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Presents
The Delightful, Dynamic Miss Betty Boop
And...
  
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From the Washington
Post Style section, in which it was postulated that English
should have male and female nouns and readers were asked to
assign a gender to a noun of their choice and explain their
reason. |
The best submissions:
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ZIPLOC BAGS - male, because
they hold everything in, but you can always see
right through them. |
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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. |
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KIDNEYS - female, because they always go to the bathroom in
pairs. |
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SHOE - male, because it is usually unpolished, with its tongue
hanging out. |
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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. |
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COPIER - female, because 1)once turned off, it takes a while
to warm up.
2)it is an effective reproductive device when the right
buttons are
pushed. 3) it can wreak havoc when the wrong buttons are
pushed. |
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TIRE - male, because it goes bald and often is over inflated. |
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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. |
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SPONGES - female, because they are soft and squeezable and
retain water. |
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WEB PAGE - female, because it is always getting hit on. |
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SUBWAY - male, because it uses the same old lines to pick
people up. |
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HOURGLASS - female, because over time the weight shifts to the
bottom. |
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HAMMER - male, because it hasn't evolved much over the last
5,000 years, but
it's handy to have around. |
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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. |
 
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