Since most of us here spend more time on a computer than any responsible adult should, I want to pass this on:

A language instructor was explaining to her class that French nouns, unlike

their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or

feminine.

"House," in French, is feminine - "la maison",

but "pencil," in French, is masculine - "le crayon".

One puzzled student asked, "What gender is computer?"

The teacher didn't know, and the word wasn't in her French dictionary. So

for fun she split the class into two groups - appropriately enough, by

gender - and asked them to decide whether "computer" should be a masculine

or feminine noun.

Both groups were required to give four reasons for their recommendation.

The men's group decided that computers should definitely be of the feminine

("la computer"), because:

a.. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.

b.. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is

incomprehensible to everyone else.

c.. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for possible

later retrieval.

d.. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half

your pay on accessories for it.

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

("le computer"), because:

a.. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on;

b.. They have a lot of data but they are still clueless

c.. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE

the problem

d.. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you'd waited a little

longer, you could have gotten a better model.

There is more truth to this than many of us would like to admit.

Computers are male, because a computer is only as smart as its user.

I think computers are female, my boss always refers to computer using the word "she" all the time.

Hermaphrodite

Female because unpredictable... Programs male because of the bugs... (we have to be honest!)