The Week contest — Forget it

Last week's question: A European court has ruled that people have a "right to be forgotten," so they can request that search engines remove links to unflattering stories about them. In seven words or less, what one incident, fact, or photo would you remove from your Internet history?

RESULTS:

THE WINNER: My Beanie Baby MySpace page

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Matt Marshall, Fayetteville, Ark.

SECOND PLACE: My first two husbands

Michelle A. Mead, Waynesboro, Va.

THIRD PLACE: Middle school. All of middle school.

Alex Frenzel, Chatham, N.J.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Any karaoke-related selfie post

Mark Severin, Puyallup, Wash.

My love tweets to Manti Te’o

James E. Almendinger, Marine on St. Croix, Minn.

My selfie with W

Rich Creason, New Cumberland, Pa.

Working on Obama’s re-election campaign

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

My robin-egg-blue polyester leisure suit

Joe Valetti, San Leandro, Calif.

Prom photo with an obviously bored date

Kenneth R. Updegrove, Cedaredge, Colo.

Sending money to that “prince” in Nigeria

Frank Letchworth, Knoxville

Glowing review of Hilary Duff’s first CD

Darren Pollock, Pasadena, Calif.

The duck face photo with the alcohol

Noah Herbold, Long Beach, Calif.

All my Miley Cyrus concert selfies

Ryan Croft, San Francisco

CB handle when 10 years old: Dr. Love

Tim Moriarty, Houston

My marriage to my ex-wife

Erwin Wolfe, Dallas, Ga.

My name

Nesim Bahar, New York City

My Angie’s List endorsement of Bernie Madoff

Tom Hill, Portland, Ore.

Anything after 1958

Betsy Dee, Oakland

Twerking at my 50th class reunion

Linda Kemple, Beverly, N.J.