Last week's question: A 70-year-old Kansas man allegedly robbed a bank at gunpoint and moments later surrendered to police because he preferred being in jail to going home to his wife. If the miserable husband were to write a country song about his would-be robbery, what would it be called?
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THE WINNER: "(Because You're mine) I'll Do the Time"
Doug DesGeorges, Las Cruces, N.M.
SECOND PLACE: "Please Don't Release Me"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
THIRD PLACE: "I Held a Bank Up 'Cuz You Let Me Down"
Michael Rouse, Troy, Mich.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"I'd Rather Make License Plates Than Love"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Give Me a Home Where My Wife Doesn't Roam"
Louis Lagrave, Cave Creek, Ariz.
"I Walk The Lineup"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vt.
"I'd Rather Be in the Stir Than Go Home to Her"
Wm. Tierney, Manchester, Md.
"You're The Reason I'm Thievin'"
Lee St. John, Newark, Ohio
"I'd Rather Be Incarcerated Than Emasculated"
Doug Johnston, Erie, Pa.
"20 to Life Sure Beats the Wife"
Greg Jordan, Cambridge, Mass.
"Folsom Prison Please"
Darren Jarrett, John's Creek, Ga.
"Hello Sing Sing, Bye Bye Wedding Ring"
Mae Scanlan, Washington, D.C.
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