Last week’s contest: A police officer in New Jersey disguised himself as a roadside shrub to catch people texting or calling on handheld phones while driving—and snared 74 errant motorists in a six-hour shift. If Hollywood were to make a movie about this leaf-clad cop’s undercover operation, what would it be titled?
THE WINNER: “The Long Arm of the Lawn”
Scott Ross, Bonita Springs, Fla.
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SECOND PLACE: “Brush Hour”
Jake Miller, Camp Hill, Pa.
THIRD PLACE: “Police: Am Bush”
Jane Lindberg, St. Louis
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“Herbicide: Life By the Street”
Rick Torrence, The Village, Okla.
“The Beat? Around the Bushes”
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
“Leafal Weapon”
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa.
“License and Vegetation”
Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Conn.
“Tickets from Thickets”
Paul Kim, Orono, Maine
“A Brush With The Law”
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, Calif.
“Bushwhacked”
Robert Berest, Manhasset, N.Y.
"Undercover Copse"
Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Mass.
“The Speed Whacker”
Ed Raymond, Pittsburgh
“Shrubterfuge”
Jane Betrus, Spencerport, N.Y.
“Little Stop of Horrors”
Bill Levine, Belmont, Mass.
“The Duper Trooper”
James Pearson, Anaheim, Calif.
"They Call Me Mister Twigs”
Tim Wortman, Huntington Beach, Calif.
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