See how it looks in print -- I translate this from a conversation in one of the best of the German Sunday-school books: "Gretchen. Wilhelm, where is the turnip? "Wilhelm. She has gone to the kitchen." "Gretchen. Where is the accomplished and beautiful English maiden?" "Wilhelm. It has gone to the opera." To continue with the German genders: a tree is male, its buds are female, its leaves are neuter; horses are sexless, dogs are male, cats are female -- tomcats included, of course; a person's mouth, neck, bosom, elbows, fingers, nails, feet, and body are of the male sex, and his head is male or neuter according to the word selected to signify it, and NOT according to the sex of the individual who wears it -- for in Germany all the women either male heads or sexless ones; a person's nose, lips, shoulders, breast, hands, and toes are of the female sex; and his hair, ears, eyes, chin, legs, knees, heart, and conscience haven't any sex at all. The inventor of the language probably got what he knew about a conscience from hearsay. Now, by the above dissection, the reader will see that in Germany a man may THINK he is a man, but when he comes to look into the matter closely, he is bound to have his doubts; he finds that in sober truth he is a most ridiculous mixture; and if he ends by trying to comfort himself with the thought that he can at least depend on a third of this mess as being manly and masculine, the humiliating second thought will quickly remind him that in this respect he is no better off than any woman or cow in the land. In the German it is true that by some oversight of the inventor of the language, a Woman is a female; but a Wife (Weib) is not -- which is unfortunate.

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06-08-2007 / 21:12
ВНИМАНИЕ!!! ПРОИСХОДИТ ОБНОВЛЕНИЕ ЦЕН!!! УТОЧНЯЙТЕ АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ЦЕНЫ У МЕНЕДЖЕРОВ!!!
06-06-2007 / 11:28
Открыта вакансия курьера на личном авто типа универсал или каблук!!! Оклад 35т.р. + бензин + мобильн!

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