A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.        

�House � for instance, is feminine: �la casa. �

�Pencil, � however, is masculine: �el lapiz. �

 A student asked, �What gender is �computer �? �

 Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two

groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computer � should be a masculine or a feminine noun Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men �s group decided that �computer � should definitely be of the feminine gender ( �la computadora � ), because:

1 No one but their creator understands their internal logic; 2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;

 3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself

spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

 (THIS GETS BETTER!)

 The women �s group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ( �el computador �) , because:

 1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;

2. They have a lot of data but still can �t think for themselves;

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model..

 The women won.