In the year 584, in Lyons, France, 43 Catholic bishops and 20 men representing other bishops held the Council of Macon, which included the most peculiar debate since the world began a discussion which, for nonsensical content, surely exceeded the Mad Hatter's tea party. The subject of the debate was a serious world problem of the time: Are women human?

After many lengthy arguments, a vote was taken. The results were 32 yes, 31 no. Women were declared human by one vote.

(Imagine -- if one of those gentlemen had voted differently, Catholics today might be walking nude ladies on leashes up Park Avenue, waiting for them to pee on fireplugs.)