The Week contest: Osama Surprise - May 20, 2011

He had herbal Viagra, a video of himself watching himself on TV, among other things. In headline form, please identify the next startling artifact to come out of Osama bin Laden's lair

Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound, near a golf course and a restaurant, was kept amply stocked with both Coke and Pepsi.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro)

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Results: We asked you to identify the next startling artifact to come out of Osama bin Laden’s lair.

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THE WINNER: Four Tickets to the Pakistan policeman's ball

Donald Rowe, Westminster, MD

SECOND PLACE: Islam for Dummies

Ken Fagin, Gaithersburg, MD

THIRD PLACE: Three Pre-Nups

Betty Majeski, Ashland, NE

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

An inflatable female suicide bomber

Bob Duncan, Columbia, TN

Shaving Cream

Miles Klein, Frisco, TX

A Snuggie

Michael Rinaldi, Poland, OH

Smart phone with "Angry Pigs" app

Susan Zivich, Munster, IN

A copy of Snooki's autobiography, A Shore Thing

Frank Luciano, Hoboken, NJ

A Barbie Dream House, wired to explode

Judith Cottrill, The Bronx

Completed entry form for Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes

Amy Khawand, Salisbury, MD

Karaoke sheet music for "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"

Andrew Daniels, Hickory, NC

An "Obama/Biden 2008" bumper sticker

Roger L. Popeney, La Jolla, CA

Little black book with the phone numbers of 72 virgins

George Lloyd, Shrewsbury, MA

Unfinished Manuscript: Jihad for Dummies

Joel Foisy, Potsdam, NY

Final Season, on DVD: Real Housewives of Abbottabad

Patricia Hoopes, Madison, WI

Frequent Flyer miles for trips to America

Philip White, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365

"How to Win Friends and Influence People’" by Dale Carnegie

I J Ewing, Durham NC

A banner saying, "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"

John Richards, Grantsburg, WI

A 1953 Corvette convertible in a shed on the compound

Maya Manny, San Rafael, CA

A Fridge Filled with Bacon!

Mike Paul, Carrboro, NC

Diary Revelation: Osama’s Favorite Beatle? Paul

David Levin, Edgewater, MD

On Nightstand: Autographed picture of Village People's Indian Chief

Edward Gordon, Austin

Osama Subscribed to Cosmo!

Ashley Ryan, Catonsville, MD

Osama's Flash Drives Filled with Cats Playing Piano

Les Ackland, Oakdale, PA

CIA finds world's largest collection of Beanie Babies in bin Laden's lair

Aaron Palley, San Francisco

Bin Laden-size Burkas Confirm Cross Dressing

Catherine Poe, Easton, MD

Sticky note reveals Bin Laden's secret username and password: BeenLawDone@pakistan.gov

James V DiCola, Canton, Ohio

Found: Jimmy Hoffa ��� Alive and Well!

David Neal, Fanwood, NJ

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