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.
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!
That is too funny! 