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”
“I Swat the Sheriff”
“They Called the Law but There’s No Gun"
“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”
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