The Week contest: Viagra village
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?
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Rocket man
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THE WINNER: "Love, Olfactorily"
Paul North, Petaluma, Calif.
SECOND PLACE: "You've Got Male Enhancement"
Peter Smith, Los Angeles
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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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