Male or Female - Eternal Question

How many of you remember our Hindi teacher, Mr. P Yonzan, the old man. The younger one was I think Mr. C Yonzon. He taught Nepali. Correct me if I am wrong.
Whenever Mr. Yonzon could not find chalk for writing on the blackboard he used to say "conspicuous by its absence"
In Hindi grammar, he had a very easy way of finding out whether a word was male or female.
Like, "Chiriya", meaning bird. Is it male or female?
Well pick it up and look underneath.
Thondup here explains why certain words are male or female, with reasons.
Do you agree with him?

Is It Male or Female?
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Ever wondered the gender of a photocopier? Wonder no more, the answers to all your gender questions are here, You might not have known this, but a lot of non-living objects are either male or female.

Below are some examples:

FREEZER BAGS: They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.

PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off, it takes a while to warm them up again. They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong ones.

TYRES: Tyres are male, because they go bald easily and are often over-inflated.

HOT AIR BALLOONS: Also a male object, because to get them to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under them.

SPONGES: These are female, because they are soft, squeezable and retain water.

WEB PAGES: Female, because they're constantly being looked at and frequently getting hit on.

TRAINS: Definitely male, because they always use the same old lines for picking up people.

EGG TIMERS: Egg timers are female, because, over time, all the weight shifts to the bottom.

HAMMERS: Male, because in the last 5000 years, they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.

THE REMOTE CONTROL: Female. You probably thought it would be male, but consider this: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying.