The Week contest: Clothesline drone
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This week's question: A drone carrying $45,000 worth of drugs and other contraband fell short on its intended trip to a Montreal prison, after getting snagged on a backyard clothesline. If Hollywood were to make a crime or prison movie about a similar incident, what could it be called?
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