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My earlier attempt at humour gets a mixed review from one reader:
Huh? Does your wife really think that joke is non-sexist? Or did she just say that hoping to encourage you to post it so that she could enjoy watching you get verbally pilloried? Oh, the joke is undeniably funny, but it is also extremely sexist. I for one would have left the husband store as soon as I discovered there wasn’t a floor offering smart and funny men. That is the reason I read Andrew’s blog every day and have been reading yours, Alex’s and Daniel’s posts all week. You’re all smart and funny. Oh, OK, Andrew also happens to be nice-looking but I would read his blog even if he looked like a mud fence.
I went downstairs and told the joke to my fifteen-year-old son and my husband and asked them to be honest and tell me if they would stop on the second floor of the wife store or keep going. My husband said that he would keep going because a potential wife should have "at least a shred of intelligence" and my son said that he would go to the next floor hoping to find one that offered Asian women.
But the joke is funny.
I’m not sure I get the bit about Asian women. I’ll have to consult my wife again (she’s Indian)…
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