The Week contest: Wedding Wishes - October 21, 2011

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

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Last week's question: Mexico City legislators have proposed a new law allowing couples to place time limits on their marriage contracts. What will it say on the wedding cake of a couple that chooses to marry for only two years?

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Results:

THE WINNER: May it seem like forever

Clayton Schulz, Louisville, KY

SECOND PLACE: Till dos do us part

Paula Haugle, Elmwood, WI

THIRD PLACE: Consummate before 10/30/2013

Thomas McCoy, Kansas City, MO

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Uno - Dos - Adios!

Janine Witte, New Hope, PA

Uno, dos...no trace

Karen Shepherd, Social Circle, GA

I deuce!

Michiele Shaw, Silverdale, WA

We do.... sort of.

Sheryl Ryckebusch, Lantana, TX

After dos, Juan goes

Philip White, Fresh Meadows, NY

Many Happy Returns

Adam Turteltaub, Encino, CA

Who’s Next?

Don Seiler, New Braunfels, TX

2 good 2 be 4ever

David Kowalski, Milwaukee, WI

Only 730 Days to Go!

Pierre Allen Hill, York, PA

To have and to hold / Before you get old

Joe Abbott, Chico, CA

My love for you will last dos anos / But then we will need separate banos

Joe Carinci, Sacramento, CA

A hundred weeks would be too few / To carry all my love for you... 104 is about right.

Marv Toyer, Carlsbad, CA

Love me true / But just for two

Tom Skopal, Bethlehem, PA

After deuce / I'm cutting you loose

Jeff Clark, Oakland Gardens, NY

One for the money, two for the show/ After that, it’s time to go

Michael D Whitehead, Brighton, MI

If wedded bliss you don’t attain / In 2 years you'll try again

Annette Kirschner, New York, NY

For right now, we extend our best wishes / But in two years, one of you gets the dishes

Barbara Abner, Johns Island, SC

A special world for you and me / A special bond one cannot see / We are each other’s sweetest dear / But in two years, I’m outta here.

David Levin, Edgewater, MD

It's Complicated

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA

Limited Wedding Congratulations to the Party of the First Part and the Party of the Second Part

Christina Heinsman, Whitestone, NY

To the loving couple with the short little span of atten...

Alan Parven, Commerce Twp., MI

Good luck for a while!

John Parry, Laurel, MD

2 hearts, 2 lives, 2 years

Wendy Thomas, Glenwood, NJ

Hasta la vista, baby

Tom Moore, Ft Worth, TX

This two shall pass

Steve Kaplan, St. Louis Park MN

There is a light at the end of the tunnel

Nik Patel, Tewksbury, MA

Dos Ex-es

Matt Raab, Beverly Hills, CA

Are you starting to look yet?

Dean Hartwell, Glendale, CA

Congratulations on your two-year leash

John Fessler, Chino Hills, CA

Eat Dessert First

Judy Schreyach, Arlington, TX

For better or else...

Adam Allert, Austin, TX

To the best years of your lives—both of them!

Tom Haydock, Hartland, CT

Let’s move it, folks!

Dave Rapp, New City, NY

Pablo! Call me in two years. Maria

Eric Pott, Kalamazoo, MI