As I have climbed upon my soapbox many times before about the proper usage of the English language, such as the non word "co-conspirator" versus the proper "conspirator" (one can not conspire with oneself) and the especially egregious treating the word "gender" as a synonym for "sex", here is a list to help you all. Gender is a description of a word as either masculine or feminine, sex applies to the reproductive ability of living things. Most of you know that but certain "editors" miss this an awful lot. I did not create this list. It was sent to me. Enjoy!  ;>)

Gender of Inanimate Objects You may not know that many non-living things have a gender. For example:

1) Ziploc Bags -- They are Masculine, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.

2) Copiers -- They are Feminine, because once turned off, it takes a while to warm them up again. It's an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can wreak havoc if the wrong buttons are pushed.

3) Tire -- Masculine, because it goes bald and it's often over-inflated.

4) Hot Air Balloon -- Masculine, because, to get it to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under it and, of course, there's the hot air component.

5) Sponges -- Feminine, because they're soft, squeezable and retain water.

6) Web Page -- Feminine, because it's always getting hit on.

7) Subway -- Masculine, because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.

8) Hourglass -- Feminine, because over time, the weight can shift to the bottom.

9) Hammer -- Masculine, because it hasn't changed much over the last 5,000 years, but it's handy to have around.

10) Remote Control -- Feminine. Ha! You thought it'd be Masculine. But consider this -- it gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know the right buttons to push, he keeps trying.