Last week's contest: Roomba maker iRobot has declared bankruptcy, leading to an outpouring of grief from robotic vacuum owners who treated the devices like pets. In seven or fewer words, come up with an epitaph for the beloved but often chaos-prone Roomba.
RESULTS:
THE WINNER: He struggled, but he sucked it up
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Meg Hasemeier, Martinez, Calif.
SECOND PLACE: Forever bumping into the pearly gates
Matt Weatherly, Hillsborough, N.C.
THIRD PLACE: You finally succeeded in biting the dust
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Mass.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
You’ll be spinning in your grave
Daniel Hicks, Randolph. Mass.
He gave much but asked for litter
Meribeth Dunsmoor, Batavia, Ill.
Eternally sucking
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, Calif.
It must have been something I ate
Sarah Donohoe, Shawnee, Kan.
Farewell, my sweeping beauty
Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Mass.
Stuck in a corner for eternity
Bill Levine, Belmont, Mass.
Nature abhors a vacuum. Not us!
Rob Huffman, Fredericksburg, Va.
Bye bye, Scooter! Love, the cat
Greg Stein, Prescott, Ariz.