Some challenges seeing Loser ink in 1997:

12/20/97: "Another fine batch" of responses to a November challenge: To any common phrase or grouping that includes a specific number, add one and explain how it fits in:

The fifth season: Fallacious, the period between the other seasons when no matter what you wear you are too warm or too cold.
-- Sandra Hull, Arlington VA

13 days of Christmas: the extra day is to allow for religious celebration.
-- Paul Kocak, Syracuse NY

12/13/97: Certain words sound as if they mean the opposite of what is intended. Offer suggestions:

A pensive person needs no pen
Barometers are not found in bars
Meteorologists rarely talk about meteors
-- Paul Kocak, Syracuse NY

11/15/97: To any common phrase or grouping that includes a specific number, add one and explain how it fits in.

27 letters in the alphabet: The new letter is the emoticon (:'), which can be rearranged to suit one's needs.
-- Paul Kocak, Syracuse NY

11/1/97: Allow people from history and literature to choose their favourite music.

Neville Chamberlain: We Can Work It Out
-- Paul Kocak, Syracuse NY

10/18/97: Suggest menu names for innovative culinary combinations.

Potatoes fried in Niçoise olive oil sprinkled with parsley from Arles: Very French Fries
Beet soup served with a whisky chaser: Borscht Belt
-- Paul Kocak, Syracuse NY

9/13/97: Suggest examples of book, movie and TV-show titles that would change in unexpected ways if associated with certain places.

Vienna: Field of Dreams
Walt Disney World: Of Mice and Men
Cambodia: Men Behaving Badly
Vatican City: Father Knows Best
Sarajevo: Jeopardy
Edinburgh: Lassie
-- Let's all say it together: Paul Kocak, Syracuse NY