The Week contest: Boring date
This week's question: British psychologists have determined that the "most boring person in the world" would be a data scientist who lives in a small town and watches a lot of TV. What would you call a dating app for the world's most unexciting people?
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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: "StaleMates"
Joanne Wiggins, Newtown, Pennsylvania
SECOND PLACE: "ZzzzzzzzzHarmony"
Laurel Wroten, Petaluma, California
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THIRD PLACE: "OKTepid"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Napchat"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
"vacuUs"
Skip Flanagan, Roseville, Calif.
"OkVapid"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Plenty of Ish"
Lorene Dodd, Double Springs, Ala.
"eHomebody"
Lynn Morales, Los Osos, California
"Mehtch.com"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
"Forsquares"
Nicholas Fofonoff, New York, New Yrok
"Match.coma"
Corey Kosak, Hoboken, New Jersey
"EhHarmony"
Julie Mann and Tim Jennings, Los Angeles, California
"Yawnder"
Richard Gobeille, Port Charlotte, Florida
"Bumblebore"
Joyce Salter, La Crescenta, California
"Humdrumble"
Eric Maddy, Huntington Beach, California
"Ho-Him Seeks Ho-Her"
Kenneth Walker, Bridgeport, Ohio
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