The Week Contest — Childhood guilt
Last week's question: An 83-year-old Salt Lake City man who was "wracked with guilt" over running out on a $1 restaurant tab when was he was just 10 recently returned to pay it off, with $4 extra to cover the interest. For what guilt-inducing act from your childhood would you like to make amends?
RESULTS:
THE WINNER: Trading my little brother's Mickey Mantle baseball collection for Yugo stock
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Gene Goes, Cincinnati
SECOND PLACE: Weighting the Spin the Bottle bottle
Eric E. Wallace, Eagle, Idaho
THIRD PLACE: Liking the BeeGees
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Rick Guidos, Pleasant Hill, Calif.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Lying during my first confession (age 6): I hadn't actually committed adultery
Suzanne Brooks, Quechee, Vt.
Asking when the baby was due
Mitchell Kokko, Madison, Miss.
Reading the Classic Comics version of Moby Dick for an English class essay
Jim McMullan, Wofford Heights, Calif.
Calling my mustachioed female teacher "Sir"
Wendy Maund, Woodinville, Wash.
Lying to the girls on just about every subject
Kenneth R. Updegrove, Cedaredge, Colo.
Zillions of penny bubble-gum thefts
David Oliver, Columbia, Mo.
Stealing my father's Playboy magazines
Nick Radice, Vestal, N.Y.
Eating all the Crunch Berries
Steve Gilland, Westport, Conn.
Winning a fishing contest with a fish I found under a tree
Charles Sides, Enon, Ohio
Convincing my little sister that worms are delicious
Jerrod Mason, Tucson
Telling my sister we bought her at a flea market
Debra Hull, Bethany, W.Va.
Misplacing my silver spoon
Gary Denton, Long Beach, Calif.
"Illegally downloading" music off the radio with a blank cassette tape
Matt Marshall, Fayetteville, Ark.
Serving my sister a cream puff that I accidentally filled with horseradish sauce rather than whipping cream
John Bibb, Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Cursing at the stingy Tooth Fairy
Donald Campbell, Elkins, N.H.
Watering down my dad's booze, while unaware that my older sister was also watering down my dad's booze
Jordan Zweigoron, Santa Clara, Calif.
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