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What do you call a middle aged woman in Nando's?

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Crabapplepiechart · 30/12/2025 11:40

Peri peri menopausal.

AIBU to think this is a great joke? My partner came up with it this morning and isn't as proud of it as I think he should be.

YANBU - it's hilarious
YABU - it's only worthy of a cheap Christmas cracker

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BatchCookBabe · 30/12/2025 13:39

I get it, and am not offended by it (middle aged woman here,) but YABU to say it's hilarious. It's a 4 out of 10 at best.

AhBiscuits · 30/12/2025 13:33

No one has yet explained how it's offensive.

ArseSkinForAFriend · 30/12/2025 13:33

WalkDontWalk · 30/12/2025 13:17

I know it's wrong.

What did you put into Google?

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The joke.

TittyGajillions · 30/12/2025 13:32

Not funny.
Not offensive.
People do understand that offended and not amused are two different things, don't they?

LarkAscendingRose · 30/12/2025 13:31

DontGoJasonWaterfalls · 30/12/2025 11:51

Replies once again proving that what everyone else says about Mumsnet is true 🤭

It's a Christmas cracker joke for sure, OP - funny, but not as funny as watching the outraged (dare I say peri menopausal? 🤭) women racing to condemn him, and you, and men in general.

The joke's fine, but its funny that you think anyone cares what people like you think about mumsnet. 😄

HelpMeGetThrough · 30/12/2025 13:31

It's better than the old school jokes where if you said you were having a hot flush men would snigger. Some sort of association with being horny..

Or the plumber has connected the wrong water pipe to the cistern.

KrystalStubbs · 30/12/2025 13:30

I laughed at it, it's just a bit of silliness. Some people are so easily offended which is probably the reason we don't have many funny comedians or decent comedy shows now.

mrlistersgelfbride · 30/12/2025 13:27

It’s not offensive. Just shite.

xmaspartyregrets · 30/12/2025 13:26

The joke was funny 🤣
i can see why a lot of you are single or have husbands that stray.

wobblers · 30/12/2025 13:26

It's better than the old school jokes where if you said you were having a hot flush men would snigger. Some sort of association with being horny..

I dunno we've all (women) have been laughed at a lot for many things that we can't control..perhaps the original comedian guy should do some men jokes too (maybe he is).

HelpMeGetThrough · 30/12/2025 13:24

Tell him not to give up the day job.

AllTheChaos · 30/12/2025 13:22

Mildly amusing but not my kind of humour. My humour is far more, hmm, mordant shall we say! A friend telling me about an incident that involved having to disinter their dead pet for an insurance company made me howl with laughter though!

WalkDontWalk · 30/12/2025 13:21

CustardySergeant · 30/12/2025 12:52

What's disgusting about it?

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Fair question, @Splendidlydidy .

Is the very mention of menopause disgusting? It's not even about menopause - it's a pun on the prefix 'peri'.

Are women allowed to make jokes that really are about menopause? Many do. Are they disgusting?

MinnieCauldwell · 30/12/2025 13:19

It's mildly amusing and not in the least bit sexist. After all, women today never seen to stop wanging on about being peri and meno

ilovepixie · 30/12/2025 13:18

Jesus people get a life. It’s only a bit of fun!

notacooldad · 30/12/2025 13:18

A light joke was told im the pub on Saturday by my female friend was 'What's the difference between a middle-aged man and a fine wine? The wine gets better with age!' Both men and woman laughed and groaned at it. No one said it was disgusting, ageist, exist, got outraged, started telling friend she didnt create that joke ( no need ,she is not a comedian claiming original material, that joke is as old as Noah and his ark).

We all told a joke each, some were really funny others just cringe but no one was upset.

The joke op said would have fitted in. Its not offensive, its just corny.

WalkDontWalk · 30/12/2025 13:17

ArseSkinForAFriend · 30/12/2025 13:16

"The joke is a well-known one-liner, notably performed by the British comedian Gary Delaney."

Well take it up with Google if you think it's wrong 🤷‍♂️

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I know it's wrong.

What did you put into Google?

ArseSkinForAFriend · 30/12/2025 13:16

WalkDontWalk · 30/12/2025 13:11

No, his was 'what do you call the area between the front and back doors of Nando's'.

The periperineum.

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"The joke is a well-known one-liner, notably performed by the British comedian Gary Delaney."

Well take it up with Google if you think it's wrong 🤷‍♂️

Sarah2891 · 30/12/2025 13:13

Well, I laughed.

Coralinescat · 30/12/2025 13:13

I have laughed a lot recently but that didn't even raise a smile.

WalkDontWalk · 30/12/2025 13:11

ArseSkinForAFriend · 30/12/2025 11:48

According to Google is a joke by British comedian Gary Delaney.

No, his was 'what do you call the area between the front and back doors of Nando's'.

The periperineum.

HauntedBungalow · 30/12/2025 12:59

You've obviously been gaslit OP. Try this instead:

What do you call a middle aged man in Nando's?
A compliant perpetrator of misogynistic oppression and gatekeeper of toxic patriarchal hegemony.

CustardySergeant · 30/12/2025 12:52

Splendidlydidy · 30/12/2025 12:36

It’s not funny at all and quite disgusting.

What's disgusting about it?

RosesAndHellebores · 30/12/2025 12:51

I’d say just daft as there are better places to go.

It’s neither funny nor offensive except to the professionally offended.

SaveYourMoneyAndStopMakingMeCry · 30/12/2025 12:51

TrumpDerangementSyndrome · 30/12/2025 11:47

Cringing inside out for you OP. Ageist sexist unfunny claptrap.

Oh have a day off from being terminally offended 😂