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Post by Amy on Dec 7, 2005 17:20:56 GMT -5
A friend of mine sends jokes to me:
You may not know this but many nonliving things have a gender.
1) Ziploc Bags are Male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.
2) Copiers are Female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again. It's an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can wreak havoc if the wrong buttons are pushed.
3) A Tire is Male, because it goes bald and it's often over-inflated.
4) A Hot Air Balloon is Male, because, to get it to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under it, and of course, there's the hot air part.
5) Sponges are Female, because they're soft, squeezable and retain water.
6) A Web Page is Female, because it's always getting hit on.
7) A Subway is Male, because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.
8) An Hourglass is Female, because over time, the weight shifts to the bottom.
9) A Hammer is Male, because it hasn't changed much over the last 5,000 years, but it's handy to have around.
10) A Remote Control is Female. Ha! You thought it'd be male , didn't you? But consider this - it gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know the right buttons to push, he keeps trying!
Pass these on to both male and female friends of yours so that they can have a chuckle, too.
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Post by Kami on Dec 7, 2005 18:30:51 GMT -5
im a male! heh i like how the men are always fat! im starting to think this is a sexist joke! Child Abuse!
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Post by rampage on Dec 7, 2005 21:49:52 GMT -5
hahaha this is the funniest thing i have seen in a long time. i do love my remote...
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Post by DubiousMonkey on Dec 8, 2005 16:47:13 GMT -5
Funny stuff, but... If all those assumptions about men are true, then I must not be a man... *looks down to check* Yup, I think your assumptions need a little leg room. P.S. You sexist!
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Post by Amy on Dec 9, 2005 7:24:11 GMT -5
dubious.... read the entire post especially the first line
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Post by DubiousMonkey on Dec 9, 2005 16:58:09 GMT -5
Amy, my post was aimed at a dry, sarcastic humor.
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Post by ageny on Dec 12, 2005 18:15:20 GMT -5
Completely, 100% true =P
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Post by B8 on Dec 12, 2005 19:13:05 GMT -5
Actually if you want to know the gender of any noun translate them into Russian and you get the gender from the word ending.
Bait
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Post by ageny on Dec 13, 2005 21:31:05 GMT -5
Works for German too. Translate your noun and you either get der (male), die (feminine), or das (neuter) before the word.
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Post by phoenixrage on Dec 14, 2005 22:56:05 GMT -5
its like that in spanish as well...possibly they have something figured out we dont...hrmm.
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Post by Kami on Dec 14, 2005 23:15:10 GMT -5
its like that in alot of foriegn languges, in french days of the week are boys, in arabic a car is refered to as a girl, and we even do that sometimes in english. but english is one of those languges that dont use those terms, we call it he she or it.
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Post by Amy on Dec 15, 2005 12:31:08 GMT -5
the neuter of the word!
hrm... the dog goes to be neutered soon. wonder if it goes from him to it....
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