Originally Posted by JEM60
I know I am being extremely picky here, but am I the only one who gets a bit irritated by the slightly over the top 'She' this and 'Her' that. It is not a beautiful woman, or even female. It is a metal, rubber etc.,etc., killing machine, which, though graceful, surely cannot be described as a 'she'.
I thought it was pretty common practice to refer to most mechanical contraptions as 'she'...beit a ship, car, aircraft, train or whatever....
I saw a T-shirt for sale in a motorcycle shop in the USA with the phrase...."If it's got t*ts or an engine, sooner or later, you've got problems!'
SWMBO wasn't amused at my wish to buy it
