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Post by ♥~Mel Diffy~♥ on Feb 8, 2005 15:54:10 GMT -5
A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that unlike English, Spanish nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. ''House'' for instance, is feminine: ''la casa.'' ''Pencil,'' however, is masculine: "el lápiz.''
A student asked, ''What gender is 'computer'?'' Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male & female, & 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
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
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could've gotten a better model
The women won.
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Post by moofoot on Feb 28, 2005 8:17:15 GMT -5
LOL hilarious!! thanks for sharing!
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Post by ♥~Mel Diffy~♥ on Mar 2, 2005 11:56:50 GMT -5
haha np!
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Post by mcduff1016 on May 16, 2005 23:58:04 GMT -5
lol, ha ha ha! So funny, I love it!
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Post by surrealpink on May 29, 2005 13:11:01 GMT -5
Lma0o!! i so have to show this to my guy friends...
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Post by browneyessparkling on Jun 4, 2005 17:18:09 GMT -5
Hey, that's FUNNY!!!! Hahah I love it! Thanks, Mel!
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Post by ♥~Mel Diffy~♥ on Jun 4, 2005 17:55:42 GMT -5
Hey, that's FUNNY!!!! Hahah I love it! Thanks, Mel! np!
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Post by philfan05 on Aug 5, 2005 2:45:01 GMT -5
Lol, that was good... the male part was really funny. -
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Post by philfan05 on Aug 5, 2005 2:45:18 GMT -5
And verryyy true. ;D
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Post by bluedaisyxoxo on Nov 26, 2005 0:02:49 GMT -5
lol
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Post by Femtimon on Dec 20, 2005 15:43:51 GMT -5
=DAWESOME! *-:)they do the genders for objects with French, too (in case you didn't know)
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Post by ♥annie♥ on Jan 30, 2006 13:13:51 GMT -5
awesome very funny
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