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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.

Lucca Mon 21-Nov-22 11:05:47

Wyllow3

I think if you put up an O/P just because its a joke, you have to accept some people will or won't like it and say so.

Its not a joke to me personally as I'm getting out of a co-ercive abuse situation - police involved, the works - with a DH: he was to a degree mysogynous: I'm bound to see it differently.

So- its close to the bone when GN's say, "oh, cant you take a joke, its just a joke"

Because thats a classic put down from men to women.

Now I'm completely aware no one here has said it with that meaning at all, they are just saying, "oh, lighten up".

But tbh, if I wasn't in my situation, its interesting to de-construct language including jokes, and I think some GN's have approached it in that way, and its as valid as any other..

💐

Wyllow3 Mon 21-Nov-22 11:05:09

snowberryZ

AussieGran59

When will people learn not to rise to the bait and simply...ignore? hmm

Well said.
This place is mental

"This place is mental"

duh?

Lucca Mon 21-Nov-22 11:05:06

“Not rise to the bait “ ? Just either agree or don’t post ?

Lucca Mon 21-Nov-22 11:03:43

What is the characteristic of an ananda on this thread ? In your opinion of course…

snowberryZ Mon 21-Nov-22 10:56:06

In fact, this place reminds me of Motherland.
So many posters desperate to stay on the right side of the 'Amandas'grin

snowberryZ Mon 21-Nov-22 10:52:05

AussieGran59

When will people learn not to rise to the bait and simply...ignore? hmm

Well said.
This place is mental

Wyllow3 Mon 21-Nov-22 10:34:20

I think if you put up an O/P just because its a joke, you have to accept some people will or won't like it and say so.

Its not a joke to me personally as I'm getting out of a co-ercive abuse situation - police involved, the works - with a DH: he was to a degree mysogynous: I'm bound to see it differently.

So- its close to the bone when GN's say, "oh, cant you take a joke, its just a joke"

Because thats a classic put down from men to women.

Now I'm completely aware no one here has said it with that meaning at all, they are just saying, "oh, lighten up".

But tbh, if I wasn't in my situation, its interesting to de-construct language including jokes, and I think some GN's have approached it in that way, and its as valid as any other..

Callistemon21 Mon 21-Nov-22 10:20:09

I’m actually quite partial to a bit of misanthropy

Now that was funny.

I like oneliners 😁

Lucca Mon 21-Nov-22 10:10:59

Vintagejazz

It's just a joke Fanny. Not an A Level English Paper.

FC is allowed her views as much as anyone surely? That’s what GN threads are about . Some agree with the OP, some don’t.

Mollygo Mon 21-Nov-22 09:36:50

icanhandthemback

*It’s over long; cliched to the point of banality; and the lift analogy is laboured and clunky.*

FannyCornforth, 🤣. But you make a fair comment and it made me chuckle. I mean that most sincerely.

But that’s what views on humour are-as varied as the insects in my garden-some welcome and some not.

icanhandthemback Mon 21-Nov-22 09:32:06

It’s over long; cliched to the point of banality; and the lift analogy is laboured and clunky.

FannyCornforth, 🤣. But you make a fair comment and it made me chuckle. I mean that most sincerely.

Vintagejazz Mon 21-Nov-22 09:11:20

It's just a joke Fanny. Not an A Level English Paper.

tickingbird Mon 21-Nov-22 09:06:10

It’s over long; cliched to the point of banality; and the lift analogy is laboured and clunky.. Oh dear.

Vintagejazz Mon 21-Nov-22 08:59:03

It's just turned into a very grumpy thread.

Lucca Mon 21-Nov-22 08:30:10

Vintagejazz

The things people find to argue about.

Makes a change from endless chat about “festive food” at least.

Vintagejazz Mon 21-Nov-22 08:27:29

The things people find to argue about.

FannyCornforth Mon 21-Nov-22 04:47:08

happycatholicwife1

I laughed. Think there's a lot of truth there. I'm surprised at you, Fanny Cornforth. You usually are pretty level-headed, not one to be miffish.

Well, thank you hcw. What a nice thing to say.

I probably did go over board with the ‘misandry’ stuff, I was probably caught in a grumpy mood. I’m actually quite partial to a bit of misanthropy.

LancashireGran I can assure you that I am far from being ‘a po faced finger wagger’ grin

But, like Lucca, I just don’t think that it is at all funny - which of course is the entire purpose of a joke.

It’s over long; cliched to the point of banality; and the lift analogy is laboured and clunky.

And having read some of the latter comments, (I haven’t read the full thread) I’m reminded of the maxim, ‘writing about music is like dancing about architecture’

Hithere Mon 21-Nov-22 00:57:23

Generally speaking, most of offensive comments are classified as jokes to be accepted

Kamiso Sun 20-Nov-22 23:46:46

It’s only a joke! Made me smile but wondered if it was a wind up to set some grannies off!

Hithere Sun 20-Nov-22 23:28:55

Not my type of humour at all - how stereotypical and demeaning for both genders

Blossoming Sun 20-Nov-22 22:53:53

Maybe some people have assumed that Daddima is a male, mocking women.

There are some truly offensive jokes in the internet cesspits, this isn’t one of them.

Tamayra Sun 20-Nov-22 22:50:44

I laughed Some Aussie men are larrikins It’s their saving grace
I know I live with one

Callistemon21 Sun 20-Nov-22 22:50:04

AussieGran59

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

I missed this post

Congratulations- you deserve a gold medal AussieGran 🏅

AussieGran59 Sun 20-Nov-22 22:47:41

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

icanhandthemback Sun 20-Nov-22 22:18:00

Wyllow3, probably best to ignore the less kind comments. I don't think there is anything wrong with not finding the same things funny but I am interested in what things people find funny. It's a subtle difference!