{"id":16408,"date":"2011-06-01T16:55:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T20:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=16408"},"modified":"2011-06-01T16:55:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T20:55:47","slug":"and-we-have-a-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/01\/and-we-have-a-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"And We Have A Winner!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sparkling-champagne-popping-cork.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-16412\" title=\"sparkling-champagne-popping-cork\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sparkling-champagne-popping-cork-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>We asked, you answered: the thunderous response to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/28\/win-two-tickets-to-arcadia\/\"><em>Arcadia<\/em> ticket giveaway contest <\/a>made this a tough decision for the panel of judges. The challenge was to write a couplet answering the question \u201cDoes Carnal Embrace Addle the Brain?\u201d  Entries ranged from the sublime, to the very long, to the ridiculous\u2014with everything (and a lot of adult content) in between. The winners were chosen by an elite panel selected for their expertise\u2014and experience\u2014in brain-addled behavior. Criteria included keeping to couplet form; topical subjects; inventiveness; or anything that made us laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Our winner gets a pair of tickets to Broadway\u2019s<em> Arcadia;<\/em> our three runners-up will receive ever-chic <em>Paris Review<\/em> tees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Runners-Up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He made up the apple to hide his depravity.<br \/>\n Testicles dangled. \u201cMy God!\u201d he said. \u201cGravity!\u201d<br \/>\u2014<em>Kay Nine<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brains and dicks are of similar stuff.<br \/>\n One used unrestrained causes horrors enough.<br \/>\u2014<em>DJD<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To all police, when on (or off) duty,<br \/>\n Protect, not rape, shirtless, blacked-out booty.<br \/>\u2014<em>Michael<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>And Our Winner:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Carnal Embrace Turns a King Into a Beggar<br \/>\n And makes a Single Man out of Arnold Schwarzenegger<br \/>\u2014<em>Guy<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Congratulations, Guy and thank you all participants for many entertaining (and occasionally alarming) hours! 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