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
! ; & nbsp; 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.
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Love is when you are at the precipice of emotion with someone and you think you can't give anymore, you give more. You forgive whatever they do and return only your love. You are kind and you don't allow anyone's negativity to get you down. You disarm them with love, and in return they have no choice but to return it. IT MAY NOT BE towards you, but you can't be jealous or wanton for it, you just give it, and it eventually finds you again.
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Welcome to the third-to-last newsletter from the club that you'll remember fondly even if you hate us now. I don't feel like getting too misty just yet, but I did want to relay to you a conversation I overheard backstage between two of our interns. We call them Bud and Lou. Bud: "Boy these rock bands sure come up with funny names, eh?"
Lou: "Whatiya mean?"
Bud: "Well, just the other day I saw that Thursday was coming in."
Lou: "Yeah, sure, Thursday comes in every week, between Wednesday and Friday."
Bud: "Not this time. Thursday's gonna be here on Friday, and, come to think of it, Saturday too."
Lou: "That's impossible. The days can't just re-order themselves. Thursday has to be on Thursday."
Bud: "But they can't be on Thursday all the time. They're on tour, you know. So sometimes Thursday will be on Friday or Saturday, like they are this week at the Knitting Factory."
Lou: "This week at the Knitting Factory Thursday's on Friday and Saturday?"
Bud: "Now you're getting it."
Lou: "I don't even know what I got!"
Bud: "Yes, and Friday Thursday is sold out with support from Fall of Troy and the Deer Hunter."
Lou: "So, Fall of Troy and the Deer Hunter helped Friday sell out Thursday."
Bud: "No, no, they helped Thursday sell out Friday."
Lou: "Then who's on Friday?"
Bud: "Thursday."
Lou: "Then who's on Saturday??"
Bud: "Thursday."
Lou: "Oh boy…."
Bud: "Yep, there are still tickets available for Thursday on Saturday. That's with Far and Endless Hallway."
Lou: "Well, an Endless Hallway would be pretty Far."
Bud: "Touche Amore."
Lou: "Touche Amore….what???"
Bud: "Touche on your pun, and Touche Amore is playing as well."
Lou: "On Saturday, with Thursday headlining."
Bud: "YES!!!! You've absolutely got it."
Lou: "Whew. What time are Doors and Who's on first?"
Bud: "No, they both broke up."
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