I don’t usually post a joke, but this one really made me ROFL, not just because it’s really funny, but most of all because it’s very TRUE :) But then again, the best jokes usually the ones that mimic our real life, wouldn’t you agree?
To give credit when credit is due though, I’ve heard this joke in Boagworld Podcast (Episode 168). Boagworld is probably the first podcast with topics such as Web Design/Development/Owning etc, that is hosted by Paul Boag and Marcus Lillington.
Here is the joke …
A Spanish teacher explained to her students that Nouns in Spanish have Gender, it could be either Masculine or Feminine. One of the student then asked “What is the gender of Computer then?“. Instead of answering the question, the teacher divided the class into two groups, boys and girls, and asked them to decide themselves whether computer supposed to be Masculine or Feminine, and to give 4 reasons why.
The boys decided that Computers must be Feminine because:
- No one but their creator understand their internal logic.
- The native language they communicate with each other is incomprehensible.
- Even the smallest mistake is stored in the long-term memory for possible future retrieval.
- As soon as commit yourself to one, you find that you spend half of your paycheck on accessories for it.
The girls however decided that Computers must be Masculine because
- In order to do anything with them you have to turn them on.
- They’ve got a lot of data but still can’t think for themselves.
- They supposed to help you solve problems but after time they are the problem.
- As soon as you commit yourself to one, you realize that if you’ve waited a little longer you could’ve gotten a better model.
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Great joke!
In fact, the sex changes depending if you are speaking Latin American Spanish, or European Spanish:
In Latin America, computer is "computadora", and is female.
In Spain, computer is "ordenador", and is masculine.
:)
Interesting this language business isn't it :)