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Last week's question: A Toronto mother has handed her live-in 23-year-old son an itemized bill for $39,254.17 for "services issued free of charge," including a $1,000 fee for being "totally unappreciative of your mother's support." If an angry mom were to start a debt collection agency that recouped parents' money from slacker kids, what name could she give the business?

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THE WINNER: The Hand That Docks the Cradled

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

SECOND PLACE: Prodigal Sums

Marc Wright, Denton, Maryland

THIRD PLACE: Maternal Revenue Service

Simeon Cohen, New York City

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Kids "O" Us

Bill O'Meara, Bedford, New Hampshire

Mère-do-well

Gerry Shattuck, Haydenville, Massachusetts

The Born Ultimatum

Susan Zepeda, Louisville, Kentucky

No Free Launch

David Carmichael, El Paso, Texas

Show Me the Mommy

Suzanne Brooks, Quechee, Vermont

Billing the Kid

Jerry Yurow, North Bethesda, Maryland

Cradle to Knave

Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida

I Kid You Not Collection Company

Gillian Hugo, Medford, New Jersey

Repo Mam

Bill Trecker, Columbus, Ohio

MADD: Mothers Against Deadbeat Descendants

Sally Cors, Reston, Virginia