Word: lampooner
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Lampoon never gave it a chance and never looked at it when it was pruned," says Kelley. "I think that in their haste, this is what happened. I'm not going to take away from the building aesthetic...
...race between the Lampoon and the Sackler as to who is the ugliest, the Lampoon wins," says Vellucci, who once sponsored a city order to turn the Lampoon into a public urinal on the grounds that it looked like one, anyway...
Vellucci says that his long-standing disdain for the Lampoon dates back to the early days of the Lampoon-tree rivalry. He says that the mutual sentiments stem back to an incident in the early Sixties involving the copper Ibis, now electrified and resting on the roof of the castle...
Vellucci says that the Ibis was stolen from the castle and left on his lawn wrapped in a sheet. The Lampoon formed a "find the bird committee" and asked Vallucci, who was on the city council at the time, if he would help them find the metal bird...
While he participated in group "find the bird" meetings, though, Vellucci kept Ibis hidden in the trunk of his car. After a month, he called the Lampoon and told them he had found the Ibis, but insisted that they pick it up at The Crimson office, an act which he says was a terrific blow to the Lampoon's pride...