Male or Female?

Posted in Ethnic

From the Washington Post Style Invitation, in which it was postulated that English should have male and female nouns, and readers were asked to
assign a gender to a noun of their choice and explain their reason.The best submissions SWISS ARMY KNIFE –male, because even though it appears useful for a wide variety of work, it spends most of its time just opening bottles.KIDNEYS — female, because they always go to the bathroom in pairs.TIRE — male, because it goes bald and often is over inflated.HOT AIR BALLOON: male, because to get it to go anywhere you have to light
a fire under it… and, of course, theres the hot air part.SPONGES — female, because they are soft and squeezable and retain water.WEB PAGE — female, because it is always getting hit on.SHOE — male, because it is usually unpolished, with its tongue hanging
out.COPIER — female, because once turned off, it takes a while to warm up.
Because it is an effective reproductive device when the right buttons are
pushed. Because it can wreak havoc when the wrong buttons are pushed.ZIPLOC BAGS — male, because they hold everything in, but you can always
see right through them.
SUBWAY — male, because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.HOURGLASS — female, because over time, the weight shifts to the bottom.HAMMER — male, because it hasnt evolved much over the last 5,000 years,
but its handy to have around.REMOTE CONTROL — female…Ha! You thought Id say male. But consider,
it gives man pleasure, hed be lost without it, and while he doesnt always
know the right buttons to push, he keeps trying

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