> > The Husband Store
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> > A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where
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> > a woman may go to choose a husband.. Among the instructions at the
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> > entrance is a description of how the store operates:
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> > You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value
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> > of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The
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> > shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to
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> > go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit
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> > the building!
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> > So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first
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> > floor the sign on the door reads:
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> > Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs.
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> > She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign
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> > reads:
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> > Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.
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> > 'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.'
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> > So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:
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> > Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good
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> > Looking.
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> > 'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
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> > She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads: C2
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> > Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking
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> > and Help With Housework.
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> > 'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!'
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> > Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:
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> > Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help
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> > with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.
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> > She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the
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> > sign reads:
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> > Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men
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> > on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are
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> > impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
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> > PLEASE NOTE:
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> > To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New Wives
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> > store just across the street.
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> > The first floor has wives that love sex.
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> > The second floor has wives that love sex and have money and like beer.
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> > The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.