I really abhor/hate/detest/dislike/(insert negative connotation) being sick.

Given its just the regular block nose, dry cough and dizzy spell but isn't it the little things in life that annoy you more than major ones? Anyway, enough about my ranting.

Trish, my friend from Perth just emailed me a joke which i found extremely meaningful. LOL!~


'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.'


Yeah balls to the truth of sexist reality. :P