The strips must involve characters having personal relationships with one or more inanimate objects. The relationship can be real (the object speaks and is self-aware, as in the example), or imagined (a character takes his new Alienware out to dinner). In order to avoid 12,000 "no, mini, there is no humping the laser" type strips, one restriction is that the relationship to the inanimate object must be at least reasonably relevant to the nature of the object.

Here is an example of what I mean:

[Click to view comic: 'Dear John, You've Been Replaced.']

Robots do not count as inanimate objects (too easy). One-offs and series are welcome; I'll judge them Thursday afternoon.

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The woman said, "Sir, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea." Churchill replied "madame, if you were my wife, I'd drink it.

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I hope I did that right.

[Click to view comic: 'CC 160: chess love']

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Good stuff so far.

Tasty - yup, that's well within the rules.

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The woman said, "Sir, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea." Churchill replied "madame, if you were my wife, I'd drink it.

[Click to view comic: 'CC 160: microphone love']

Here we go...let's see if I'm getting better at this.

[Click to view comic: 'CC160: Online love']

[Click to view comic: 'CC 160: dumb']

[Click to view comic: 'CC 160: phone triangle']

[Click to view comic: 'CC 160: PC love']

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I has a flavor!

[Click to view comic: 'CC 160: ?????']

[Click to view comic: 'CC 160: hammer love']

Just for clarification (I was re-reading my description and noticed a vague point) - the relationship between character and object need not be romantic - though romantic relationships are just fine.

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The woman said, "Sir, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea." Churchill replied "madame, if you were my wife, I'd drink it.

[Click to view comic: 'CC160 - des blowfish-compat tripledes enigma']

No time to think of any yet, but here's one to tide y'all over:

[Click to view comic: 'Boring People']

If you can parse all those quotes I put in there you're a better man than I.

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"Old" is the old new.

Ah! But how can I beat Binky? He is god. Oh, well, I'll try anyway.
[Click to view comic: 'Inanimate lovin'']

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The world is full of crazy people. That is good, because then I wont be the only one.

Here's an old one of mine from a previous contest. Seems to fit these rules.

[Click to view comic: 'A poor reception']

Another golden oldie:

[Click to view comic: 'CC 57: On eBay nobody knows if you're not human']

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[Click to view comic: 'CC 160: The Shaggy Spaceship']
[Click to view comic: 'Karpov Tunnel Syndrome']

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Here is an example of what I mean:

[Click to view comic: 'Dear John, You've Been Replaced.']

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[Click to view comic: 'CC 160: The Logistics are Scary']

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Welcome to Bohemia. Population: a lot Cash flow: a little

[Click to view comic: 'CC 160: Bedroom Antics']

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Welcome to Bohemia. Population: a lot Cash flow: a little

[Click to view comic: 'Make it so.']

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"I've got my finger on the pulse of America... and I've got my arm draped casually across the upper thigh of Canada."

It's good to recycle.
[Click to view comic: 'CC 159: Needle Meet Again This Christmas']

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exit, pursued by a bear