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M c S W E E N E Y ' S
B R A I N   E X P L O D E R .


EDITED BY CARLTON DOBY


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"OUTFOX(X)ING THE COMPETITION"

Everyone has a unique intersection of knowledge that helps define him or her as an individual. If, for instance, instead of Math and Verbal, the two sections of the SAT had been Donkey Kong Jr. and the 1987 Utica Blue Jays, the Brain Exploder no doubt would have debuted in the Harvard Lampoon and not on page twelve of the University of Arizona Daily Wildcatter. In keeping with this week's Lady Into Fox theme, we're looking for someone with intimate knowledge of both small woodland mammals and stand-up comedy during the Johnson Administration.

Which of the following chapter (or subchapter) headings were taken from the nature text Red Fox: The Catlike Canine by J. David Henry, which were taken from the celebrity biography Redd Foxx, B.S. (Before Sanford) by Joe X. Price, and which four did we just make up? Send your answers to carltondoby@hotmail.com by noon on Tuesday, February 17. The winner of a copy of the latest Collins Library title, Lady Into Fox, will be chosen at random from entries with the most correct answers.

1. Growing Up Fox(x) Style
2. The Aisle
3. The Big Roast
4. The Campaign Against Rabies
5. The End of an Era
6. Token White
7. The Masterful Fox(x)
8. Small Burrowing Mammals
9. Catskill Roadkill
10. The Fat and the Lean of It
11. The Big Cry
12. Lagomorphs
13. Rules of Parenting
14. Cutting Your Losses
15. Boom Time
16. Take and Thou Shall Give
17. The Fox(x) Takes a Vix(x)en
18.The Way It Was
19. Keeping Things Straight
20. Red(d)'s Pinch Hitter
21. A Smorgasbord of Stimuli
22. Cosby Orders a Hit
23. Into the Fire
24. Notes from the Underground
25. Does the Fox(x) Ever Ignore the Urine Marks?
26. Up the Down Escalator
27. Gershry from the Other Side
28. ____ ____ ____ ____ Utah!
29. Arboreal Prey
30. Habitat for Hilarity

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