Last week's question: Residents of the Irish village of Ringaskiddy claim that fumes from a nearby Viagra factory make the locals unusually frisky. If a movie studio were to make a romantic comedy about this village, what PG-rated title could it give the film?
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THE WINNER: "Love, Olfactorily"
Paul North, Petaluma, Calif.
SECOND PLACE: "You've Got Male Enhancement"
Peter Smith, Los Angeles
THIRD PLACE: "Finnegan's Awake"
Kevin Gillogly, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"It Happened Every Night"
Andrea Cherez, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
"Love, Manufacturedly"
Annette Entin, North Caldwell, N.J.
"Great Country for Old Men"
Phil White, Ojai, Calif.
"Village of the Damned Lucky"
John Quirk, Porter Ranch, Calif.
"The Eireogenous Zone"
Phyllis Klein, Forest Hills, N.Y.
"A Hard Day's Night and Day and Night"
Bill Doughty, Honolulu
"The Irish Uprising"
LeRoy Gaintner, Paradise Valley, Ariz.
"Sleepless in Ringaskiddy"
Carl Anderson, Goldendale, Wash.
"Up"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Ind.
"Turned On with the Wind"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, N.C.
"Oh Danny Boy Oh Boy!"
John Hawley, Sunnyvale, Calif.
"Frisky Business"
Mark Roberson, Cary, N.C.
"It's a Wonderful Whiff"
Craig Nelson, Waukesha, Wis.
"Smell Bound"
Elizabeth Hutchins, New York City
"Fumes with Benefits"
Thomas Domer, Milwaukee
"When Irish Wives Are Smiling"
Steve and Trish Eingorn, Lake Frederick, Va.
"Ooh La La Land"
Desa Warner, Sacramento, Calif.
"BIGadoon!"
Betsy Frank, Mattituck, N.Y.
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Film reviews: ‘Send Help’ and ‘Private Life’Feature An office doormat is stranded alone with her awful boss and a frazzled therapist turns amateur murder investigator
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Movies to watch in Februarythe week recommends Time travelers, multiverse hoppers and an Iraqi parable highlight this month’s offerings during the depths of winter
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ICE’s facial scanning is the tip of the surveillance icebergIN THE SPOTLIGHT Federal troops are increasingly turning to high-tech tracking tools that push the boundaries of personal privacy
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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from GazaSpeed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
