Computers
JOKE OF THE WEEK, 10 Feb 2014
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
A French teacher in the USA explained to her class that in French every noun is either masculine or feminine. A student asked, “How about a computer?” The teacher didn’t know. So she divided the class into two groups, all the women in one group and all the men in the other group, with the assignment to guess what it was, and why.
The men decided that computers should be feminine, because: 1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic. 2. The language in which computers communicate with each other is incomprehensible to anyone else. 3. As soon as you get one, you spend half your income on accessories for it. 4. If you ever make a tiny mistake, it is stored in permanent memory for later retrieval.
The group of women, on the other hand, concluded that computers are definitely masculine because: 1. In order to get their attention, you must turn them on. 2. They are full of information but still clueless. 3. They are supposed to be the solution to problems, but half the time they ARE the problem. 4. If you wait a little longer, you can always find a newer, cheaper model.
This article originally appeared on Transcend Media Service (TMS) on 10 Feb 2014.
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