>> Gender of Railway Crossing .>>>>

>> Gender of Railway Crossing .
>>
>> An inquiry was being held for an accident at
>> a Railway crossing in Punjab India.
>> A Sardar ji Station Master was asked by the Inquiry Commission, "How
>> many Railway Crossings are in your area."
>> "Total eleven sir, four un-manned and seven manned. In manned crossings,
>> four are female and three are male sir."
>> He was asked, "What do you mean by 'Male' and 'Female' crossings?"
>> Sardar Ji replied, "Where the barrier pole goes up, we call it male, and
>> where the gate panels spread out open, we call it female."
>>