This week’s question: A Nebraska motorist was shot in the arm while waiting at a red light — and the shooter turned out to be a dog, which somehow set off a loaded shotgun while sitting in its owner’s truck. If a country musician were to write a song about this unfortunate and unlikely incident, what should it be titled?
THE WINNER: “A Bad Boy, But a Damn Good Shot”
Dave Olson, Moorhead, Minn.
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SECOND PLACE: “That Dog Won’t Hunt (Again)”
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa.
THIRD PLACE: “Locked and Loaded (and Spayed)”
Garth Anderson, Bedford Hills, N.Y.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“Life’s a Bitch, and Then One Shoots You”
Martin Schnuit, Glen Burnie, Md.
“Pistol Packin' Puppy”
Martha Geiser, Florence, Ky.
“Folsom Pound Blues”
Robert Bartley, Cleveland
“My Dog Is Licensed (to Carry)”
Rita Russell, Clifton Park, N.Y.
“He Almost Took Me to a Farm Upstate”
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Va.
“I Fought the Dog and the Dog Won”
Paul Kim, Orono, Maine
“Say Hello to my Furry Little Friend”
Michael Rouse, Troy, Mich.
“The Cross-Hairs Terrier”
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, Calif.
“Hair-Trigger of the Dog”
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
“My Doggie’s Got Another Muzzle”
Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Conn.
“Sit, Stay, Shoot!”
George Strong, Plano, Texas
“The Long Aim of the Paw”
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Mass.
“Calamity Dane”
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Mass.
"Woof Woof, Bang Bang"
Eric Gross, Carmel, N.Y.
“You Ain't Nothing but a .32-Caliber-per-Round Dog”
Bill Levine, Belmont, Mass.
“Four Legs and an Arm”
Charlie Volz, Franklin, Tenn.
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