The Week contest - Outsourcing

Welcome to "What Next?", The Week's contest about current events.

Click here for the results of the previous contest: Tour riders

Last week's contest: Sandwich sales in the U.S. are rising, and last year 49 percent of all sandwiches were purchased from a store rather than being made at home. We asked you what the next task that overworked Americans will outsource will be.

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RESULTS:

THE WINNER: Going to the store to get a sandwich

Andras Ratonyi, Cambridge, Mass.

SECOND PLACE: Cheating on your spouse for you (because you really do have to work late)

Alan Parven, Commerce Township, Mich.

THIRD PLACE: Dying

Mark Weaver, Redondo Beach, Calif.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Window shopping

Paul Johnsen, Hartford, Wis.

Social networking

Nick Vaci, Columbus, Ohio

Dinner with the wife

Bill O'Meara, Bedford, N.H.

Going to work

Steven Zak, McAllen, Texas

Going to church

Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.

Holidays at the in-laws

Lydia Sannella, Mill Valley, Calif.

Calling Grandma

Brett Howard, Washington, D.C.

Attending children's extracurricular activities

Sydney House, Salem, Ore.

Receiving calls from telemarketers

Charles & Mary Parry, Catonsville, Md.

Pre-cutting your entrée and vegetables

Theresa McFadden, Highland Heights, Ohio

Taking a shower

Nestor Rodriguez, Studio City, Calif.

Everyone will get false teeth so that someone else can brush them

Theresa H Bethel, Gulf Shores, Ala.

Writing weekly non-winning entry to The Week's contest

David C. Neal, Fanwood, N.J.