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Grandm$ther
Why grandkids love her.
Four more bears
Mama forgets Pill.
Four Gore years
Florida popular vote counts after all.
Bill Sibbett ‘50

Rose Fowl!
BCS given ‘the Bird’ by Cal Fans.
Russ Bianchi ‘78

Good Will Bunting
Successful sacrifice.
President Hush
Reporting economic downturn.
Olympic Sold Medal
Needed the cash.
AG Reynolds ‘59

Holiday Fowl
Thanks, BCS turkeys!
California School for the Dead
Grateful Alumnus, Jerry Garcia.
Martha (Munday) Soliday ‘74

Barry Binds
At least through the biceps!
Little Horse on the Prairie
Someone should have sent it to Balco…
The Bay of Pugs
It’s noisy down there in the kennel.
Bill Soliday

It takes a pillage
Hillary does the travel office.
Martin Easton ‘49

South Beach dies
A balanced diet is the best.
Charlotte’s Wed
“Just Married” was posted on her website.
Heart & Soil
A true gardener.
Lynne Rauscher-Davoust ‘57

Van of the Cloth
SUV for clergy.
Shakespeare in Rove
Hidden very deeply in his psyche.
Critique of Pere Reason
Kant as feminist.
David Hammer ‘66

Lust a question of time
As you get older, it’s mostly in your head.
Minimal gown payment
Bride opts for a cheap wedding dress.
Death Volley
Execution by firing squad.
K. Hazeltine ‘52

The Polar Empress
Mrs. Claus.
Flower Drug Song
Paean to poppies.
Dan Lee ‘80

Notre Dame Fighting Iwish
Golden Domers hope for Jeff Tedford to come to South Bend.
Texas Lunghorns
Mack Brown cries for AP and coaches votes.
Dandy Barbour
Thanks for keeping Tedford!
Eric Yabu ‘89

Piddlemarch
Taking the pooch for a walk.
Gown Crier
Whiny faculty member.
The Bill on the Floss
Heavy annual expense for dental office.
Catherine R. Kniazewycz '76

Ave Marin
Californian’s promised land.
Carol Kohli

You’re sired
The Apprentice meets Desperate Housewives.
Ed Morris ‘58

Filth Amendment
Pornographer’s defense.
Walter Frey

You’ve got tail
Porn site salutation.
Grading Places
Job description of the restaurant critic.
Tart Reform
Republican proposal.
Joe Traynor ‘57

Radio Snack
Marconi & cheese.
Jerome Fishkin ‘65

Endless Bummer
49er season.
Analyze What
Deaf psychotherapist.
Roberta Brown ‘54

Grossword puzzle
BCS rules.
Patrick Loughboro ‘57

The Punchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo decides not to take it anymore.
Scott Sunquist ‘75

Stop global warping
Euclid’s plea to Riemann.
Michael Schott ‘77

The Molar Express
An enchanting story about a magical train filled with dentists and chemists.
Shall We Lance?
Dermatologist faces a boil.
Much ADM About Nothing
False promise of ending food insecurity from the “supermarket to the world.”
Jonathan Karpf ‘76

Overdill
Herbicide.
Skip Lowney ‘98

It’s a good thang
Martha’s new West Virginia dialect.
Markey (Leeds) Willis

Codzilla
Giant fish eats Tokyo.
Larry Crooks ‘71

Youth Beach Diet
Chips and soda.
Sara Sunstein ‘73

Saturday Night Dive
Life in the moshpits.
Cass Friedberg ‘64

Viagra Falls
Paradoxical drug reaction.
Mel Buderer ‘63

Callelujah
Rejoice, Oh ye Bears!
Walt Davie

Bib Berdahl
Cal’s recently retired chancellor ties one on for a granddaughter.
Patricia A. Gwartney ‘73

Ku Klux Flan
Fried custard supremacists.
Merry Xman
Wolverine spreads yuletide joy.
Wish out of water
A penny, just before it takes a dive.
Tom McClellan

Big Dame
Amazon.
Lou Cherin ‘36

Weapons of bass destruction
Get the Rocket Fisherman, by Ronco.
Mark Spivack ‘88

Green Eggs and Him
Two yuks at breakfast.
Jerome C. McMahon '48

Beltschmerz
The pain of obesity.
Port Klaatu Barada Nikto
Take a left at the next galaxy.
Michael Schott '77

Weapon of miss destruction
Stanford loses again in Big Game.
Ross Tucker '52











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