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Topic: What sex is your computer?
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Wolfie
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posted 01-10-2001 04:32 PM
    
A language instructor was explaining to her class that in French, nouns are gramatically designated as masculine or feminine. One student asked the sex of a computer. As the word wasn't in her French dictionary, for fun she split the class into two groups by gender and asked them to decide whether 'computer' should be a masculine or feminine noun.The men decided that computers should definetely 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 cheque on accessories for it. The women, 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 they time they ARE the problem.
4) As soon as you commit to one, you realise that if you'd waited a little, you could have got a better model.
Actually I think the male argument is better. :/ However... in my spanish dictionary the computer is male.
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jondster
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posted 01-15-2001 08:34 AM
I haven't figured out it's gender ...I've called it (while working on it) : 1. Sonufabitch
2. Muthaf*cker ...which would indicate "male", but also "WHORE", pointing to "female". And also "You miserable piece o' shit", being neuter. Go figure.
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fury
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posted 01-18-2001 11:03 PM
*psychotic look in his face*Heh... Eheheh.... Heheheh... My computer... Heh... Oh, I'd advise you to back away slowly and out of the room... (the rest of the Q3arena.com members step outside for a moment, and shut the door. For the next 30 minutes, all they hear is a lot of yelling which is likely swearing, objects being thrown, and the maniacal laughter of fury)
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MWAHAHAHA sorry hehe
Perhaps even a little too close to the truth? Funny stuff.
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