/p>\n

(Why Don’t You Get A Job? – The Offspring)<\/p>\n

11) What’s the name of the game?
\n“What\u2019d I say? Answer a question that\u2019s posed in a song.”<\/p>\n

(The Name Of The Game – ABBA)<\/p>\n

12) Should I stay or should I go?
\nEenie meenie miney mo.<\/p>\n

(Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash)<\/p>\n

13) Why does my heart feel so bad?”
\nQuadruple bypass?<\/p>\n

(Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? – Moby)<\/p>\n

14) Why do I feel so sad?
\n Why do I feel so sad?
\nWhy are your songs so bad?
\nWhy are your songs so bad?<\/p>\n

(Why Do I Feel So Sad? Alicia Keys)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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