Milk

Tigeree · 2012-01-28 19:26:32

Heard this random joke on my travels.

A woman finds she is out of milk, she asks her husband to go to the shop & get a carton.
"& if they have eggs, I'll take 12." she adds.
Her husband goes out & comes back with 12 cartons of milk.
"Why did you get 12 cartons of milk?" she asks.
His response: "They had eggs."

phrontister · 2012-01-28 20:35:39

Hi Tigeree,

I like that!

It also features here.

anonimnystefy · 2012-01-29 01:35:30

hi Tee

haven't seen you around in a while!

nice joke,btw!

bobbym · 2012-01-29 02:16:27

Hi phrontister and Tigeree;

Yes, that joke was mentioned before. To me it makes perfect sense.

phrontister · 2012-01-29 02:58:20

That the husband misunderstood his wife's instructions comes as no surprise...males cannot fathom the female mind. Anyway, whichever option he chose would have been the wrong one!

But this is actually a success story for the husband...his wife never asked him to go shopping for her again.

And from the preponderance of female shoppers over male, there are many such success stories.

bobbym · 2012-01-29 03:07:25

I have to debate that point. The wifes instructions were vague at best. The poor beleaguered husband was only following orders to the letter. I as a bachelor am forced to do my own shopping. Forced to admit this in the interest of truth, I am a far better shopper than any woman I have ever seen.

phrontister · 2012-01-29 15:51:46

I don't disagree with you there, Bobby...quite clearly the wife's instructions are ambiguous.

The innate programmer in you would opt for the husband's choice, but (and I could be wrong here, 'cos I'm just reading a bit between the lines) in doing so you'd join him in the trap set by that designing woman. Maybe she was out to increase the 'here we go again' points in her game of one-upmanship, in which case the poor blighter would've had no chance at all of correctly discerning his wife's actual intention.

Her instructions had "misconstrue me" written all over them...he just didn't spot it, resulting in him starring in her carefully crafted joke!

I'm a terrible shopper. I either come home empty-handed or with a truckload of stuff that wasn't on my list.

bobbym · 2012-01-29 15:56:31

Now you are talking turkey and in the good way. The wifes villainy has been revealed. I vote for the death sentence in this case. Why, you might ask, should she suffer such a punishment for her crimes? I meant for the husband so that he can be in peace.

phrontister · 2012-01-29 16:24:24

Given the pandemic, all-pervading influence of such wifely villany throughout our society, imposing similar punishment to all wives (well, fair is fair) would lead to their extinction...and hence our gender's, eventually.

Then we would all be at peace!

bobbym · 2012-01-29 19:20:14

Then we would all be at peace!

It does sound peaceful.

anonimnystefy · 2012-01-29 23:27:24

phrontister wrote:

Given the pandemic, all-pervading influence of such wifely villany throughout our society, imposing similar punishment to all wives (well, fair is fair) would lead to their extinction...and hence our gender's, eventually.
Then we would all be at peace!

well,just because you destroy all wives doesn't mean you destroy all women! the are still the unmarried,single women.and anyways,i don't agree.if someone doesn't like their wife they should just divorce if it's worth it!

bobbym · 2012-01-30 00:26:15

A case of mistaken intent. I said the poor husband was to be killed, to be put out of his misery.

phrontister · 2012-01-30 02:16:58

bobbym wrote:

....to be put out of his misery.

"....to be put out of his and her misery" would kill two birds with one stone!

anonimnystefy, you took Tigeree's bait.

bobbym · 2012-01-30 02:27:00

"....to be put out of his and her misery" would kill two birds with one stone!

Yes, true enough.

Tigeree · 2012-01-30 15:13:20

Hey Phro,

Wow, I really can't remember anything I comment on anymore, & what's worse is it took me a while to get the second time!!! But that's probably because I'm a woman isn't it? & I'm single. & a terrible shopper. But I have to agree, from what I've seen wives seem like terrible people. One reason I'll never be one.
Little confused about the bait thing, though.... but I can still be single & hone my womanly one-upmanship.

phrontister · 2012-01-30 17:21:14

Hi Tigeree!

Totally disregard that drivel I wrote about villanous wives (sorry, Bobby). That was just some bait to reel in a comment or two from you. And I know that you know that I know that you know that you need to add several kilos of salt to some (all?) of what I say in some (all?) of my posts...or lever my tongue out from my cheek before I start typing.

So that you know for this next bit...no added salt required:
Most wives I know - and I know many, a lot of them quite well - are terrific people who love their families and their wifely roles, which they wouldn't change for the world. I see so many positives in being a wife...

Not that I can understand it all, being just a dumb male.

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bobbym · 2012-01-30 17:45:45

Hmmm. I never included all wives. I was just talking about the one in the story. But, I am afraid the one generalization I did make is still true.

As for the other posters comments, I do not believe in one-upmanship. I remember the immortal words of Michael C;

Vincent C: (after killing an employee of a rival )I sent him a message.

Michael C: Now he has to send you a message.

Endless escalation. It is said that the island those two come from have whole towns with no men. All of them being killed by vendettas.

Tigeree · 2012-01-31 12:40:10

Okay, phro, didn't understand a lot of that first bit, but I get where you're coming from. & I was probably thinking about the one wife I know, anyway. I was just thinking how irritating it might be to have one, I hear a lot of complaints about nagging. Still, I've told this to many a man, don't be so naive, you don't know what you're getting yourself into.

Another thing, you wanted my comments? You've made me the happiest girl in the world!

bobbym · 2012-01-31 14:46:44

As soon as I figure out who the heck phro is I would like to talk to him/her.

Tigeree · 2012-01-31 18:13:15

Oh, get over it! You know I abbreviate everyone's names!
It catches on, I know at least two users who's names have been abbreviated & wasn't my doing.

anonimnystefy · 2012-01-31 21:06:03

hi Tee

well i know more: me(Stefy),you(Tee),Jane Fairfax(JF),John E. Franklin(JEF).

and i think bobbz knows who you mean,but just likes to present himself as funny and clueless.

bobbym · 2012-01-31 21:36:55

Who is bobbz? This is contagious.

anonimnystefy · 2012-02-01 09:01:59

hi bobbym

bobz is my and Tee's close friend,but he tends to play clueless,just like you.

bobbym · 2012-02-01 10:15:51

Well I do not like him. If he comes to Vegas I will certainly bludgeon him. You tell him that for me.

Tigeree · 2012-02-01 12:28:36

I'd be reluctant to call him a close friend.
But thank you Stefy, for backing me up.

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