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Gabe Atkinson

This week’s challenge was to create backronyms (reverse acronyms) for the following words: CULTURE, SMARTPHONE, GRIDLOCK, COUNCIL or WINSTON.

Shirley Tarrant of Island Bay addresses COUNCIL: City Officials, Unhelpful, Needlessly Complicating Inhabitants’ Lives. John Edgar of Christchurch: Committee Of Uninformed Nitwits Consuming Innumerable Lunches. Bernard Harris of Palmerston North explains GRIDLOCK: Government Roading Infrastructure Designs Lacking Obligatory Critical Know-how. From

Bay Plenty’s David Wort: Great Road In Dream Location, Old-fashioned Cruising. Kidding!

Terry Tutty of Te Kuiti explores WINSTON: Well, I Never Suspected That Of Northland. Napier’s Gary McCalmont: Wily, Incorrigible Negotiator Surprisingly Tipping Out National.

John C Ross of Palmerston North enlarges CULTURE: Cultivated

Utterances Leaving The Uncouth Rabble Excluded. Rex McGregor: Conceited University Lecturers Talking Unmitigated Rubbish Esoterically.

Palmerston North’s Hans Zindel interprets SMARTPHONE: Social Media Attacks Ruin The Peaceful Harmony Of Nearly Everyone. Waikawa’s Nozz Fletcher: See My Asparagus Rosemary Tart, Plus Haloumi Olive Noodles. Enjoy!

But Hokitika’s Don Neale takes the prize: See My Aunty Rita Take Phreakin’ Hours Operating New Electronics.

For the next contest, reimagine one of these films as a Broadway musical and send us a few lines of a song: Star Wars, Apocalypse Now, Pretty Woman, Rosemary’s Baby or The Truman Show. Entries close at noon on Thursday, November 23.