This week's question: Miley Cyrus said in an interview she once "made eye contact" with an alien who followed her in a UFO that looked like a "glowing yellow snowplow." She noted that the sighting came after she bought "weed wax from a guy in a van in front of a taco shop." If Cyrus were to record a song about this close encounter, what title should she give the track?
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THE WINNER: "Close Encounters of the Blurred Mind"
Jeff Vaughn, Bremerton, Washington
SECOND PLACE: "Party in the UFO"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
THIRD PLACE: "Eight Mileys High"
Laurel Wroten, Petaluma, California
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Spaced Oddity"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
"THC Phone Home"
Jennifer Kitchin, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
"Just Say UF-NO"
Jeff Dubin, Harleysville, Pennsylvania
"Big Yellow Wacky"
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania
"Toke Me to Your Leader"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, North Carolina
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