Why is there a sexual connotation when referring to some electrical connections?

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Calvert

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And lets not get started on gender-benders.

We had one kid in high school, working in the theatre, that got it mixed up a little. In a half-crowded theatre, there he is, running up an aisle, yelling "HEY GUYS! I NEED A MALE SEX CHANGE!"
 

destrekor

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Originally posted by: Calvert
And lets not get started on gender-benders.

We had one kid in high school, working in the theatre, that got it mixed up a little. In a half-crowded theatre, there he is, running up an aisle, yelling "HEY GUYS! I NEED A MALE SEX CHANGE!"

? i don't get. what was his intentions? :p
 

NoShangriLa

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Plumbing

Male iron pipe thread, thread into female iron pipe thread.
Ballcock
Ballvalve
Sillcock
Gas cock
Nipples
Nut
Male adapter
Female adapter.
 

Jeff7

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Damn you. :D

Soundman and LinkMaster.



Originally posted by: DanFungus
Originally posted by: theGlove
engineers are lonely, they need some excitement
Sex can wait!
It's funny because it's true.:laugh:


Oh wait. It's not funny. :(
(My classes this semester have a gender ratio that's either 0 or undefined, depending on how you set it up. I think my campus ditched one SWE in favor of the other SWE - Society of one Woman Engineer.)
 

Calvert

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Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: Calvert
And lets not get started on gender-benders.

We had one kid in high school, working in the theatre, that got it mixed up a little. In a half-crowded theatre, there he is, running up an aisle, yelling "HEY GUYS! I NEED A MALE SEX CHANGE!"

? i don't get. what was his intentions? :p

He needed a male-male gender-bender.
 

spittledip

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According to scientific theory, electrical portals and prongs are actually having sex which results in the production of electricity. The electric company is merely a ruse through which the govt makes lots of money off of the public's ignorance. yes i am tired
 

Exterous

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I have a hard time plugging my RCA cables into a new component because the jacks are new and tight
 
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I remember kids giggling in a high-school Chemistry class (homogeneous & heterogeneous compounds). OMG, chemistry is teh ghey.