The Week contest: Trash house

This week’s question: A new study found that most hermit crabs spotted in the wild now use manmade garbage — such as bottle caps and lightbulb bases — as their shells. In seven or fewer words, create a message for a picket sign these trash-dwelling crustaceans could carry to protest the low quality of their new homes.
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THE WINNER: Garbage smells, we want shells
Chip Richman, Fort Collins, Colorado
SECOND PLACE: Housing should be free, not debris
Rebecca Burgan, Grass Valley, California
THIRD PLACE: Stop this dirty shell game
Steve Brown, Biltmore Lake, North Carolina
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
We refuse your refuse!
Josh Carruth, Whitesboro, New York
This is litter-ally no place like home
Claire Williams, Louisville, Kentucky
We’re bitter in your litter
George Strong, Plano, Texas
I was evicted by a bottle opener
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
Your trash sure isn’t MY treasure!
Rose Gabeletto, Nemacolin, Pennsylvania
We shell overcome!
Janine Witte, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
House your trash, don’t trash my house
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
Better homes than garbage
John Rengstorff, New York City, New York
No more junk in our trunks
David Jencen, Liberty Township, Ohio
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