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

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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

Not that funny but not offensive either.

I think if you wanted to be offensive you’d have to go with : What do you call an angry middle-aged woman in Nando’s?

I like it. I did one of those exhale laugh things.

I just knew the thread would be full of people getting upset though. 😅

The OP probably finds Mrs Brown's Boys funny.

Well it made me laugh!

Probably because I took it at face value and didn’t over analyse ….

In all my years on Mumsnet I have never seen a joke that everyone likes and where no-one posts to piss on others chips, instead of scrolling past.

But then again, on just about every "Post your funniest joke" thread, at least 3 people will say "What's brown and sticky? A stick".

That's still the joke they consider the funniest in 2025.

My DH's best ever joke:

Me: do you even know what peri-menopause is?
DH (Quick as a flash): is it like menopause but made with pears?

I cried laughing

Or the one Bob Monkhouse came out with years ago.

“When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.

They’re not laughing now.”

Dare say he nicked that one too.

Tim Vine. Won Joke Of The Year about a decade ago, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Not funny but not offensive either imo.

That’s a better version.

I'm freaking hilarious too!!! But no one gets my jokes either.

Perhaps I'm the Da VInci of the next 300 years 😂😂😂

You did?

Errrrr, well at least YOU found it funny. 😆 It doesn't make sense. (To me.)

It sounds like something a 4 year old would say ... 2 out of 10 from me.

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Oh get a fucking grip; it’s not remotely misogynist. It’s really weak pun but there’s nothing derogatory about it.

I agree. Was hoping for a reference to stress incontinence, but we can’t have it all.

I shit you not, I’m on my way to Nando’s.

Stealing it.

Did you not get it? Perry (which sounds like peri) is cider made with pears, not apples.

Does that help?

That is good 😂

I'd call a middle-aged woman in Nando's by her name.
Why the FUCK do you need a joke at the expense of anyone who is middle aged, female or perimenopausal?

It was shite.

Only the bronze medal?

Who got silver and gold?

Oh yes it is!

Aww OP, you are getting a rough time here. Glad you find your OH funny.

Mine makes me laugh too, usually just being silly rather than actual jokes. My favourite was the other day when he and DS were doing a quiz game. He announced, straight faced, it was an "easy one" and then proceeded to tell DS to finish the title of the book "Harry Potter and the..." DS's face was very amusing as he realised he couldn't narrow down an answer!

Bless your heart.

Cringe and sexist.