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.
Author unknown
sent buy Elaine
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I like the "long term stored data that can be retrieved later" thought the best...
Don..I could not resist this one..Glad you enjoyed this...Have a great Friday!....:0)
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Hannah - This is just so funny! I can't argue with any of the reasons for computers to be "el computdor." LOL!!
From the desk of David Dee,
Hannah, very funny! Thanks for the laugh. Wonder what sex the cellular would be...cellular or cellulara? :D
Hannah,
Great one :) very funny I was trying to see if everything was good and seems with sense :) keep the good work !
love the analogy.. thank you for the post. Made me laugh.
Hannah, definitely masculine. Words like ram, floppy, hard drive - definitely masculine...
Hannah, "Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval" this one just gets me all the time
Very cute ! Is nice to get a chuckle on Friday morning ! Thanks : )
Good one. Nice and clean...we get the point. Thanks for the day brightener!
Hello Hannah - Thanks for the Friday morning laugh! Have a great weekend.
Hi Hannah--It's been awhile, but I see your sense of humor is still intact! Definitely male!
HA! I like the conclusion of the 'better model' because that is so very true. Thanks for the afternoon laugh.
Donna...Great to see you it has been awhile..i must agree ...LOL
David..thats a good question... we will have to ask the group....LOL
Ray...A laugh a day keeps the doctor away ...:0)
Darren.... Great to see you again.....Smile and Laugh ...:0)
Michael..You are to FUNNY >>>.....:0)
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Chris and Steph....My pleasure.... Where is the coffee????...LOL
DON.....Today I am not in the Gutter....LOL
ANDY...Waiting for the snow here ....another storm coming this way.....:0)
Tamara...Great to see you again...please do not be a stranger...and that's not a joke ...:0)
JOHN....Isn't that the truth...going to get home now before the storm hits ...thanks ...:0)
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Hi Hannah,
Thank you for that great story! Certainly brought a smile to my face on this Friday afternoon.
Steve
Hanna, mi computadora says you are right, my other computador however disagrees with your statement... I am bilingual so what do I know...
Antonio
That is really cute. I vote with the women:) Yvette
Hannah... I've heard this before, but is so funny I agree with the women...
Hannah, I am laughing really hard right now - and I neeeeed a good laugh!
Hannah ~ so true, so true! Thant was quite cute!
Hannah, I loved this.......and Michael's comment was hilarious!
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I remember reading this one somewhere in my past Hannah but it is so true and funny at the same time.