Style Invitational Week

FINISH THE FIRE

WINNER : Chris Doyle, Burke


Week
... Noting that Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire ended with the year 1989, we invited you to bring the song up to date.

And the winner of the Elvis stamp watch:

Note: All winning entries were cut and pasted into an entire song. Chris Doyle's winning lines are in red.

 

Ms. Lewinsky, Dan Quayle / Ted Kaczynski, "You've got mail."
Don't ask. Don't tell / Pol Pot goes to Hell.
Stormin' Norman, Global warmin' / George and George and George Foreman.
Bill Bennett! Dr. Laura! U.S. slouching toward Gomorrah!

We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire, no, we didn't light it but we tried to fight it.

HMO, S&P / IPO, DVD.
CEO, T&A / 401(k), DNA.
Cyber-this, cyber-that / Baby boomers getting fat.
Greenspanned! Renoed! / Double mocha frappucinoed!

D of C, what a mess / Peoples Drug now CVS.
Hechinger, Lion d'Or / Woodies, Hot Shoppes--all no more.
"Millie's Book" penned by a pup / Bitch set Mayor Barry up.
Ruthann Aron, Sharon Pratt / Barry back in office (drat!).

We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire, no, we didn't light it but we tried to fight it.

Windsor high jinks not so regal / Fin-de-siecle sequel treacle,
Little Vader, Jar Jar Binks / "Star Wars" movie really stinks!
Dumb veep, Olestra seep / Millions spent to make a sheep.
Lady Di! John-John! / Jackie O! Gone-gone!

M. Vanilli, Bush's quips / We all learned to read their lips.
Elian, SUVs / Rich guys skiing into trees.
Fear the threat of Y2K / Fear that Tinky-Winky's gay.
AIDS plague. I don't care / I Want to Be a Millionaire!

We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire, no, we didn't light it but we tried to fight it.

O.J. Simpson's murder case / Brentwood bodies, Bronco chase.
Johnnie Cochran, Marcia Clark / Chipping golf balls in the dark.
Kato Kaelin, F. Lee Bailey / Bloody glove and updates daily.
Pix of Bruno Magli shoes / WHAT ELSE HAPPENED IN THE NEWS?

We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire, no, we didn't light it but we tried to fight it.

Pubic hair upon her Coke / Can't Anita take a joke?
Democrats are on her side / But Paula Jones? She must have lied.
Man from Hope! What a dope! / Congress runs to find a rope!
Introducing Kenneth Starr / Ken gets close but no cigar.

Waco burns, Tim McVeigh / Murrah building blown away.
Columbine, Lockerbie / Hutu-Tutsi killing spree.

Dahmer preyed on neighbor boys / No one seemed to mind the noise.
Rodney King, Falun Gong / WHY CAN'T WE JUST GET ALONG?

 
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