This week’s question: Police responding to a report of an "elderly male walking with a shotgun" in rural Minnesota came upon a man listening to music and carrying a stick, which he'd been using to play air guitar. If a classic rock band were to write a song about this law enforcement encounter, what would it be titled?
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THE WINNER: “Johnny B. Woode”
SECOND PLACE: “Rock You with a Carry Cane”
THIRD PLACE: “Dancing with the Bark”
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“Fret to Society”
“Pull the Twigger”
"Stick It to The Man"
“He’s a Caniac”
“Unstrung Melody”
Frank Sargent, Carlisle, Massachusetts
“Whole Lot of Fakin’ Goin’ On”
“Every Little Stick He Wields Is Legal”
“Stick ‘Em Up, Buttercup”
“I Poked the Sheriff”
Earl Major, Laingsburg, Michigan
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