Thanks Phil I sent it to the other list

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Christ is either Lord of all or he is not Lord at all.
Karen Carter '74



> A very oldie but goodie.
>
> Phil.
>
>
> > Subject: Computer:  Male or Female?
> >
> >
> > As you may well know, Hebrew nouns have a gender. When the time came
> > to translate the word "Computer" to Hebrew, its gender had to be decided.
> > They established two expert committees, one of men and the other of women.
> > Each committee was instructed to decide on the machine's gender -
> > "Machshev" (male form) or "Machshevet" (female form), and to give five
> > main reasons.
> >      The women's committee recommended that computers be male, because:
> >      1. To get their attention, you have to turn them on.
> >      2. They will usually do what they are asked, but nothing more, and
> they
> > won't think of doing it themselves.
> >      3. They are supposed to solve your problems, but most of the time
> > they are the problem.
> >      4. As soon as you are committed to one, you find out that had you
> > waited just a little bit longer, you would have got a better
> > model.
> >      5. They usually become outdated in five years and need to be
> > replaced, but some of the users feel that they have
> > already invested so much in that
> > darn machine they put up with an imperfect model.
> >      On the other hand, the men's committee claimed the computers should
> be
> > female (what else), because:
> >      1. No one but the Creator understands their inner logic.
> >      2. The language they use to communicate among themselves is
> > incomprehensible to anyone else.
> >      3. Even your slightest error is maintained in long-term memory for
> use
> > at a later date.
> >      4. The error message "Bad command or file name" is about as
> > informative as "If you don't know why I am mad at
> > you, then I'm certainly not going to tell you!!!"
> >      5. Once you are committed to one, you find yourself spending half
> > your payroll on accessories for her.
> >