Biting comeback required!!!!

[chloworm]

Our local councillor put of photo of himself on FB today, loading a dishwasher with another guy (the official first loading of the village hall dishwasher...yeah, I know...slow news day). Some 'hilarious' man wrote 'has the village run out of women?' A lady wrote back 'not an appropriate comment' and of course she got the 'lighten up it was only a joke treatment.' Please send me your comebacks so I can call this dinosaur out! Thanks

I wouldn't bother but if pushed something like,

"Awww its ok randomsexistman, its really not that difficult. After all a woman can manage it! Would you like me to show you how?"

"If that's your idea of a joke I think I'd rather go to the pub with Kim Jong-un"

"oh sorry, I missed the joke. Please could you explain it to me."

squirm away little man

That’s good glitter farts. I’d come up with

Jokes are meant to be funny

Or

Ah, the joking defense. The tried and true excuse for humourless twatbadgers everywhere.”
(Replace twatbadgers with insult of your choice)

But I think yours is better

I'd just ask where the joke was

“Well, we clearly haven’t run out of dinosaurs.”

My then 16 year old DD,once responded to such a joke by saying 'I'm sorry,but I don't understand. Please could you explain why it's funny?'
The guy deleted his comment.

@SparklingLime

“Well, we clearly haven’t run out of dinosaurs.”

The village hasnt run out of dinosaurs.

@TheFnozwhowasmirage

My then 16 year old DD,once responded to such a joke by saying 'I'm sorry,but I don't understand. Please could you explain why it's funny?' The guy deleted his comment.

This is something I’ve got stored in my brain ready to use in a similar situation. I just have to hope it’ll come to me when the situation arises.

@TheFnozwhowasmirage

My then 16 year old DD,once responded to such a joke by saying 'I'm sorry,but I don't understand. Please could you explain why it's funny?' The guy deleted his comment.

Great reply, although I'd ditch the 'I'm sorry'. Nothing to apologise for!

I think that is the best approach in a work situation.

But two dinosaurs on face book, burn 'em 😄

I use “and why do you think that’s humorous?”/“what leads you to believe that is funny?” sometimes with DP when he accidentally brings his work banter self home (he’s otherwise a lovely man, he used annual leave to look after our dogs so I could go to FiLiA, so I’ll keep him). Anyway, it works. Because the only possible responses are 1 - explanation which reveals the offence, 2 - personal insult comeback which reveals the offence, or 3 - admit offence and apologise. DP goes straight to 3. Internet MCPs tend to go 1 or 2 and never end up looking good.

Good strategy

Oh I like these suggestions!

No women I’m afraid, but we do seem to have a twat if that helps?

I'd say something like 'if anyone laughs when you tell jokes like that, they're not laughing at the joke"

Or something similar.

"Has the village run out of women?"
"No but it's clearly short on comedians."

or "lots of women plus a village idiot," or "Willing to trade village idiot/dinosaur for more women?"
"the 1950s called they want their joke back."

‘No, there may be a reason they seem to all disappear when you’re there though.’