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COMPETITION NO. 40: UNEXPECTED GOP CANDIDATES. Please suggest the newest person to join the growing 2016 GOP field, and supply a platform plank or slogan. For example:
WALTER WHITE: “The small-business expert.”
ADAM SAVAGE & JAMIE HYNEMAN: “We can’t wait to blow up a whole country!”
BILL BELICHICK: “I’ll keep inflation down.”
Enter on Twitter with the hashtag #unexpectedGOPcandidates, or in the comments thread below, by February 4.
RESULTS OF COMPETITION NO. 39, “NOW IN CUBA!” in which you were asked to describe a company now opening in its newest market, 90 miles to the south.
HONORABLE MENTION TO:
Taco Bell Havana: Think outside the bun, but not outside state-mandated parameters.
—chris.kaiser
Logic: Now offering electronic cigars.
—Periclescrystal
Clairol: Only your hairdresser knows for sure…and your government!
—gianna13
HURT—Havana Underground Rapid Transit. Don’t worry, we’ll open a second station in the near future.
—Lexxman
Yanqui Candle—With new scents of Mojito Morn, Fresh Sugarcane, and Faint Whiff of Progress.
—jhartarl
McDonald’s Cuba: Bringing you American obesity at affordable prices.
— LCNYC
COMINTERN Intern Labor Staffing Solutions.
—kthxbye
Jet Ski: Be ready next time there’s a regime change.
— j_son
Starbucks’ new Havana location is now featuring its Miami Batista blend: rich and dense, with a bitter finish.
— dc10001
Fidel Express; When it absolutely, positively has to get there eventually.
— OldYeller62
De Beers recommends spending at least twenty years’ salary on a suitable engagement ring. Because: A Diamond Takes Forever.
— queasyrider
Diebold: Electronic voting machines to ensure the next century of democratic rule by the people’s (only) party.
—AlienIncognito
Major League Baseball: We’ll save you the trip!
— BambooLounge
Weight Watchers: Reach your goal weight by reducing calorie consumption to a strict weekly amount, as indicated on your government-issued food ration card.
— JDuggar
Blockbuster: You guys still have VCRs, right?
— rgqueen
AND THE WINNER IS:
Bitcoin Cuba: Combining two things most Americans pretend to, but don’t really, understand.
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