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Daddima Thu 17-Nov-22 15:43:56

: A store that sells new husbands has opened in London where a woman may go to choose a husband.
Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:

You may visit this storeONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increases as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor or may choose to go up to the next floor but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 - These men have jobs.
She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 2 - These men have jobs and love children.
'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.'

So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love children, and are extremely good-looking.

'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love children, are extremely good-looking, and do housework..

'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!'

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love children, are extremely good-looking, do housework, and have a strong romantic streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

PLEASE NOTE:

To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New Wives store just across the street.

The first floor has wives that love sex.

The second floor has wives that love sex, have money and like beer.

The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.

welbeck Thu 17-Nov-22 15:50:27

i suppose that's meant to be funny.
sounds like a bernard manning era gag.
tired old stereotypes.

Aveline Thu 17-Nov-22 15:54:27

Well I laffed too! I bet our old pal Rufus would have as well. Oh well.

Blossoming Thu 17-Nov-22 16:01:04

I smiled, but I was wondering where the ‘kind men with a sense of humour’ were. Good job I didn’t get Mr. B from a store grin

notgran Thu 17-Nov-22 17:33:47

grin

Poppyred Thu 17-Nov-22 17:37:01

😂😂

LauraNorderr Thu 17-Nov-22 17:38:15

😂

rafichagran Thu 17-Nov-22 17:39:58

Aveline

Well I laffed too! I bet our old pal Rufus would have as well. Oh well.

Yes he would.

Smileless2012 Thu 17-Nov-22 17:44:28

grin very entertaining Daddima.

FannyCornforth Thu 17-Nov-22 17:46:52

Welbeck I’m with you.
Misandry, misogyny and even misanthropy.
Where is the humour? It’s just a clunky gag with a list of depressing stereotypes

Mrsluckhurst Thu 17-Nov-22 17:53:12

gringringrin

Wheniwasyourage Thu 17-Nov-22 18:31:19

Well I thought it was funny. You don't have to take it seriously!

Jaxjacky Thu 17-Nov-22 19:14:34

It amused me 🤣🤣

CanadianGran Thu 17-Nov-22 19:27:20

Got a laugh from me!

MrsKen33 Thu 17-Nov-22 19:40:59

Got a laugh from me and DH , on floor 5

merlotgran Thu 17-Nov-22 20:43:11

I thought it was funny.

AussieGran59 Thu 17-Nov-22 22:25:03

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Callistemon21 Thu 17-Nov-22 22:36:34

AussieGran59

I thought it was funny. But I am Australian.

Now that's funny 😂
(I know a lot of Australian males!)

JenniferEccles Thu 17-Nov-22 22:45:58

Well I’m pleased to say I am with the majority on here who chuckled at that!

nanna8 Thu 17-Nov-22 23:04:12

I love it and I think I’ll pinch it for a group I’m in. I’m Australian, too .Did note it was London,though!

Ro60 Thu 17-Nov-22 23:48:20

😂 It's been a while since we had a Joke Thread anything to lighten the gloom is good - imo.
Rufus - ❤

Bodach Thu 17-Nov-22 23:52:51

As my mother used to say: "Laugh? My knickers were wringing.."

AussieGran59 Fri 18-Nov-22 00:08:20

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AussieGran59 Fri 18-Nov-22 00:08:42

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merlotgran Fri 18-Nov-22 00:46:51

AussieGran59

Exactly, Callistemon21! But we love our fantastic Aussie men. Wouldn’t swap mine for the world and we’ve been married since 1879.

😂😂 That’s funnier than the joke!