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

Does it have to be said in a particular way to make it funny?

Oh lighten up. It isnt the funniest thing I've ever heard, but it's not as bad as all that.

Is everyone just overthinking? I don't understand why anyone is looking for a deeper meaning than literally peri having two different meanings. And indeed perry which I also though was quite funny.

It's not insulting, offensive, or anything else. Both the peri and perry jokes are quite funny as a play on words. Not hysterically funny but not rude either.

I agree, although I would say it was mildly amusing. Not 'hilarious' but also not completely unfunny.

I don't think he's ageist and misogynist, I just think he's terminally unfunny. To be fair, he seems to realise it.

Much of comedy is in the delivery, but the only way you could make this joke funny is to replace it with something else.

I say I say I say, my dog has no nose...

Some of the replies on here go a long way to explaining why Tattle has a Mumsnet thread.

Lol indeed.

Menopausal woman here who found it funny- not hilarious- but I'm a
tough crowd.

I think that would help.

e.g. son goes to get the Peri peri sauce while we're waiting to be served and say the pun as he places the sauce on the table. It would be pretty funny if we'd maybe been talking about perimenopause earlier.
Out of the blue it would get a groan and a smile.

Presented as a stand-alone joke while going about our day....maybe it would get a sarcastic 'Ha ha'.

That's me and I love it , cheered me up , thank you.

HAH!

I was just pointing out why people could find it a bit misogynistic. I was thinking more about men telling jokes in general rather than professional comedians.

Oh, right. Fair enough then!

I think it’s funny! And I’m perimenopausal. Some people on here have no sense of humour at all. The joke isn’t at the expense of women. It’s a play on words.

I'm in the peri menopause and found it funny as I joke about it even though it's an absolute bastard to deal with.

I actually think that's pretty good and I consider myself very critical

Not funny at all. Humour is subjective but even as a play on words it doesn't really work.

Definitely a cracker joke, but just so you know, I love cracker jokes

Very good. Better than most cracker jokes, certainly.

It is a play on words. Peri (menopause) and peri peri (Nando's sauce/seasoning)

No, you just need a modicum of intelligence to understand it.

I am not remotely 'offended' by this ...errrr.. 'joke'.

I am offended at the crimes against humour. Not just the OP but the one about the perry/peri/pears. That's so bad it would even get rejected for a Christmas cracker and that's being kind to it.
Making insanely bad jokes at the expense of a condition that affects every single woman sooner or later is just fucking stupid and shows a paucity of intelligence that should embarrass the authors.

I found that funny

I knew this would become MN bun fight