The Week contest: Poop museum
Last week's question: Artists in the U.K. have opened the National Poo Museum, featuring dozens of samples of real human and animal droppings preserved in spheres of clear resin. If you were a British tabloid editor publishing a story about this unusual establishment, what would be your G-rated headline?
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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: New Museum Is Waste of Our Time
Stuart Carlow, Silver Spring, Md.
SECOND PLACE: British Gross National Product Now On Display
Dave Young, Royal Oak, Mich.
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THIRD PLACE: Where the poop meets the fans
Brent Wilkinson, Campbell, Calif.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Loo-vre Makes a Splash
Devereaux McClatchey, Winchester, Mass.
On the Origin of Feces
Gavin Jackson, San Diego, Calif.
New Artists' Museum a Dung Deal
Melissa Marsh-Elliott, Columbus, Ohio
Fecal Attraction
Robert Koshiyama, San Francisco
Monet, Manet, or bidet?
Drew Jacobs, Richmond, Va.
Remembrances of Things Passed
Tina Cramer, Mansfield, Ohio
Much Ado About Doo-doo
Bob Walthers, Port Townsend, Wash.
New Collection Grows by Heaps and Mounds
Cary Grayson, Nashville
From Pop Art to Poop Art
Arnie Silverman, Murrysville, Pa.
New Museum Full of It
Sarvenaz Zand, Mill Valley, Calif
Welcome to Poo Corner
Jane Garland, Tampa, Fla.
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