The Week contest: Sushi bandit
This week's question: Japanese police have arrested a 71-year-old man who burgled 63 homes to fund his love of treating strangers to free meals in expensive sushi joints. If Hollywood were to make a crime caper about this fine-dining bandit, what name should it give the movie?
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THE WINNER: "The Fast and the Epicurious: Tokyo Grift"
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
SECOND PLACE: "Now You Sashimi"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
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THIRD PLACE: "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoked Salmon Rolls"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Treat and Run"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Treat and Run"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"The Ponzu Scheme"
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
"The Old Man and the Seaweed"
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania
"The Pink Salmon Panther"
George Strong, Plano, Texas
"Squid Pro Quo"
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
"The Raw Deal"
Rich Wolf, Westminster, Maryland
"Eel Gotten Gains"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
"The Bank Roll"
Kathryn Whitten, Madison, Alabama
"Uncooked Gems"
Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Connecticut
"Nori-torius"
Kathy Coleman, Newburyport, Massachusetts
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