December 30, 2005

Gender

From Catfish.

EVERYTHING HAS A GENDER


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 that 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!

Posted by denny at December 30, 2005 10:37 PM  
Comments

Great post. Nine and Ten hit home like hammer.

Posted by: Teresa on December 30, 2005 11:36 PM

It might be a coincidence, but most of those are the actual genders of the Spanish words for those items.
balloon = globo (male)
sponge = esponja (female)
hammer = martillo (male)
page = pagina (female)
bag = saco (male)

Posted by: Bob on January 3, 2006 04:02 PM
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