men, women and computers

[Harkoliar]

From the email as usual enjoy
>
> A French teacher was explaining to her class that in
> French, unlike
> English, nouns are designated as either masculine or
> feminine.
> "House" is feminine-"la maison." "Pencil" is
> masculine-"le crayon."
>
> 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 their
> recommendation.
>
> The men's group decided that "computer" 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 review; and
> 4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find
> yourself spending half
> your salary on accessories for it.
>
> The women's group, however, concluded that computers
> should be masculine
> ("le computer") 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 ...

note: of course i disagree [img]tongue.gif[/img] .

[Thoran]

bwahaha... the women won... obviously the teacher was a woman. (j/k)

I like "3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they are the problem", it's pretty typical that they'd point out the half of the time that it's the guys problem, but not the other half of the time when they're the problem!

pretty good joke but I'd ad a couple:

To the guys who think the computer is femanine:
5. Hit the wrong button and you'd better WATCH OUT cause bad things are gonna happen!
6. Seems like they're always breaking down.

For the girls who think the computer is masculine:
5. No matter who caused the problem... it's always blamed on the computer.
6. The computer can be running 24 hours a day, but if it takes 30 milliseconds longer than you want to get something done it's a piece of crap.

[ 09-24-2003, 09:20 AM: Message edited by: Thoran ]

[Harkoliar]

how about this

men who think comp are women

7. women are like computers because they need to be handled with the utmost care
8. they are very picky sometimes and do something completly illogical at the time to need (Blue screen of death )

women who think comp are men

7. they need constant supply of energy to work ie electricity=food
8. putting liquior in thier memory banks will short circuit thier brain.