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.

Too true and very cute stuff.

LOL... how true that is... lol

lmao. Cute, very cute.

a few more reasons why computers are masculine:

5. It never asks "does this make my tower look fat"?
6. It tells it like it is, and doesn't make you "read into it"
7. It behaves the same way all four weeks out of the month

and lastly,
8. When you make a CD with it, there's never a question as to whether or not it's yours :P

*evil grin*

I suffer from el lapiz envy

rob...you're right the computer IS male...another reason why...
when the computer gets a bug, it won't shut up about it, until you fix it!!!
when the computer stops working...it STOPS working.
when you ask the computer to do a certain task, it takes forever to get the job done.


**waits for the evil-ness to begin**
:0)

Rob, I disagree with #7, as mine tends to act differently with no rhyme or reason...and by differently, I mean as far as random crashing and freezing...

(*sigh*)

*slaps forehead* I see we have some work to do here, Keith.

100011110 001011000 01010001 0000111010001 1010111 00111001 1111000111 001001111

Don't mind me... just getting in touch with my girly side.

and sometimes...there are just no words... ;-)

(*Ponders how meaningless this is...and how meaningless pondering about it is...*)

and yet...you still posted here. now for the real question. why? ;-)

i know why pencil is masculine and house is feminine...but i won't say here. =] lol

wait a second here...did i just read what i thought i read???
timmy...you DID get the joke didn't you??

lol.. dont think he did.. and I agree with all those points Jen.. it would have to be male cos its sooo damn FRUSTRATING sometimes..

Well, I think I may have to agree with the ladies on this one... Computers are male.. or at least the new dual core ones are.

You know... thinking with two brains at the same time. :oP

Ohh... OHH...

When they're told to multitask, everything stops.

No, thats mostly Windows.
Linux multitasks pretty well in comparison.

*sigh... Timmy Timmy Timmy!!!!! (shakes head!)... This is NOT a serious discussion sweety.. its joking around.. its picking on the males (in good fun) comparing them to a computer..

so curt...as i don't have a dual core pc...tell me...does one brain have a tendency to control the other brain (as is so often the case with men)

and timmy...the point is to have fun and either male/female bash as related to a computer...it doesn't matter what the os is, or if it's a pc or mac
doh!

reason why a computer could be female...it works, works, works until it finally breaks down and quits.
it runs 24/7
it has all the answers

I'm hoping computers are male, as you should never hit Women

"so curt...as i don't have a dual core pc...tell me...does one brain have a tendency to control the other brain (as is so often the case with men)"
I have absolutely no idea what you mean... *look innocent*

"reason why a computer could be female...it works, works, works until it finally breaks down and quits.
it runs 24/7"
that's right git in the kitchen and make me some cookies. :oP
"it has all the answers"
Well, that debateable... a man somewhere has to give it the info in the first place.

*looks nervously around the room with the ladies with the pitchforks*
Umm... gotta go now...
*waves as he runs from the room screaming for his life*

PS: LMAO at Ben's vid. :o)

You know, I think I should invest in a pitchfork sharpener.

Or maybe just a pencil sharpener... see what that does...

Computers are male - sometimes you tell them to do something, and they pretend they didn't hear.

oh crap...gemma, that is too funny!!!

oh crap...gemma, that is too funny!!!

oh crap...gemma, that is too funny!!!

Argh, more triple postieness!

THE SERVER HAS BEEN REALLY SLOW...
anyhow, i refreshed the page twice over a period of 10 minutes, and the last refreshing showed as having gone through.
it is not my fault!!!
something is screwy with caedes...today i have had the WORST TIME trying to access caedes, and when i finally get in, it is SUPER SLOW to navigate.

See it's a male... it goes sllloooooooooooooowwwwwwwww

Yep, must be male. I need asking at least 3 times before i'll do the simplest of tasks:)

AIN'T THAT THE DAMN TRUTH!!!!!!
omg, i have to ask over and over to get my hubby to do anything!!!

you know how a computer freezes when you hit 'enter'too many times, repeatedly? same thing with us, ladies. asking or requesting the same thing over and over again (ya know, nagging:P) just causes us to shut down til the echo of your wretching croaking..um, I mean the soft lilting... of your voices fade somewhat :P

Do men have ctrl, alt and delete buttons?

Would be good if they did... lol..

"Good Morning Babe (*boots pc*),

Ok ... hmm ... you trying to tell me something (*flicker of blue screen of death*)?

Whew.

Good good. Thought there was something wron.. (*pc locks up*) ...

Hey ... I thought there wasn't anything wrong??? Everything was ok a half hour ago?!?!"

*opens Event Viewer >> Application Errors*

*reads error/warning messages*

"I still don't understand what you are saying here? Could you ... you know ... try ENGLISH maybe??"

*gets exasperated*

*stares silently at screen for 10 minutes ... listening to the hard drive churn*

... ... ... ...


... ... ... ...

*pc is operating once again*

*cautiously types in an URL ... "www.caedes.net" *

"Ahhhh crap ..." :o|

well...if a computer was a woman...that would explain having to rub it and speak sweet-nothings to it, before it gives you anything
at least that's what my hubby claims.

If it were a female... and you asked for an error report... would you get a message, "If you don't know what the problem is, then I'm not going to tell you!"

omg sam...you're evil...and funny as hell (cuz it's so true!)

Aren't error messages practically like that now?

Ha ha, pretty much...

Tim ... I hereby dub thee ... Le Comique Savant.

Oops!

Sorry about that ... hehehe ... yeah, these sword thingies are sharp, aren't they?

next time, keep them in the fruit in your drink like the other ladies do, Les :P

LOLOLOLOL.

... ok, I give in... what is a savant?

Savant.

Just extrapolate a little on the information given. ;o)

wow les, you are link-happy today.
and i could say something...but i fear it would go over tim's head, much like this thread has.

Computer = High Maintenance = Female

wow.
you did in 4 words what we've been debating this whole thread.
damn you're good.

... Now what?

Loves the touch of your hands on it, saves things in memory to use later and remind you.....always tries to take you off to a different direction than where you wanted to go.....male

my computer has been so tempermental and whiney these past 2 days--male!!!

Sorry...I still give my computer "IT" status!

Agreed.

female... Computer can't seem to keep up with me this week, for what I want it to do. In fact, she even froze up on me. friggid little.... *Grumbles, walking away*

well curt, when a woman freezes up, it's usually in response to something...
so tell me...
did you forget to woo her with chocolates and flowers before asking her to perform for you???

;D