The Week contest: Score shots
This week's question: Two women ages 34 and 44 showed up at a Florida COVID vaccination site disguised as old ladies, complete with bonnets and spectacles, in an attempt to jump the inoculation line. If Hollywood were to make a crime caper about the bogus grannies' attempt to score vaccine shots, what should it title the movie?
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THE WINNER: "Mrs. Doubtpfizer"
Scott Reid, Palo Alto, California
SECOND PLACE: "Gran Larceny"
Robert Berest, Manhasset, New York
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THIRD PLACE: "Striving to Be Miss Daisy"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Vax Me if You Can"
Brad Barton, Bedford, New York
"Steal Magnolias"
Tom Federico, Lyndhurst, Ohio
"Dose Encounters of the Absurd Kind"
Dave Grossman, Petaluma, California
"The Taking of Pfizer One Two Three"
Peter Gordon, Great Neck, New York
"Catch Me If You Gran"
Kim Doyle, Woolwich, Maine
"Desperately Seeking Infusion"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Auntie Vaxxers"
Sam Eidson, Denver
"Emboldened Girls"
Kevin Gallagher, New York City
"Thoroughly Moderna Millies"
Helen Wagmeister, Royal Palm Beach, Florida
"Immunizing Miss Daisy"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, North Carolina
"Moctogenarians"
John Parry, Eldersburg, Maryland
"Get Shotty"
Dennis Schafer, Mazomanie, Wisconsin
"Con Pair"
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
"The Inside Nan"
Megan Olsen, Hermosa Beach, California
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