I knew my winning headline was an adaptation of a old one - one that's been adapted numerous times, in fact. What I didn't realise, was that Nick Wrathall's headline was also an adaptation - of a headline by that man Ted Nicholas. Nicholas wrote his first version in the early 1970's:
What Will You Do When All Your Personal Assets--Including Your House, Car and Cash--Are Seized to Satisfy a Judgment Against YourCorporation?
My prototype was much older, dating from the 1920's or 30's:
They all laughed when I sat down at the pian0 - but when I started to play...
Just in case you were wondering...
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