[basfa-list] Pun contest in SJMN

[John McBain]

Hello All --   Contest entries are due at the San Jose Mercury News before 12/15/03.  Text of the 11/23/03 article follows.  OK, pun aficionados, time to put up or shut up.  Let's have some pun!   -- John McBain   -------------------------------------------------------------           "CALLING ALL PUNSTERS"   * The Contest:  Please misspell something for us.  We're running a word contest, and we're counting on readers to be impishly imperfect.  Or impperfect.  Get it?   * How It Works:  The idea is to alter a word with a one-letter change that suggests a new meaning, which you define.  You can add, subtract or change one letter.  When the Washington Post ran this contest, the winner was "sarchasm" -- the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn't get it.  Other entries: "Inoculatte" -- to take coffee intravenously when you are running late -- and "hindprint" -- the indentation made by a couch potato.   * What We're Looking For:  Just an alphabit of talent is all you need.  We're especially interested in words that reflect the valley's obsession with technology.   * Where To Send Them:  Submit entries, including your address, by Dec. 15 to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (subject line "word game") or to Kim Fararo, Perspective Editor, San Jose Mercury News, 750 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, Calif. 95190.   * Winners:    Winning entries will be published.  Creators of the 50 top entries will receive Mercury News pens inscribed: "Very punny."