A Spanish Lesson...From Jim

*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 fourreasons for its recommendation.The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the femininegender ('la computadora'), because:1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers isincomprehensible to everyone else;3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possiblelater retrieval; and4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending halfyour paycheck 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 AREthe problem; and4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a littlelonger, you could have gotten a better model.The women won.Send this to all the smart women you know...and all the men that have asense of humor.** *