What are you trying to say? DuH?
HJ Brown wrote:
> My initial response to this was that it implied men with emotional
> handicaps (i.e. commitment phobes, which would explain why they're not
> already 'taken'), and therefore the offence is mainly at the use of the
> 'h' word. (I'm not going to start another terminology debate, though)
>
> My second response is that the good ones *are* the handicapped ones.
>
> Heloise Brown
>
> On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Henry Cullihall wrote:
>
> > Q. How are men and parking lots similar?
> > A. Most of the good ones are taken. Only the handicapped ones are left.
> >
> > This was a joke my wife heard at work around a luncheon. My wife courageously
> > stood up and said, "I really don't appreciate those kinds of jokes." "My
> > husband is disabled" She described how many came to her after and apologized.
> >
> > My point. Attitudes do not change.
> > My wife's point. Attitudes can be changed. She argues that her stance "sows
> > seeds for change" in that when the same people plan to tell these jokes again
> > they will remember her and be forced to wrestle with their conscience.
> >
> > What do you think? Anyone?
> >
> > Henry
> >
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