Language and Laughter

A language teacher was explaining to her class that in French, nouns unlike theirEnglish counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine.'house' in French, is feminine- 'lamason', 'pencil' in french, is masculine 'le crayon'.one puzzled student asked ' "What gender is computer?" the teacher did not know, & the word was not in her French dictionary.So for fun she split the class into two groups appropriately enough, by gender & asked them to decide whether computer shouldbe amasculine or a feminine noun. both the groups were required to give four reasons for their recommendation.

the men's group decided that computer shoulddefinitely be of the feminine gender ,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 longterm memory for possible later review.
4. as soon as you make a commitment toone, you find yourself spending half your pay cheque on accessories for it.

the women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine 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.

as soon as you commit to one, you realise that if you had waited a little longer yyyou could have got a better one.

What's your opinion, friends?