Spanish Lesson
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 lapis.'

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

Instead o f 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 pay check 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.