The Week contest - Government bans

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

Click here for the results of the previous contest: Fake Fish

Last week's question: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg suffered a setback this week when a judge nixed the city's ban on oversized sodas just before it was to take effect. What's the next thing the government should ban, to turn the U.S. into a utopia?

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RESULTS:

THE WINNER: The email "Reply All" button

Jeff Haber, Seattle

SECOND PLACE: Marriage (of any type)

Joel Jacobs, Wantagh, N.Y.

THIRD PLACE: Everyone who disagrees with me

Mort Oakes, Dover, Pa.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Michael Bloomberg

Russell Frank, Gorham, Maine

Government bans

Peggy O'Shaughnessey, Troy, Mich.

Reality TV shows

Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.

Politicians

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

Lawyers

Dacia Nickerson, Cranston, R.I.

Idiots

Julianne Downing, Carmichael, Calif.

Humans

Brendan Leyden, Lomita, Calif.

Kim Kardashian

Jason Tinney, Sierra Vista, Ariz.

All neologisms based on Watergate or Armageddon

Ann Martin, Bracknell, Berkshire, U.K.

Pizza with more then three toppings

Bob Peffers, San Antonio

Internet comment threads

David Daniel, Woodland Hills, Calif.

Coverage of Taylor Swift's love life

Stephanie Sarich, Minnetonka, Minn.

Bathroom scales

Helen Conlon, Brookfield, Wis.

Kids

Maggie Conlon, Brookfield, Wis.

Teenagers

Fern Kupfer, Ames, Iowa

Vampire love stories

Beth Simon, Oakland

Phone menu systems

Chris Wilson, Wayland, Mass.

The verbs "friend" and "unfriend"

Clark Koepke, Sykesville, Md.

Any driver's license with the name Lindsay Lohan

John Malatesta, New York