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From the Washington Post Style Invitation, in which it was postulated that English should have male and female nouns, and readers were asked to assign a gender to nouns of their choice and explain their reason.
The best submissions:
Swiss Army Knife - male, because even though
it appears useful for a wide variety of work, it spends most of
its time just opening bottles.
Kidneys - female, because they always go to the bathroom in pairs.
Tire - male, because it goes bald and often is over-inflated.
Hot Air Balloon - male, because to get it to go anywhere you have to light a fire under it...and, of course, there's the hot air part.
Sponges - female, because they are soft and squeezable and retain water.
Web Page - female, because it is always getting hit on.
Shoe - male, because it is usually unpolished, with its tongue hanging out.
Copier - female, because once turned off, it takes a while to warm up. Because it is an effective reproductive device when the right buttons are pushed. Because it can wreak havoc when the wrong buttons are pushed.
Ziploc Bags - male, because they hold everything in, but you can always see right through them.
Subway - male, because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.
Hourglass - female, because over time, the weight shifts to the bottom.
Hammer - male, because it hasn't evolved much over the last 5,000 years, but it's handy to have around.
Remote Control - female...Ha!...you thought I'd say male. But consider, it gives man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know the right buttons to push, he keeps trying.