Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Freddie sent me this too . Brilliant (apologies to the blokes on the forum ). 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 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 gotten a better model.. The women won. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbag Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 The girls had the best reasons to be fair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 thats brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Geoid Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 I think they are female: HARD-DISK Woman She remembers everything you say and do, FOREVER! WINDOWS Woman: Everyone knows that she can't do anything right, but you can't live without her. EXCEL Woman They say she can do a lot of things but you mostly use her for only four of your basic needs. SCREENSAVER Woman She is good for nothing functional, but at least she is exciting, colourful, and lots of fun! INTERNET Woman Difficult to access and hard to keep running!!! SERVER Woman Claims to be available to you, but Always busy when you need her. MULTIMEDIA Woman She has a way of making horrible things look very beautiful. E-MAIL Woman Out of every ten things she says, eight are plain nonsense. VIRUS Woman Also known as "WIFE"; when you are least expecting her, she shows up, installs herself, and starts gobbling up all your resources. If you try to uninstall her, you will lose almost every thing. If you don't try to uninstall her, you will still have nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespiritbutterfly Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Love this post tis sooo true and has brightend up my day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Very funny and very true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 brilliant ANH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 So true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...