The Week contest: Bubba Diet - October 15, 2010

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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Results: Bill Clinton lost 24 pounds when he gave up meat and dairy, so we asked you to name the diet blockbuster the Big Dog might write. You hailed the chief with:

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THE WINNER: It Takes a Vegan

Carl J. Schack Jr., Cincinnati

SECOND PLACE: I Did Not Have Lunch with That Cheeseburger

Tom Sheppard, Flat Rock, NC

THIRD PLACE: If I Can Abstain, So Can You!

Tamsin and James Smith, San Francisco

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

I Feel Your Gain

Ashley Ryan, Catonsville, MD

The I Will Not Have Snacks with That Woman Diet

Paul Lutvak, New York City

Stop Inhaling (Your Food)!

Mark Kornick, Somers, MT

Don’t Stop Thinking About Your Carb Flow

Sean Braswell, Chapel Hill, NC

Expect Less of Your President

Jolene C. Smith, Idaho Falls, ID

I Did Not Have Meat with that Potato

Geoff Barger, Cambridge, MD

I Did Not Have Milk with That Cookie

Jim Cushwa, West Chester, PA

I Did Not Write this Diet Book

Renee Gupta, Franklin Park, NJ

Downsizing, by Bill Clinton

Rich Linder, Laguna Beach, CA

It’s Easy When Your Wife Doesn’t Bake Cookies

Julie David, New York City

Don’t Put That in Your Mouth!

Martha Lee Scott, San Clemente, CA

The Benefits of Running Around

Ken M. Radz, East Windsor, NJ

Turn That Surplus into a Deficit!

Les Ackland, Coraopolis, PA

Losing the Middle Ground

James Robertson, Seattle

What’s Left

Mary Bower, Jacksonville, FL

Fight Blubba with Bubba!

Matt Costinett, Aurora, CO