Re: Humor
From: Anatoli I. Garkusha (midilover@yahoo.com)
Fri Oct 13 20:54:45 2000
GREAT THIS ONE
Anatoli Garkusha, MD.
>(This is probably an old one to most of you "computer geeks," but my
>daughter-in-law forwarded it to me and I though it was worth repeating.)
>An English teacher was explaining to his students the concept of gender
>association in the English language. He stated how hurricanes at one
>time were given feminine names and how ships and planes were usually
>referred to as "she."
>One of the students raised their hand and asked "What gender is a
>computer?" The teacher wasn't certain which it was, so he divided the
>class into two groups, males in one, females in the other, and asked
>them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine. Both
>groups were asked to give four 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 could 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 their creator understands their internal logic.
>2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is
>incomprehensible to everyone else.
>3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later
>retrieval.
>4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending
>half your paycheck on accessories for it.
>
>--
>Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD
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