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