The Week contest: Housework cheats
Last week's question: A French survey has revealed that the No. 1 cause of infidelity cited by married women is their husband's failure to do his fair share of the housework. If marriage counselors were to launch a business dedicated to averting this problem, what should it be called?
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THE WINNER: "Till Dust Do Us Part"
Paul Herrmann, Wheaton, Ill.
SECOND PLACE: "Good Spousekeeping"
Tina Cramer, Mansfield, Ohio
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THIRD PLACE: "Faithfully Chores"
Ted Geier, Sunnyside, N.Y.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Share the Housework or Share Your Wife"
John Smith, Loudon, Tenn.
"Home Wreckonomics"
John Mickelson, Fayetteville, Ga.
"Division of L'Amour"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
"BroomMates"
Joan Fox, Colchester, Conn.
"Dust or Lust"
Thornton Clark, Montgomery, Ala.
"Sweep or Weep"
Loyal Schreiber, Crystal River, Fla.
"I do (The Dishes)"
Rachael Fulreader, Groton, Mass.
"Honey-Do or Leavin-You"
Steve Sargent, York, Penn.
"Better Halves Do Half"
Karen Milliorn, Las Cruces, N.M.
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