Women & Humor

Gentlemen - she didn't think it was funny. She thinks you may have meant it to be funny but it left such a bad taste in her mouth that - well, you have lost serious points with her and she's wondering why she hasn't strangled you yet. In fact, much of men's humor has most women wondering why most men remain alive.

The line between funny and not funny lies in between Groucho Marx (funny) and The Three Stooges (not funny). Bugs Bunny is funny and Spongebob is not funny.

And it gets worse. Many of the "how to get women" books written for men advise a man to 'bust' on a woman while being 'cute and cocky'. Don't. She is not one of your male buddies and she will not take it well if you treat her as if she were one of them. Oh, of course there may be one or two who will like it - humans being variable - but generaly, save the 'busting' humor for after she's bedded you when you stand a decent chance of having it be accepted.

Women like wit - the wittier, the better. They like a man who is 'fast on his feet'.

There's that scene in The Big Sleep with Bogart and Bacall where they're talking about horse-racing, except they're not. What they are doing is playing a variant of that delightful game called Shot Your Fox. That kind of chemistry is precisely what you gentlemen should seek to achieve. Should a woman decide to play this game with you, you're in luck - for she has decided to enjoy you - unless you make a mistake.

Husband is yelling about things never being put back where they belong. Snatches up a screwdriver and angrily demands to know who left it out. Wife warningly growls that she did. Husband then goes all meek and mild and bats his eyelashes at her and says "I'll be happy to put it away for your, my dear." on his way to the garage. His children applaud him for having made a great save.

The point, gentlemen, is to never lose your sense of humor and also be prepared to use it - correctly - to keep the lady by your side and on your side.

Humor will also be needed should the lady of your choice decide to raise children with you. Child says he wants to run away from home. Dad looks up and asks "Promise?" and Mom advises the child to not tease his father. Often, humor will get the message across, and make the message much more acceptable to the recipient, than anything else.

"If you can make her laugh, she won't strangle you." - direct quote from the child in the above example.

Gentlemen - save yourselves!