@clacke Ha! All humans have appendages that are rather funny - men have a nice assortment of them, too. Besides, I fully agree with this comment: "I feel compelled to point out that men are not the only gender who appreciate breasts."
@clacke right. and I strongly suspect those Microsoft programmers were thinking within this 'between my friends' context. All fine with me - as long as they accept riposte. :)
@clacke and... not only 'software development' either. As an illustration, read the description on this [DUTCH] page: http://www.adfoshop.nl/rudy-moenaert-en-henry-robben-marketing-met-ballen.html - and then (after reading!) switch to the 'Reviews' tab ;-) (The magazine 'Adformatie' has never been known to mince their words, which often makes it excellent reading.) --- For those not reading Dutch, try running it through Google translate - but I cannot guarantee the irony here will translate well.
@clacke as if Marketing met Ballen /isn't/ an old practice ;-) I told the story at a little networking meeting and one of the ladies said: "You write it, and I'll buy it!" So I tend not to agree with "no need for a book". ;-) --- (No, I am not considering writing that book.)