The Week contest: Rock grandfather
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This week's question: Jon Bon Jovi recently became a first-time grandfather, after his son Jake Bongiovi and his daughter-in-law, Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown, adopted a baby girl. If the '80s rock icon were to rewrite a Bon Jovi song to address the joys and pains of grandparenting, what would it be titled?
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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: “You Give Luvs a Bad Stain”
Cathy Lacombe, Grantham, New Hampshire
SECOND PLACE: “Livin’ for the Childcare”
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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THIRD PLACE: “I’d Diaper You”
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“It’s My Life Alert”
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
“I’ll Be There For You (Every Other Tuesday)”
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
“Rockin’ in a Chair”
Matt Weatherly, Hillsborough, North Carolina
“Tot in the Heart”
John Keefe, Mount Vernon, Washington
“We All Fall Down (and Can’t Get Up)”
Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Virginia
“Who Says You Can’t Have Ice Cream?”
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
“Born to Spoil This Baby”
Lisa DeLuca, Purcellville, Virginia
“Someday I Won’t Be Babysitting Saturday Night”
Alan Martin, Park Ridge, Illinois
“Stent Through the Heart”
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
“Livin’ With My Heir”
Michael Alazard, Las Vegas, Nevada
“Born to be My Grandbaby”
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
“Slippery When You Wet the Bed”
Rich Wolf, Westminster, Maryland
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