Last week’s contest: A comedy club in Barcelona has started using facial-recognition equipment to monitor customers so it can charge them by the laugh. If a sister club with the same pricing system opened in the U.S., what would it be called?
Results:
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Comic Dime-ing
Amy Torchinsky, Greensboro N.C.
Tally-Ho-Ho
Rick Torrence, The Village, Okla.
Comic Scrip
Frank Letchworth, Knoxville, Tenn.
Snicker Ticker
Warren King, Minnetonka, Minn.
Bucks For Yuks
Laura Kreitler, San Francisco, Calif.
Impoverization
Thomas Johnston, Riverside, Calif.
Grin & Buy It
Laura Cahners, Charlotte, Vt.
The Comedy Teller
Oliver Singer, New York City, N.Y.
The Titter Tollhouse
Charles Huber, Gettysburg, Pa.
A Nickle A Tickle
David Dolan, Kagel Canyon, Calif.
Laughing My Assets Off
Kelly McConville, Swarthmore, Pa.
Pay As You Guffaw
Michael Berry, Westford, Mass.
Payup Standup
Brian Duyst, Carlsbad, Calif.
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One great cookbook: Joshua McFadden’s ‘Six Seasons of Pasta’the week recommends The pasta you know and love. But ever so much better.
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Scientists are worried about amoebasUnder the radar Small and very mighty
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Buddhist monks’ US walk for peaceUnder the Radar Crowds have turned out on the roads from California to Washington and ‘millions are finding hope in their journey’
