On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:49:52 GMT, "Toller" wrote:


"Bill" wrote in message
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I worked part-time at a hardware store when I was in high school. One day a
lady came in and said she wanted an electrical plug...

I asked her if she wanted a male plug or a female plug.

She asked what was the difference.

I blushed and said I would show her. I held up a male plug and said this
is a male. Then I held up a female plug and said this is a female plug.

She said; Oh I get it! (Then she blushed....)


Unless otherwise specified...
Plugs (as the word itself suggests) are male.

That reminds me of one day this man kept singing about "prong breath",
and then explained what "prong" means.

Receptacles, or outlets, are female.

Yes, there are female plugs and male receptacles, but there was little
chance that your customer wanted those, or that your hardware store carried
them.