The Week contest - Twitter death rumors

Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

Click here for the results of the previous contest: Unlikely headlines

Last week's question: After a fake report of his death spread on Twitter, Jon Bon Jovi posted a picture of himself holding a note reading, "Heaven looks a lot like Jersey." We asked you what another celebrity would write after mistakenly being reported deceased?

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THE WINNER: Bill Clinton: "Don't tell Hillary I'm still alive!"

Beth Simon, Oakland, CA

SECOND PLACE: Kim Jong Il: "I saw all of you who weren't wailing…"

Rick Whistler, West Jordan, UT

THIRD PLACE: Charlie Sheen: "Living!"

Alan Parven, Commerce Twp, MI

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Ron Paul: "I only LOOK dead."

Chuck Gaston, Lancaster, PA

Newt Gingrich: "Did you really think I'd miss the South Carolina primary?"

L. Vastine Stabler, Birmingham, AL

Sarah Palin: "I can see Purgatory from my house!"

Nadine Lubka, New York, NY

Rick Perry: "The media were talking about my CANDIDACY, not me!"

Janine Witte, New Hope, PA

George W. Bush: "Reports of my death have been greatly mis-under-aggerated."

Cali Preston, Perry Hall, MD

Barack Obama: "St. Peter kept saying something about a death certificate."

Roger Killen, Knoxville, TX

Arnold Schwarzenegger: "Told you I'd be back."

Paul Binder, Bellevue, WA

Kim Kardashian: "Fooled you again!"

Lane Willingham, Brentwood, TN

Kim Kardashian: "I'm not dead…I'm getting married!"

Jim Hansford, Columbia, MO

Eric Idle: "I'm not dead yet."

Susan Brown, Sarasota, FL

Rush Limbaugh: "I cannot die until everyone agrees with me."

Jeff Ocock, Palatine, IL

Elton John: "I'm still standing."

Alison Larkin, Palm Coast, FL

Keith Richards: "Seriously, folks, do I look dead to you?"

Arn Ghigliazza, Santa Cruz, CA

Lindsay Lohan: "This week I really do have a legitimate excuse for missing my community service."

Nan Tecotzky, New York, NY

Lindsay Lohan: "Heaven looks a lot like jail."

Dixie Banta, Spokane, WA

Barack Obama: "Hell looks a lot like Washington D.C."

Jack Miller, Venice, FL

David Letterman: "Don't confuse me with Leno."

Don Basham, Louisville, KY

Dick Cheney: "I'm good – check my hunting partner!"

Jack L. Abels, Circleville, OH

Pat Robertson: "Actually, I WAS dead. Here I am already resurrected."

Jeffrey Hutchins, Black Mountain, NC

Donald Trump: "Grim Reaper – You're Fired!"

Kevin Carr, Veazie, ME

Robert Pattinson: "It's undead, actually."

John Besnard, Irvine, CA

Chuck Norris: "Someone mistakenly thought I was mortal."

Michael Bahm, Lebanon, OH

Bruce Springsteen: "Is that Bon Jovi over there?"

Barry Cutler, Palm Desert, CA

Ashton Kutcher: "Everyone just got punk'd!"

Erin Brozovich, Alexandria, VA

Jesus: "See you after Easter."

Gail White, Fresh Meadows, NY