The Week contest: Pillow fight
This week's question: A new combat sport, pillow fighting, will soon debut on pay-per-view TV. Competitors at the Pillow Fight Championship in Florida will batter each other with queen-size pillows made from nylon. If Hollywood were to make a Rocky-like movie about one pillow fighter's quest for glory in the ring, what could it be titled?
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THE WINNER: "Down for the Count"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Mass.
SECOND PLACE: "A Pillow Creed"
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pa.
THIRD PLACE: "Requiem for a Featherweight"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, N.C.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"The Featherweight"
Andrea Girolamo, Hudson, N.Y.
"You're Going DOWN!"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Ind.
"Cushion The Blow"
Diane Ross, Lafayette Hill, Pa.
"Down for the Thread Count"
Rob Huffman, Fredericksburg, Va.
"The Right Fluff"
Dan Levin, Evanston, Ill.
"The Slumberdome"
Matthew Lane, Emporia, Kan.
"Hitting the Sack"
Ted Forman, Bend, Ore.
"Feathers Will Fly"
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Mass.
"Slumber in the Jungle"
Dayna West, Tiburon, Calif.
"The Right Stuffing"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
"Eye of the Fiber"
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Va.
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