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MIX 'N' MATCH

In the premiere and definitive installment of our internationally acclaimed new column OUI or NON, Stranger readers officially condemned the fashion faux pas of CAPRI PANTS FOR MEN, offering a passionant 287 votes NON! to a maladroit 165 votes OUI!

Following the phenomenal success of PRO or CON, YEA or NAY, and OUI or NON, we've grown tired of slumming in the court of public opinion. So this week we offer a fabulous NEW COLUMN!

MIX 'N' MATCH!

This week, the Stranger column Last Days (see left) focused on a series of instructional social service videotapes which Last Days author David Schmader found in an abandoned sack on the street. Now we want to share the wealth. Simply match the celebrity on the right with the most suitable instructional video on the left. The first person to send in a correct contest form wins the entire bag of videotapes!

1. The Savage Cycle: A Video on Domestic Violence

2. Childhood Lost: A Video about Child Abuse

3. Keisha's Choice: A Video about Pregnancy and Drug Abuse

4. Speaking for Ourselves: Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Youths

Send your completed contest forms (along with your name and address) to Mix 'n' Match, c/o The Stranger, 1535 11th Ave., Third Floor, Seattle, WA, 98122. Good luck!

Previously in New Column!

In the first and final installment of our groundbreaking column YEA or NAY?, Stranger readers confirmed their support of the mapping of human DNA, with a robust 214 votes yea to a paltry 96 votes nay. Following the demise of the legendary Yea or Nay?, we offer a scintillating new column....

OUI or NON?

This week:

CAPRI PANTS FOR MEN:

OUI or NON?

OUI! Capri pants for men are a sassy kick in the fanny to the stuffy world of traditional menswear--why should girls have all the fun?

NON! Capri pants for men are the worst thing to happen to fashion since leg warmers or acid-washed anything, and anyone seen wearing them should immediately be struck with whatever's handy.

TO REGISTER YOUR VOTE:

call 323-7101, ext. 3099, after 5:30 pm.

From the Jul 13 - Jul 19, 2000 issue

In the final and most ferocious installment of the phenomenally popular PRO or CON column, Stranger readers just barely approved the Seattle Goose-O-Caust, with a bloodthirsty 252 votes pro to a goose-hugging 248 votes con.

Following the death of the beloved Pro or Con, we offer our groundbreaking new column, YEA or NAY?

This week, an international coalition of scientists announced that they have successfully deciphered the entire makeup of human DNA. To many, this discovery is an almost impossibly thrilling innovation. To others, it's the beginning of the end of human life as we know it. Now we ask you.

DECIPHERING DNA:

YEA or NAY?

YEA: The deciphering of human DNA is a break-through on a par with the identification of the solar system or the invention of Olestra, and will lead mankind to a new, previously unimaginable level of evolution.

NAY: The deciphering of DNA can lead to nowhere but ruin, as it allows men to play God, and God should only be played by God Himself, or, in a pinch, by George Burns.

To register your vote, call 323-7101, ext. 3099, after 5:30 pm.

From the Jul 6 - Jul 12, 2000 issue

In a landslide vote, Stranger readers overwhelmingly endorsed the continuation of the PRO or CON column, registering a whopping 273 votes pro to a pathetic 19 votes con. And while we were tempted to pull a city council-style complete rejection of voters' wishes, we've decided to honor our readers with a fifth and final installment of the freakishly popular PRO or CON.

As concerned citizens are aware, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services division is quietly carrying out a plan to gas several thousand geese in the Northwest area. Now it's time for you to decide.

GOOSE-O-CAUST:

PRO or CON?

1. There are 25,000 resident geese in the Puget Sound area, each of whom dumps up to three pounds of poop daily in and around our lovely lakes, turning them into stinking shitholes of swimmer's itch. Gas 'em.

2. Gassing geese is unpleasant and mean, and whoever supports such a procedure should be charged with murder.

To register your vote, call 323-7101, ext. 3099, after 5:30pm.