Last week's question: An online obituary in which a family described the deceased as a selfish, "abusive" man whose life served no "obvious purpose" recently went viral. If an entrepreneur were to start a company that provided brutally honest obituaries and eulogies, what would it be called?
Click here for the results of last week's contest: Burning hair
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