Which way round is a wired computer mouse?
Is the front of a computer mouse the arse of it due to the cable "tail" coming out of it, or is the front of a computer mouse the head of the mouse, as it is more of a correct shape?
some_guy, 
Congrats you just discovered why restrictive, binary language isn’t a great way to describe real-world concepts.
Now do gender.
Deestan, You put your palm on its face and finger its arse.
vladmech, That was my risky click of the day
Bonehead, Whichever way allows your fingers to rest on the buttons. Unless it's a weird buttonless Apple mouse, then you're just SOL.
DogMuffins, Neither, and both.
Many objects just don’t have a front and a back, other than front being the side closer to you.
Thavron, 
Just like you can sit behind and in front of the computer.
someguy3, Simple the cable is not a tail.
Crackhappy, 
Uh, I think you’re kinda taking the name a bit too literally. Computer mice are just a tool used for controlling a computer.
Eavolution, 
I absolutely am, but they must have been named after regular mice, so idk what way it was originally envisaged.
Blaze, 
Could be both, to be honest. I’ve seen old mouses where the ears were on the buttons, and others where the tail is the cable
octoperson, mouses
Mice.
But I know what you mean. Feels like computer mice should be its own word with its own plural form
Blaze, Yeah, it’s been a while since I last used mice
floppy, 
Apparently mouses is correct for computer mice but I don’t subscribe to that train of thought at all.
freamon, https://artimachines.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mouse_Engelbart_souris_artimachines_3.jpg
The first computer mouse was apparently more of a block.
I imagine it got its name from the ‘tail’ part, and the fact that it now looks mouse-like is mostly a co-incidence of it now being more ergonomically shaped.
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