One day, while working at the Office Despot, a woman came in and said she
needed a cable. Somwhere along the line of questioning what kind of cable,
I asked whether she needed a male or female end. The look on her face when
I explained how to tell the difference was priceless.....
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:41 PM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: RE: What gender is a computer?
:
:
: Back in college a gay friend of mine looked at me very suspiciously when
: I told him he needed to plug something into the "scuzzy" port.
:
: -Kevin
:
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 1:21 PM
: > To: CF-Community
: > Subject: RE: What gender is a computer?
: >
: >
: > Computers are girls because:
: >
: > I like to spend as much time with them as possible.
: >
: > They'll only do what you want if you ask in /exactly/ the right way.
: >
: > They'll let you know that you did something wrong, but rarely what.
: >
: > <cf_offensive>
: > But mostly, it's because mine bitches every time I want to
: > plug something into a port. </cf_offensive>
: >
: >
: > -- Ben Doom
: > Programmer & General Lackey
: > Moonbow Software, Inc
: >
: > : -----Original Message-----
: > : From: Kenneth Ketsdever [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > : Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:08 PM
: > : To: CF-Community
: > : Subject: What gender is a computer?
: > :
: > :
: > : A gender computer
: > :
: > : A French teacher was explaining to her classthat 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.
: > :
: > : What arguments would you make? And who won?
: > :
: > :
: > :
: >
:
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