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Menopause Humour => The funny side of menopause => Topic started by: Taz2 on November 04, 2013, 06:13:34 PM

Title: The gender of a computer
Post by: Taz2 on November 04, 2013, 06:13:34 PM

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,' howevert, 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 computador'), 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 got a better model.

The women won.

Taz  ;D
Title: Re: The gender of a computer
Post by: honeybun on November 04, 2013, 07:00:29 PM
 :rofl: :rofl:

Off to show the male members of the house that one.


Honeyb
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Title: Re: The gender of a computer
Post by: Greyhoundgal on November 05, 2013, 03:52:06 PM
 :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: The gender of a computer
Post by: Rowan on November 06, 2013, 09:34:27 PM
That's the best.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: The gender of a computer
Post by: butterfly13 on February 20, 2014, 03:20:07 PM
 ;D ;D. Great  lol
Title: Re: The gender of a computer
Post by: CLKD on February 20, 2014, 05:06:29 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: The gender of a computer
Post by: Joyce on February 20, 2014, 05:18:10 PM
 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Brilliant!
Title: Re: The gender of a computer
Post by: Greyhoundgal on February 24, 2014, 01:26:07 PM
Love it  :)
Title: Re: The gender of a computer
Post by: ellie on February 27, 2014, 11:44:03 AM
Great  :rofl: