| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name
 | Date | Lines | 
|---|
| 253.1 | Do these count? | BAEDEV::RECKARD |  | Tue Sep 30 1986 09:55 | 8 | 
|  |     Pledging one's Troth   -      waxing some monster
    
    (in a slightly different vein)
    
    Plaster of Paris       -      what Helen of Troy's abductor called
                                  his sheet rock business
    
    Joy of Lex             -      Superman's arch-enemy's glee
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| 253.2 |  | ALIEN::MCCARTHY |  | Tue Sep 30 1986 09:57 | 6 | 
|  |     National Lampoon once did a satire on Mad's "horrifying cliches".
    
    I don't remember many of them, but I'll never forget the illustration
    for "blowing a joke."
    						-Brian
    
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| 253.3 |  | REGENT::EPSTEIN | Dare to be eclectic | Tue Sep 30 1986 12:11 | 1 | 
|  | Throwing a tantrum  -  child heaving monster
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| 253.4 | The  "sports" issue | JON::MORONEY | %SYSTEM-S-BUGCHECK, internal consistency failure | Tue Sep 30 1986 23:14 | 7 | 
|  | Stealing a BASE - Burglar running off with a monster screaming for help
Committing an ERROR - man signing papers with monster with "crazy" look
on its face in the background
Returning a SERVE - woman returning monster with price tag to store
Getting wind of a TRADE - man running away from a swamp holding his nose
while a large beast rises from the water
Playing a DOUBLEHEADER - man playing chess with 2-headed monster
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| 253.5 | re: .2 | DRAGON::MCVAY | Pete McVay, VRO (Telecomm) | Wed Oct 01 1986 12:02 | 6 | 
|  |     Others in the NatLamp MAD parody, which commented on MAD's humor
    (or lack of it) and general style:
    
    	Raising a dead ISSUE
    
    	Belaboring the OBVIOUS
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