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.
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THE WINNER: “Screwdover”
Irene Reiner, Young Harris, Georgia
SECOND PLACE: “Mandatory leave of absinthe”
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
THIRD PLACE: “Piña collateral damage”
Sharon Cunningham, Greendale, Wisconsin
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“They-done-me-dirty martini”
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
“The (get my job) baquiri”
Cathy Lacombe, Grantham, New Hampshire
“Pink slip lady”
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
“Rum and broke”
Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Connecticut
“No longer need to wear mai tai”
George Strong, Plano, Texas
“GoFundMejito”
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
“Bloody Mike, Hakeem, John, Chuck & Don”
Joel Nelson, Goleta, California
“No-win fizz”
Mike Graves, Emporia, Kansas
“Old fashioned incompetence”
Chris & Ann Collins, Thousand Oaks, California
“Hair of the DOGE”
Garth Anderson, Bedford Hills, New York