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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SECOND PLACE: Weighting the Spin the Bottle bottle

Eric E. Wallace, Eagle, Idaho

THIRD PLACE: Liking the BeeGees

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.