The Week contest: Clothesline drone
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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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: "Crook, Line, and Sinker"
Linda M. Fontenot, Salt Lake City, Utah
SECOND PLACE: "One Toke Over the Line"
Eve Fudge, Newport Beach, California
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THIRD PLACE: "The Wire"
Troup Miller, Austin, Texas
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Jim McCarthy, Wilmette, Illinois
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Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, North Carolina
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Rebecca Burgan, Grass Valley, California
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Barbaralee Lilker, Willits, California
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Janet Oberfoell, Monticello, Iowa
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Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
"Cool Breeze Luke"
Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Connecticut
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Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
"Fly Me a Reefer"
Tom Keech, Baltimore, Maryland
"Dry Hard"
Bill Gerstner, Lawrence, Kansas
"Laundered Money"
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