Saucy seaside postcards Page 40
Lucky lad.
Silly sexism, made even sillier by her lack of arms.
There is an an arm... somebody has hold of it.
On second look - it might be bangles, not fingers.
Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ 17th February 2022, 10:39 AMOn second look - it might be bangles, not fingers.
It's the cuff that the chains are attached to.
If Sid James had been a cartoonist.
Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ 17th February 2022, 10:39 AMThere is an an arm... somebody has hold of it.
On second look - it might be bangles, not fingers.
It's CHAINS, she is a slavegirl.
Quote: beaky @ 17th February 2022, 10:46 AMIf Sid James had been a cartoonist.
? Dear oh dear, Mr Grump today, beaky, what with this, the ad and the Giles cartoon. ?
That one doesn't really work, because there's no consistency between "her" and "it" in the joke.
There you go, I'm getting upset about old jokes because of pronouns, but not in the way you might expect 
Quote: gappy @ 17th February 2022, 3:16 PMThat one doesn't really work, because there's no consistency between "her" and "it" in the joke.
Well. I would say you are getting your knickers in a twist (or hers), as it does work, because 1/. people do say, when decisions have to be made, but not in a rush, "I will sleep on it", and 2/. sadly when referring to a woman as an "it", in the same way as they might say "Ooh, I could give that one" when ogling a lady.
Yes, I understand "I'd smash it", or whatever, Herc, but it's messy when "her" has already been used in the sentence. For me, that's a structurally compromised joke.
Quote: gappy @ 18th February 2022, 12:59 AMYes, I understand "I'd smash it", or whatever, Herc, but it's messy when "her" has already been used in the sentence. For me, that's a structurally compromised joke.
I see, yers.................but I don't want you tossing and turning at night wailing and gnashing teeth going over it in your head and fretting about it. ?
How about, if it makes more sense, the "it" is what the seller in pointing to and the buyer is looking at?
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 18th February 2022, 9:31 AMI see, yers.................but I don't want you tossing and turning at night wailing and gnashing teeth going over it in your head and fretting about it. ?
How about, if it makes more sense, the "it" is what the seller in pointing to and the buyer is looking at?
So long as "her/she" weren't introduced already, the gag would be better, for me:
-Would you like to buy?
-Dunno, can I sleep on it first?
Anyway, today's I really liked.