The Week contest: Shutdown spirits | The Week

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This week’s question: Bars in Washington, D.C., are trying to drum up business during the government shutdown by offering discounted meal-and-drink combos and specialty cocktails to furloughed federal workers. Come up with a shutdown-themed name for a cocktail that one of these establishments could serve to our nation’s civil servants.

Click here to see the results of last week’s contest: Disarmed 007

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THE WINNER: “Screwdover”

SECOND PLACE: “Mandatory leave of absinthe”

THIRD PLACE: “Piña collateral damage”

“They-done-me-dirty martini”

“The (get my job) baquiri”

“Pink slip lady”

“Rum and broke”

“GoFundMejito”

“Bloody Mike, Hakeem, John, Chuck & Don”

“No-win fizz”

“Old fashioned incompetence”