Sex Of The Computer

[Claire DC]

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

 

"House," in French, is feminine-"la maison."

 

"Pencil," in French, is masculine-"le crayon."

 

One puzzled student asked, "What gender is computer?"

 

The teacher did not know, and the word wasn't in her French dictionary. So for fun she split the class into two groups appropriately enough, by gender and asked them to decide whether "computer" should be a masculine or feminine noun.

 

Both groups were required to give four reasons for their recommendation.

 

The men's group decided that computers should definitely be of the feminine gender ("la computer"), 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

 

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

 

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine ("le computer"), because:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you'd waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

 

The women won.

 

 

 

[Bextor]

yey!

But of course!

[Claire DC]

Goes without saying really doesnt it!!

[jasun]

haha not bad!

 

even if the fact the girls won is a bit anal! lol

 

[TidyTraxGrant]

Yeah bollox Claire you little tramp !

Blokes win hands down, just read and weep @ the truth !

[rainbowgurl]

lol hun ....lighten up tidy with the tramp thing ...jeez next thing you know sumone will be callin you an arsehole

[Claire DC]

Grant, u turd!! Shuttit u muppet

 

U know women would win hands down, up, left, right any other way cos women are too good at this kind of thing!!

 

Dont try and say u dont agree cos i know different!!

[TidyTraxGrant]

RainbowGurl, dont worry, claire the bear knows im only messin !!

I'd never call anyone an ars*hole tho !

 

Claire -

 

Don't mess !!!

[Claire DC]

Grant.... dont mess? with fire?? I know that u turd, Welephant came to see us at primary school

 

If not then u better get ready cos im known as "ard bitch" and ill have to bapslap u if u ask for trouble

 

Hahah Welephant...does he still do the rounds??

[TidyTraxGrant]

I bet welephant ran a mile when e saw you at primary school !!

 

And 'Turd' always has and will be my word - GOAT. so back off!!!

 

 

 

 

[Claire DC]

Well i dont care cos i can use turd as much as i like cos im a bird and it rhymes with turd which i think gives me the authority to say it as much as i like

 

And as for welephant runnin away from me...yeah he did but only cos he saw u stood behind me u TURD!!

[TidyTraxGrant]

Well i'm a bloke, so your a 'joke' and your also the original 'word-nicker' !!!

 

And don't be silly, your slightly older than me so we couldnt have been in the same yr @ school, plus you live in Manchester and i'm London, so suck balls !!!

 

[rainbowgurl]

were you two married in a past life and im too much of a lady to call anyone that tidy sheesh we dont have any smileys left

[TidyTraxGrant]

Dont worry, all old smileys WILL be returning soon - with avengance !

[Tidy Girl]

yeah but ur forgettin that a woman dont accept a 3 1/2 inch floppy!