The Week contest: Farewell, Roomba

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.