A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.
'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.' 'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'
A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.
The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la computadora'), because:
1.. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2 The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
(THIS GETS BETTER!)
The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ('el ordenador'), because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model..
The women won.
Cruising Granny said
08:58 PM Oct 29, 2009
Of course they did.
Why did you even have to ask?
Like many other things which are complicated to use - definitely invented by blokes.
You did ask, and you surely didn't expect me to let this one slip by.
dave06 said
10:44 AM Oct 30, 2009
well of course its male , if it were female it would just stand in the hall gasbagging all day about how hard it works and eating all the biscuits and drinking all the wine, then it would break down at the slightest hint of a problem and refuse to come out of it's box!!, it would never be home, constantly out shopping, and could never be upgraded simply because as we all know "perfection" cant be improved upon, it would not take input as we all know the female of any species is "all knowing"
now I await the response!!!!!!! Dave don's his hardhat and cringes under cover! safe in the knowledge that he is at least 60 km's from danger
Cruising Granny said
11:15 AM Oct 30, 2009
In this instance you're lucky you're 2,000kms away, as the crow flies.
I don't know where you get your information Dave if that's your personal experience of women.
I won't say anymore than that.
Disco Duck said
11:42 AM Oct 30, 2009
Terro................you have just started WW3.
I think I may just sit on the fence here for a while. ( gutless aren't I ?? )
dave06 said
11:47 AM Oct 30, 2009
just like shooting fish in a barrell!!!!!!!
BOOMMM!!! there's another one, oh! well fun over for today back to the real world!!!
-- Edited by dave06 on Friday 30th of October 2009 10:49:14 AM
Cruising Granny said
12:00 PM Oct 30, 2009
Ah the great debate. Sex!
Or is that the battle of the sexes? Mmm now I'm confused again.
Rolly said
12:14 PM Oct 30, 2009
It's called stereotyping, Chris.
One of humanity's most common attributes.
dave06 said
12:27 PM Oct 30, 2009
BOOOOMMMMM!!!! another one, this is really too easy!!!!!
stereo typing my ass, get out more and you will see it's good natured ribbing, come to my table where we have 8 or more women at any mealtime!
-- Edited by dave06 on Friday 30th of October 2009 12:20:22 PM
Disco Duck said
12:40 PM Oct 30, 2009
"The Battle of the Sexes" ???
That is one war I hope I never win. I know I have no chance anyhow but.......... I wouldn't want to win it anyway. I love it when they take advantage of my body.
DeBe said
01:07 PM Oct 30, 2009
Well Disco now ime jellous!!!!
Disco Duck said
01:23 AM Nov 1, 2009
Hehehehe yeah DeBe............eat you heart out !! :) :)
Mate...........if you had a body like mine....................well let's just say...... I have enough to go "around"
'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.'
'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'
A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two
groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.
The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la computadora'), because:
1.. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2 The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself
spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
(THIS GETS BETTER!)
The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ('el ordenador'), because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model..
The women won.
BOOMMM!!! there's another one, oh! well fun over for today back to the real world!!!
-- Edited by dave06 on Friday 30th of October 2009 10:49:14 AM
One of humanity's most common attributes.
stereo typing my ass, get out more and you will see it's good natured ribbing, come to my table where we have 8 or more women at any mealtime!
-- Edited by dave06 on Friday 30th of October 2009 12:20:22 PM