One puzzled student asked, "What gender is a computer?" The teacher thought it would be a good exercise to have the students decide what they thought the gender should be. So she split the class into two groups appropriately enough, by gender and asked them to decide whether "computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Both groups were required to give five reasons for their recommendation.
The men's group decided that computer should definitely be of the feminine gender ("la computer"), 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 review.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you constantly find yourself spending more money on Gadgets for it. Like a clock, a calendar and a reminder pad in the sidebar.
5. As it grows old their memory fails and only very expensive plug ins can help.
The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine "Le computer") 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.
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!
5. They keep needing a new Keyboard because they keep spilling a glass of wine or a martini in the perfectly good old one. WE drink it before we sit down in front of a computer.
Sage Advice
Did you ever wonder where and who started the terms "He leans to the LEFT" and "He leans to the RIGHT"
Well simply dig out that old bible of yours and read Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV) "The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV).
And if that don't get you thinking try Matthew 25:33