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--- waitwaitstats [2026/08/29 01:45] – [Sillier News Stories Featured] thehomeland
+++ waitwaitstats [2026/08/29 02:10] (current) – [Limericks] thehomeland
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 ==== Sillier News Stories Featured ====
-The most significant aspect of the show is being a quiz about that week's news with different kinds of rounds throughout. Some of the news stories they quiz about, however, are much sillier than the others. I wanted to build a list of the sillier news stories they mention, and link to articles about those subjects.
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+The most significant aspect of the show is being a quiz about that week's news with different kinds of rounds throughout. Some of the news stories they quiz about, however, are much sillier than the others. I wanted to build a list of the sillier news stories they mention that I found interesting enough to look up (and therefore not an exhaustive), and link to articles about those subjects. "PW?" denotes whether the referenced article is paywalled.
-PW? = Paywalled?
+^ Possible Rounds ^^^^^^
+| Intro | Panel1 | Bluff | Celebrity | Panel2 | Limerick | Lightning |
 ^ Show Date ^ Round ^ Article Summary ^ Source ^ PW? ^
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 | 2026-0808 | Post-Intro | People are making friends with crows | [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/08/04/i-befriended-my-neighborhood-crow-you-can-too/|WaPo]] | Yes |
+==== Limericks ====
+----
+I'm not sure how well I will be able to keep up with this, but here's a dabbling attempt.
+=== Template ===
+^  .  ^  Limerick 1  ^  Limerick 2  ^  Limerick 3  ^
+|  .  |  poem\\ poem\\ poem\\ poem\\ poem  |  poem\\ poem\\ poem\\ poem\\ poem  |  poem\\ poem\\ poem\\ poem\\ poem  |
+| Answer: |  answer |  answer |  answer |
+| Story: |  Link  |  Link  |  Link  |
+=== 2026-0808 ====
+^  .  ^  Limerick 1  ^  Limerick 2  ^  Limerick 3  ^
+|  .  | Our steak house may not have great food,\\ but to seats, many butts will be glued,\\ Our diners all chose,\\ To throw off their clothes,\\ They're eating their steaks in the:  | Since my breakfast treat's gone, I feel so-hurt,\\ I'm so mad, I might protest and throw-dirt,\\ But Dannon just shrugged,\\ And pulled out the plug,\\ They stopped making that great coffee:  | Will I see the new movie? Well maybe,\\ At this matinee, others won't slay me.\\ We can bring a few toys,\\ And make extra noise;\\ It's a safe place for me and my:  |
+| Answer: |  Nude |  Yoghurt |  Baby |
+| Story: |  Link  |  Link  |  Link  |
 ===== Bill Curtis' Voice Intro Lines =====

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