OOOOPS
Jul 22, 2018 22:06:28 #
Celibacy can be a choice in life, or a condition imposed by circumstances.
While attending a Marriage Encounter Weekend, Walter and his wife Ann, listened to the instructor declare, "It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other.
He addressed the men, "Can you name and describe your wife's favorite flower?"
Walter leaned over, touched Ann's arm gently and whispered, "Robin Hood-All-purpose, isn't it?"
And thus began Walter's life of celibacy.
Swede
While attending a Marriage Encounter Weekend, Walter and his wife Ann, listened to the instructor declare, "It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other.
He addressed the men, "Can you name and describe your wife's favorite flower?"
Walter leaned over, touched Ann's arm gently and whispered, "Robin Hood-All-purpose, isn't it?"
And thus began Walter's life of celibacy.
Swede
Jul 22, 2018 22:11:28 #
Jul 22, 2018 22:44:49 #
Jul 23, 2018 06:15:01 #
Jul 23, 2018 07:15:37 #
mtcoothaman wrote:
I am missing something here.
Up here in the US/Canada, Robin Hood is a type of flower for baking.
Does that help
Swede
Jul 23, 2018 07:24:14 #
Jul 23, 2018 08:48:02 #
hj
Loc: Florida
Thanks for explaining finally. If we've never seen Robin Hood flour we wouldn't have known.
Swede wrote:
Up here in the US/Canada, Robin Hood is a type of flower for baking.
Does that help
Swede
Does that help
Swede
Jul 23, 2018 09:29:55 #
Old, but still very funny!!
Mark
Mark
Swede wrote:
Celibacy can be a choice in life, or a condition i... (show quote)
Jul 23, 2018 10:51:29 #
1Feathercrest
Loc: NEPA
Swede wrote:
Up here in the US/Canada, Robin Hood is a type of flower for baking.
Does that help
Swede
Does that help
Swede
The product is FLOUR (not derived from the bouquet).
Jul 23, 2018 12:29:27 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Swede wrote:
Up here in the US/Canada, Robin Hood is a type of flower for baking.
Does that help
Swede
Does that help
Swede
That shouldn't matter. I never heard of the brand myself, but the context is quite clear. Regardless of the Robin Hood reference, some folks just didn't get it that the point of the joke is the husband's obtuse insensitivity leading to his being punished by his wife in the bedroom. Cute joke by the way.
Jul 23, 2018 12:33:36 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
1Feathercrest wrote:
The product is FLOUR (not derived from the bouquet).
The person using the word flower in the joke did not spell it out it to the husband. Flower and flour sound the same. The point of the joke is about the insensitivity of a husband who when asked about his wife's favorite flower, which can be construed as romantic, instead focuses on his wife's favorite flour, which indicates his main interest in her may not be romance but rather on the tasks his wife performs. And this insensitivity leads to his wife ignoring him in the bedroom. How could you not get that?
Jul 23, 2018 12:38:51 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
hj wrote:
Thanks for explaining finally. If we've never seen Robin Hood flour we wouldn't have known.
Why does the brand of flour make any difference to the joke?
Jul 23, 2018 14:08:32 #
hj
Loc: Florida
The brand makes no difference other than if we were familiar with the FLOUR BRAND we would have understood. He should have spelled out FLOUR. You notice many others were just as confused.... why? Because we weren't familiar with the product!
mwsilvers wrote:
Why does the brand of flour make any difference to the joke?
Jul 23, 2018 14:49:26 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
hj wrote:
The brand makes no difference other than if we were familiar with the FLOUR BRAND we would have understood. He should have spelled out FLOUR. You notice many others were just as confused.... why? Because we weren't familiar with the product!
I was not familiar with the name of the product either but it made no difference. I got the joke immediately. The product name was totally irrelevant to the joke and would have made no difference even if the name had been made up. The only thing that mattered was that the husband instead of thinking in terms of his wife's favorite flower, which was clear in the joke, insensitively thought of his wife's favorite flour, an indication that his feelings towards his wife we're possibly less than romantic leading to him being ostracized in the bedroom. The term "all purpose" should have been a dead giveaway since it is generally used to describe a type of flour, regardless of the brand. And it is a very small stretch from flower to flour as a result. Clearly those who did not get it were clueless when it comes to baking flour so the joke was over their heads.
Jul 23, 2018 19:16:29 #
canarywood1
Loc: Sarasota,Florida
Another prime example of why some people say the english language is so hard to understand
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