Odilia
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With all the discussion on Mars vs. Venus, women vs. men, and giving a previously-given ring to your another woman, I thought of a joke I had read years ago and thought you all might appreciate it:
Computers - Male or Female
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 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 the Creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. The message "Bad command or file name" is about as informative as, "If you don''t know why I''m mad at you, then I''m certainly not going to tell you."
4. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
5. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
Computers - Male or Female
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 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 the Creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. The message "Bad command or file name" is about as informative as, "If you don''t know why I''m mad at you, then I''m certainly not going to tell you."
4. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
5. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
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