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Description: Five Toughest Questions Women Ask Men (and a good joke)
The Five Toughest Questions Women Ask Men

Here are answers to 5 of the toughest questions women ask men.

1 -  "What are you thinking?"

2 -  "Do you love me?"

3 -  "Do I look fat?"

4 -  "Do you think she is prettier than me?"

5 -  "What would you do if I died?"

What makes these questions so bad is that every one is guaranteed to

explode into a major argument and/or divorce if the man does not

answer properly, which is to say dishonestly.

For example:

1 -  "What are you thinking?"

  The proper answer to this question, of course is, "I'm sorry if

I've been pensive, dear.  I was just reflecting on what a warm,

wonderful, caring, thoughtful, intelligent, beautiful woman you are

and what a lucky guy I am to have met you." Obviously, this statement

bears no resemblance whatsoever to what the guy was really thinking at

the time, which was most likely one of five things:



  a -  Baseball

  b -  Football

  c -  How fat you are

  d -  How much prettier she is than you

  e -  How he would spend the insurance money if you died

  According to one article, the best answer to this stupid

question came from Al Bundy, of Married With Children, who was asked

it by his wife, Peg. "If I wanted you to know," Al said, "I'd be

talking instead of thinking."

   The other questions also have only one right answer but many wrong

answers:

2 -  "Do you love me?"

The correct answer to this question is, "Yes."  For those guys who

feel the need to be more elaborate, you may answer, "Yes, dear." Wrong

answers include:

  a -  I suppose so.

  b -  Would it make you feel better if I said yes?

  c -  That depends on what you mean by "love".

  d -  Does it matter?

  e -  Who, me?

3 -  "Do I look fat?"

   The correct male response to this question is to confidently and

emphatically state, "No, of course not" and then quickly leave the

room.  Wrong answers include:

  a -  I wouldn't call you fat, but I wouldn't call you thin either.

  b -  Compared to what?

  c -  A little extra weight looks good on you.

  d -  I've seen fatter.

  e -  Could you repeat the question? I was thinking about your

   insurance policy.

4 -  "Do you think she's prettier than me?"

   The "she" in the question could be an ex-girlfriend, a passer-by

you were staring at so hard that you almost caused a traffic accident

or an actress in a movie you just saw. In any case, the correct

response is, "No, you are much prettier."  Wrong answers include:

  a - Not prettier, just pretty in a different way.

  b - I don't know how one goes about rating such things.

  c - Yes, but I bet you have a better personality.

  d - Only in the sense that she's younger and thinner.

  e - Could you repeat the question?  I was thinking about your

      insurance policy.

5 -  "What would you do if I died?"

   Correct answer:  "Dearest love, in the event of your untimely

demise, life would cease to have meaning for me and I would perforce

hurl myself under the front tires of the first Domino's Pizza truck

that came my way."  This might be the stupidest question of the lot,

as is illustrated by the following stupid exchange:

   "Dear," said the wife.  "What would you do if I died?"

   "Why, dear, I would be extremely upset," said the husband. "Why do

   you ask such a question?"

   "Would you remarry?"  persevered the wife.

   "No, of course not, dear" said the husband.

   "Don't you like being married?" said the wife.

   "Of course I do, dear" he said.

 "Then why wouldn't you remarry?"

   "Alright," said the husband, "I'd remarry."

   "You would?" said the wife, looking vaguely hurt.

   "Yes" said the husband.

   "Would you sleep with her in our bed?" said the wife after a

   long pause.

   "Well yes, I suppose I would."  replied the husband.

   "I see," said the wife indignantly. "And would you let her wear my

   old clothes?

   "I suppose, if she wanted to" said the husband.

   "Really," said the wife icily.  "And would you take down the

   pictures of me and replace them with pictures of her?"

   "Yes. I think that would be the correct thing to do."

   "Is that so?" said the wife, leaping to her feet. "And I suppose

   you'd let her play with my golf clubs, too."

   "Of course not, dear," said the husband.  "She's left-handed..."