Door Industry Journal - Summer 2016

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk take a break 119 THE door industry journal summer 2016 PLEASE SHARE YOUR FUNNY PICTURES/STORIES If you have a funny story or picture you would like to share please send it to mail@dijonline.co.uk Only clean ones will be published (but it doesn’t mean we couldn’t do with a laugh, producing this magazine is stressful stuff!). How much is that doggie in the window? Alutech have had some strange requests for Sectional doors over the past couple of years, but this one really takes the (doggie) biscuit. Client asks for just one window, Ok nothing strange with that, but placed in the bottom panel? It’s so their dogs can sit and watch the world go by! Look carefully and you can see Smudge and Honk – fame for them at last. Beat that if you can? Any more odd requests for Sectional doors, or other funny doggie stories, please contact Robyn or Louis at JD (UK) Ltd on 01924 472 924 or email louis@jdukltd.co.uk HOMBRES VS MUJERES 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.