Last week's question: Unable to find love with a real-life woman, Chinese engineer Zheng Jiajia has married a humanoid robot that he built himself. If Hollywood were to make a romantic comedy about Zheng and his fembot's unlikely love story, what title should the film have?
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THE WINNER: "Some Like I.T. Hot"
Jordyn Lundy, Los Angeles
SECOND PLACE: "When Harry Made Sally"
Andrew Tuite, Chicago
THIRD PLACE: "Love, Artificially"
Aaron Landolt, Jefferson, Mass.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Hannah and Her Transistors"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vt.
"How I Met Your Motherboard"
Michael Golding, Cave Creek, Ariz.
"The A.I. Who Loved Me"
Jody Zellman, New York City
"While You Were in Sleep Mode"
Melissa Winters, Louisville, Ky.
"I Do, Robot"
Ritch Shoemaker, Pocomoke City, Md.
"My Big Fat Geek Wedding"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Ind.
"Anne of Green Cables"
Reed Omdal, Salt Lake City
"My Best Friend's Welding"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gabels, Fla.
"While You Were Beeping"
Julie Anderson, Reeseville, Wis.
"Annie HAL"
Marc Staccioli, Oak Ridge, N.J.
"Four Weddings and a Reboot"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
"To Servo With Love"
Mark L. Dorfman, Santa Ana, Calif.
"Of Device and Men"
Michael A. Hirst, Davis, Calif.
"50 First Updates"
Jennifer Pahl, Carson City, Nev.
"My Hardware Lady"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, N.C.
"From Gear to Maternity"
Ray Crary, Lodi, Wis.
"Guys and Mechanical Dolls"
Dick LaVine, New York City
"The .exe Files"
Erin Bishop, Glendale, Ariz.
"When Harry met Siri"
Marjorie Okey, Palm Desert, Calif.
"My Ferrous Lady"
James Smith, Brooklyn
"Pretty Womanoid"
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, N.Y.
"How I Made Your Mother"
Benjamin Bishop, Glendale, Ariz.
"A Bot Last Night"
Paul Buchheit, Chicago
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