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Copy of a 'Letter to the editor' in the Feedback section of The Weekend Australian Magazine, in response to an article by newspaper columnist Ruth Ostrow.
I enjoy Ostrow's writings although I don't necessarily always agree, and I often sense an element of tongue-in-cheek. I haven't researched the item that prompted the letter, it is the response that caught my eye:
"Though she probably means well, Ruth Ostrow is again spouting stuff she knows little about. The understanding of 'love, sex and intimacy' for those under 50 is in no way similar to that of the over-60s group. Whatever researchers like to think, post-menopausal women find sex as a shared experience almost impossible. The loss of sexual yearnings and satisfaction in the older woman, though seldom discussed, is a grief that has to be borne."
The name of the contributor was published with the letter, but I am not sure of the etiquette here, so I have omitted it.
and then...
having a browse around the internet, not looking for anything in particular, and not related to the above item, I found this (joke):
A big, dumb, but fairly good looking biker stops by the Harley shop to have his bike fixed. They couldn't do it while he waited, so he said he didn't live far and would just walk home.
On the way home, he stopped at the hardware store and bought a bucket and an anvil. Next, he stopped by the feed store and picked up a couple of chickens and a goose. However, he now had a problem: how to carry all of his purchases home.
The feed store owner said, "Put the anvil in the bucket, carry the bucket in one hand, put a chicken under each arm and carry the goose in your other hand."
"Hey, thanks!" the biker said, and out the door he went.
In the parking lot, he was approached by a little old lady who told him she was lost. She asked, "Can you tell me how to get to 1603 Mockingbird Lane?"
The biker said, "Well, as a matter of fact, I live at 1616 Mockingbird Lane. You can follow me through my short cut down this alley. We'll be there in no time."
The little old lady looked him over cautiously, then said, "I am a lonely widow without a husband to defend me. How do I know that when we get in the alley you won't hold me against the wall, pull up my skirt, and ravish me?"
"Holy smokes, Lady!" the biker said. "I'm carrying a bucket, an anvil, two chickens, and a goose. How in the world could I possibly hold you up against the wall and do that?"
"Well," the old lady said,
"set the goose down,
cover him with the bucket,
put the anvil on top of the bucket,
and I'll hold the chickens."
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15 Comments
That's a very sad letter, isn't it?
Good joke though!
Della, another funny one.
Hi Liz, Hi Steve..
I think the joke is very funny - sadly I also think there is truth in the letter - I guess these items caught my eye in the first place because it (the subject) has been in my own mind lately, not with any resolution, just a pondering.
thanks for visiting.
Della
Not an expert on the first subject Della but I know a bit about the second one and it's GOOD.
I feel very sorry for the writer of that letter. I think she should visit her doctor or a therapist...she certainly needs counselling...or a new partner! I believe she has talked herself into believing what she sprouts. I just have to look at singer Patrizio Buanne's commercials on television and I drool! ;)
Love the joke!
Hi Della ~ What a sad letter and certainly not true for all.
The joke is really funny, thanks for the chuckle !! Thanks for your comments, glad you enjoyed the Dalai
Lama. He seems nice, except for that maniacal laughter of his. If you go to my blog today, take some tissues.
Take care, Love, Merle.
one thing about coming to visit your blog page is you always pop! in things that make you think......I like that.
have a nice evening.
Lee-ann
I agree with the others, that is a sad letter...I'd love to really know what her situation is and what is going on in her life to make her think that way. Am still giggling at the joke! lol Hugs xox
Yes it is a sad letter, however I agree with merle's comment I don't believe this is the "norm. It would seem the old lady in the joke did not think the same way very funny indeed.
Cheers Margaret
thanks everybody!
"... and I'll hold the chickens"
Very funny... and exactly how I feel, what I've been wondering is am I normal, or a bit freaky... ::smiling:: shouldn't I have grown out of all that by now?
It's good to get positive confirmation!
:-)
Della
p.s.
Peter, did you mean not an expert on 'post-menopausal' women?
Lee-ann, thank you, it makes me happy that you like to visit, and it is great to get this sort of feedback.
Della, I meant not an expert on women....
whether they've paused or not.
hahaha .. sorry Peter, I was 'having-a-go'; I can't believe you have 2 divorces already and haven't learned something!
That is sad, Della. But maybe she was setting the cat amongst the pigeons to see what the response would be? Anyway, I can't subscribe to her way of thinking (blush).
Love the joke and yes, it does seem rather pertinent, doesn't it - all bar the chickens, hehehe!
Have a good Sunday
I don't think the letter is sad it's just a statement. Sex life has always been complicated to many. But now looking back I think women who always had been very much for (what we call in french "a hot rabbit") they will stay that way until they cannot walk anymore. I have a friend she is 84 and when her husband died (5 years ago) she didn't wait that long to take a lover and is with him since four years. Another one who was married for 35 years (now she is 65, her husband escaped he couldn't stand the active sex life any more) she now lives with a guy of 60 and is very happy. Amongst my friends there are two kind of women, the once who don't even want to talk about sex and they would say "I have given enough, now I want to be left in peace" and the others who are like the little old lady in the joke (lol). I think it's just a question of natural needs, some had always been very active, some had only supported, and some just didn't like it at all and just did it to have children because there was no other way.
Well said, Gattina.
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