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Sat Nov 30, 2013 1:16 am  |
Spanish Computer
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.  |
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Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:16 am |
| That fly story was so funny ! Thanks for the laugh, Nonie |
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havana8
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Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:55 am |
Received this today:
We had an outage at my place this morning and my PC, laptop, TV, DVD, iPad & my new surround sound music system were all shut down. Then I discovered that my iPhone battery was flat and to top it off it was raining outside, so I couldn't remove the snow from the driveway. I went into the kitchen to make coffee and then I remembered that this also needs power, so I talked with my wife for a few hours. She seems like a nice person. |
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Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:02 am |
| havana8 wrote: |
Received this today:
We had an outage at my place this morning and my PC, laptop, TV, DVD, iPad & my new surround sound music system were all shut down. Then I discovered that my iPhone battery was flat and to top it off it was raining outside, so I couldn't remove the snow from the driveway. I went into the kitchen to make coffee and then I remembered that this also needs power, so I talked with my wife for a few hours. She seems like a nice person. |
 the dependence on power
lol talking a few hours with the wife like as if for a first time or long time. |
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Mon Jan 30, 2017 2:13 am |
| Lol, that fly story was too good! |
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Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:14 am |
| Hahaha....thanks for brightening my day that was funny! |
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Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:15 pm |
| Thanks Nonie for the fly story! I'll have to share it as well hahaha |
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Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:28 pm |
Christmas Eve, me and my husband were preparing for Christmas lunch the next day.
His family was coming over.
Made cauliflower cheese but didn’t have any room in the fridge so clingfilmed it and left it pushed to the back of the counter.
Next morning, come down to find Max the lurcher had enjoyed a midnight snack and had eaten part of the cauliflower cheese.
Not gonna lie, we mixed the rest of it up and cooked it. No one was ill so it was fine. |
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