The New Yorker profiles the woman who advertises Mad Men. [Insert terrible sexist joke as "homage" to the 1960s.]

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  1. I was listening to NPR this morning, and as a response to a totally unrelated question, one of the experts they had in-studio began, “It’s kind of like that old joke about beating your wife…” and then he just went on talking without ever expounding upon this.

    Is there a single ubiquitous joke about spousal abuse that I am unaware of, or did this dude just realize what he was saying halfway through and hit the big red “ABORT” button?

    The world may never know.

    • Erin  |   Posted on Jul 21st, 2009

      Yes. It’s not so much a joke as a classic example of a loaded question: “When did you stop beating your wife?”

  2. Hmmm. Why did the Chicken cross the road? To beat his wife.

  3. “Your wife walks into a bar. An iron bar that you beat her with.”
    :(

  4. Q: What do you tell Rihanna with two black eyes?
    A: Nothing, Chris Brown, you already apologized at least 100 times in a very sincere way and told her twice.
    Ouch.
    Homage. 1960s.

  5. Q: How many women does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
    A: WHY HAVEN’T YOU COOKED ME SUPPER YET?

    The punchline is more effective if you throw an empty dish or something at a wall. Maybe you had to be there.

  6. Can any one explain why there was a sign more Mad Men in a Banana Republic window in Alexandria, VA? I was walking to work today and got highly confused.

  7. uh. hm. no mention of ice cream cake.

  8. i live in this time and there’s no joking about keeping a women in her place.

  9. This whole thread is :( x infinity and has me reaching for my Germaine Greer. Shit still isn’t funny. But at least our ads don’t look like this anymore, am I right, LADIES and Gentlemen in favor of equality?

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