Friday, September 26, 2008

132 - Time Flies...

This week has absolutely FLOWN by for some reason! It seems like it was Monday, and I blinked and it's Friday.

I guess it's true what they say, time goes faster as you get older... *frown*

The weather's been pretty cool here lately, barely reaching 70 degrees all week. At night, it's been in the high 30's to mid 40's, good to sleep, but I'm not ready for that kind of weather yet!

Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of time right now, and I promise more soon but here's a good joke for you all.

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.

Have a wonderful weekend!

4 Comments:

Blogger Mark said...

Don't freeze up there, Mr. Dave.

Great joke. I sent it to my wife.

September 26, 2008 at 1:53 AM  
Blogger Dave said...

1:53am?? What on earth are you doing up THAT early Mark???

September 26, 2008 at 6:53 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There are times when i am truly jealous of your weather, and this is one of them! *grin*

Cute joke, thanks!

Yours,

michelle ('lil o)

September 26, 2008 at 12:09 PM  
Blogger Karen said...

I like the woman's version... it's more believable ;-)

Have a great weekend!! *HUGS*

September 26, 2008 at 6:16 PM  

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