A language instructor was explaining to her class that French nouns, unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine.

Things like 'chalk' or 'pencil,' she described, would have a gender association although in English these words were neutral.

Puzzled, one student raised his hand and asked, "What gender is a computer?"

The teacher wasn't certain which it was, and so divided the class into two groups and asked them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine.

One group was comprised of the women in the class, and the other, of men. Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendation.

The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to in the masculine gender because:

1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.

2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.

3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time they ARE the problem.

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you might have had a better model.

The men, on the other hand, decided that computers should definitely be referred to in the feminine gender 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 your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

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ROFL http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif I see many similarities

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I dunno http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/eek7.gif http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...les/ponder.gif I have to lift the cables to check...




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I love it!!

Great post.

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My laptop is female, no doubt about it. It invariably does things wrong or not at all, does not obey my orders and is incredibly obstinate http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...s/rolleyes.gif

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I side with computers being female if for only that: "General Fault Protection Error in sector 0x057BF249" means "If you don't know what's wrong, I'm NOT going to tell you!" http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/noncgi/smiles/485.gif

However, my computer at home is male, I'm sure of it. It does things no FEMALE would ever do...that and I tend to call it @$$hole when it acts up! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no.../1orglaugh.gif



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Patience, my BUTT...I'm going to KILL something!!!

I wouldn't grab those if I were you. My 'puter just got pi$$ed.
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If things got any better, I'd be twins.

[This message has been edited by Mitro Jellywadder (edited 10-30-2001).]

[This message has been edited by Mitro Jellywadder (edited 10-30-2001).]

too late I got zapped for it...
BTW it's definetly a female (sorry)



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Bravo! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif That is so true!

It was such a convenient package, that I never DID buy it many accessories too.

Oops, perhaps "package" is not the word I'm looking for here - nor "convenient" either. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

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