>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Fwd: Computer Joke >Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:06:01 EST > >Habib, > >My daughter sends me some of them, and others i get from friends. > >I fasted today and intend to do so tomorrow inshallah. Please remember the >Ummah in your duaa. G.W thinks he has might, but his might came from Allah >(SWT) whose might is umatched, and he will protect this ummah against the >arrogance of the likes of Bush. He has his guns and we have Allah Ta'ala, and >with immovable faith, that is enough brother Habib. >The computer joke is below. >Jabou >A friend sent this to me. >Have fun! >- >A language teacher was explaining to her class that in French, nouns, >unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine >or >feminine. "House" in French is feminine: "la maison"; "pencil" in French is >masculine: "le crayon." >One puzzled student asked, What gender is "computer"? The teacher did not >know, >and the word was not in her French dictionary. So, for fun she split the >class >into two groups appropriately enough, by gender, and asked them to decide >whether "computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Both groups >were >required to give four reasons for their recommendation. >-------------------------------------------------------------- >The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the >feminine gender (la computer) because: > >1. No one but their creator understands their 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. >4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself > spending half your paycheck on accessories for it. >-------------------------------------------------------------- >The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine (le >computer) 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 >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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~