Pun Salad

Just a couple goodies today:

• The CEI OpenMarket blog passes along an estimate:

  WashingtonWatch today listed thecost of the farm bill (H.R. 2419) just passed by the House last Friday. It seems like the average American family will pay $2590.27 for this bloated program that the Democrats — in pushing it through — claimed had "something for everyone."

  You can check how your Congressperson voted on this travesty here. Both New Hampshire representatives, Carol Shea-Porter, and Paul Hodes, voted Aye.

• The winners of the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, where contestants submit "bad opening sentences to imaginary novels", have been announced. In keeping with this blog's title, here's the runner-up in the "Vile Puns" category:

  The droppings of the migrating Canada geese just missed the outdoor revelers at the inaugural Asian math puzzle competition, marking the first time that dung flew over Sudoku Fest.

  Many more at the link.