The Week contest: Fembot love
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?
Click here for the results of last week's contest: No kids
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THE WINNER: "Some Like I.T. Hot"
Jordyn Lundy, Los Angeles
SECOND PLACE: "When Harry Made Sally"
Andrew Tuite, Chicago
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THIRD PLACE: "Love, Artificially"
Aaron Landolt, Jefferson, Mass.
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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"
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"While You Were Beeping"
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