This week's question: State health inspectors are investigating a Maine restaurant that tried to relax its lobsters by infusing the water in their tanks with marijuana smoke. If the establishment's owner were to open a chain of eateries that specialize in stress-free "smoked" lobster, what name could she give the restaurants?
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THE WINNER: "Dread Lobster"
Joe Halpen, Reedley, California
SECOND PLACE: "The Lobster Pot"
Andy A. Barentine, Dallas
THIRD PLACE: "Cannabisque"
Phyllis Klein, New York City
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"T.H. Seafood"
Matt Harris, Milford, New Hampshire
"Half Baked, Fully Boiled"
Seth Kallman, New York City
"Baked Then Boiled"
Jason Aborn, Temple, New Hampshire
"High Seas"
Annette Entin, North Caldwell, New Jersey
"The Lobster Joint"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Bong John Silver's"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
"Smoke in the Water"
Doug Johnston, Erie, Pennsylvania
"The Content Crustacean"
Sara Jane Neidle, Melville, New York
"Sea-weed"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
"High Tide"
Betsy Barr, Somerville, Massachusetts
"Comfortably Yum"
Ralph N. Smith, Madison, Wisconsin
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