The Week contest: Long winter

Last week's question: The town of Rjukan, Norway, is nestled deep in a valley and gets almost no sunshine from September through March, but this year the town has installed giant mirrors called heliostats on the mountains above to reflect light into the town. What is a simpler way to make it through a long, dark winter?

RESULTS:

FIRST PLACE: Put Viagra in the town water supply

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Rich Herbst, West Chester, Pa.

SECOND PLACE: Scotch. Then, more scotch.

Michael Slawski, Fairfax, Va.

THIRD PLACE: Move

Justin Sheldon, Prattville, Ala.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Hibernate

Thom Thacker, Irvington, N.Y.

Put the town on a barge, move it to the Mediterranean

John Dale, Minneapolis

On hold with the ObamaCare call center

John Smigelsky, Matawan, N.J.

Keep burning fossil fuels: Soon there won't be any more winter

Andrew Tuite, Chicago

Substitute sunlamps for streetlights

Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.

Become a snowbird

Beth Kaminetsky, Boca Raton, Fla.

Read the complete works of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy

Kenneth R. Updegrove, Cedaredge, Colo.

Give everyone in town a DVD of Little Miss Sunshine

Greg Fey, Westlake Village, Calif.

Find a well-lit bar

Toni Waltz, Port Charlotte, Fla.

Blanket, big dog, book

D. Kershaw, Rhinebeck, N.Y.

Legalize marijuana

John Ohlson, Providence, R.I.

Get a night job

Cliff Sjogren, Cadillac, Mich.

Several truckloads of "lite" beer

Terry Craney, Madison, Wis.

Just mention ObamaCare to a Republican, and enjoy the heat!

Tom Vranesich, Monroe, N.Y.

Open a 24-hour Hooters

Collin Boles, Redding, Calif.