Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!genrad!wjh12!foxvax1!brunix!jss From: jss@brunix.UUCP (Judith Schrier) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Fishing for Bicycles Message-ID: <8381@brunix.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 21:27:46 EDT Article-I.D.: brunix.8381 Posted: Thu Jun 14 21:27:46 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 02:04:46 EDT References: umcp-cs.7374 Lines: 12 Ok, sports fans, here I am with the definitive answer again. Not so very long ago, almost anyone hearing "A woman without a man is like a fish..." would have immediately filled in the "natural" ending "...out of water." The humor of the "new" ending depends, as does most humor, on being unexpected. Once we get past expecting the "natural" ending, and being surprised, we stop being amused and begin to notice all the deep psychological problems, such as women being selfish if they don't need men (!). judith (now a mother-in-law) schrier brunix!jss