Minor Gender Confusion

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Male or female?

Male
5
26%
Female
14
74%
 
Total votes: 19

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Post by Kevin »

unlike the 'hipped' look with standard wheels
Could be treading on thin ice Jim with that sort of remark.................
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Post by JimK »

Kevin wrote:Could be treading on thin ice Jim with that sort of remark.................
Before I get killed by the women: I wasn't saying that anybody's hips look big, OK? :-)

I just prefer it when the wheels fill the arches a little more. Makes the car seem more 'planted' on the road.
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Post by 8009STEVE »

Now, me and the missus are having an argument. And I am hoping you lot will be able to prove me right.

What Gender is a minor?

I'm convinced that minors are female. she's convinced they aren't
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Post by regtubby »

Our registration CFL 808C suggests the car should be BOB so it's always been a he.
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Post by alex_holden »

Not all Bobs are male... Remember Blackadder? :D
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Post by Gareth »

Well.... "Bob".... Image

Phyllis is definitely a girl. Never any doubt about it. With luck she'll behave herself today and fancy a run out. :)
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Post by regtubby »

Aaah Bob! Of course how silly of me.
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Post by andrewstone »

mines definetly a woman, cus shes graceful nd beautiful, cranky in the morning but if u treat her right she purrs :P :P
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Post by Jay-Minor »

female under the name of "Mildred"
but my Royal Enfield bike is male and called George
so we have "George" & "Mildred"
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Re: Minor Gender Confusion

Post by The Scotmoose »

My Moggy is a female who is presenting as male (comfortable with things lol), in these enlightened times (Had name "Monty" when I bought him, er, her, so stuck with it). However, her curves are just to die for and she is truly gorgeous, she can be a diva at times and dare I say it has been known to be tempremental (so have I), so at the risk of causing some angst I give you Monty, who is unsure of what he/she is lol.
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Re: Minor Gender Confusion

Post by King Kenny »

Anything with an engine is female.The French word for car is la voiture and is feminine.
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Re: Minor Gender Confusion

Post by ndevans »

d_harris wrote: Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:05 pm Now, me and the missus are having an argument. And I am hoping you lot will be able to prove me right.

What Gender is a minor?

I'm convinced that minors are female. she's convinced they aren't

Ideas please?
Can we have a 3rd option please? Neither.

Cars (and ships, planes, trains etc) to me are inanimate objects, machinery to do a job, nothing more. Whilst no two may be alike, they do not have personalities or feelings, gender or names.

So my vote would be for "it", if that was a choice.
cheers N

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Re: Minor Gender Confusion

Post by Blaketon »

I have always referred to the cars as "It" but as to the Traveller, since it is named after Oscar Blaketon, that would make it a him.
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Re: Minor Gender Confusion

Post by svenedin »

Mine has always been male and he is called Xavier. He is stroppy little so and so with a bit of a temper. He gets fed up when he is worked on for too long and has a tendency to bite and lash out resulting in me sustaining bruises and cuts. Sometimes he wakes up in a good mood and then unaccountably gets annoyed and plays up. In the 34 years that Xavier and I have been friends I have only recently successfully housetrained him so that he doesn't do his oil on the garage floor. I am not sure whether this learning will be permanent as he does tend to regress.

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