A little boy comes home from school very excited and tells his mother that he got a part in the school play.
His mother asks what part he got and he replies, "I'm a Mormon husband."
She tells him, "You march right back there and tell them you want a speaking part."
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"The promptings of the Holy Ghost will always be sufficient for our needs if we keep to the covenant path. Our path is uphill most days, but the help we receive for the climb is literally divine." --Elaine S. Dalton
Both are funny. My wife and I often make "subservient mormon women" jokes and giggle ourselves silly.
But if you didn't like that one, you won't like this one either:
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When everybody on earth was dead and waiting to enter Paradise, God appeared and said, "I want the men to make two lines. One line for the men who were true heads of their household and the other line for the men who were dominated by their women. I want all the women to report to St Peter."
Soon, the women were gone and there were two lines of men. The line of the men who were dominated by their wives was 100 miles long, and in the line of men who truly were heads of their household, there was only one man.
God said, "You men should be ashamed of yourselves. I created you to be the head of your household. You have been disobedient and not fulfilled your purpose. I told you to be the spiritual leader in your family. Out of all of you, only one obeyed. Learn from him. Tell them, my son, how did you manage to be the only one in this line?" The man replied, "I don't know, my wife told me to stand here."
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And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men, seven hours every day. That would be the sweetest thing of all.
Well, that one was funny in a sick sort of way... because that is honestly the way a lot of men in the Church feel. Culturally, we in the Church have not been protected from the influences that have demeaned the nobility of being a righteous patriarch, father, and husband. It is far easier to make men out to either be losers or idiots or some combination of the two.
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
So, the original joke was told to me by an LDS psychologist who encouraged me to tell it in RS.
In that context, and thinking about LoudMouth's joke, I think the purpose in telling this joke is to make us think. I'd list what I think might be interesting to think about, but I might get arrested by Ray for being serious in the humor forum.
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"The promptings of the Holy Ghost will always be sufficient for our needs if we keep to the covenant path. Our path is uphill most days, but the help we receive for the climb is literally divine." --Elaine S. Dalton
Nah, we're all laughing at Cat and You... cuz you brought up a serious topic in the Humor section. See the funny people!? Hee hee hee... :) Discuss away!! Just don't be too disappointed if Jase and others jump into silly mode and laugh a lot about the discussion...
--Ray
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I'm not slow; I'm special. (Don't take it personally, everyone finds me offensive. Yet somehow I manage to live with myself.)
I currently have a calling which precludes me from going to RS. I may tell it at a function at some point in the future, though. I would hope it wouldn't get 'you-go-girl' type laughter. I would hope it would make the sisters think just like it made me think. I giggled nervously after hearing the joke because it did have a ring of truth to it in my mind. But it's not the kind of thing we talk about a lot. I think it could be good to tell it and see what people say afterwards. (And I don't even have a Mormon husband yet.)
Continue laughing at me, Ray.
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"The promptings of the Holy Ghost will always be sufficient for our needs if we keep to the covenant path. Our path is uphill most days, but the help we receive for the climb is literally divine." --Elaine S. Dalton
