Women always win :)

SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her classthat in Spanish, unlike English,nouns are designated as eithermasculine 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 decidefor themselves whether "computer"should bea masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was askedto give four reasonsfor its recommendation.

The men's group decided that"computer" should definitely beof the feminine gender("la computadora"),because: 1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;2. The native languagethey use to communicatewith other computers isincomprehensible to everyone else; 3. Even the smallest mistakesare stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and4. As soon as you makea commitment to one,you find yourself spendinghalf your paycheckon accessories for it. (THIS GET S BETTER!)

The women's group,however, concludedthat computers should be Masculine("el computador"),because: 1. In order to do anythingwith them,you have to turn them on;2. They have a lot of databut still can't think for themselves; 3. They are supposedto help you solve problems,but half the timethey ARE the problem; and4. As soon as you commit to one,you realize that if youhad waited a little longer,you could have gotten a better model.The women won.