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Monday, January 30, 2006 12:00 AM

Funny women a turnoff for most men

Study finds that men see themselves as the ones who should be delivering the lines.
Lori Leibovich

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  • Monday, January 30, 2006 05:35 AM

    Laughing with? Or at?

    What the writeup doesn't mention is that Syal's next line is: "Many men don't really want to be the recipient of a cutting remark in public that will make them look small or stupid."

    Well, bugger, who would? If that's what "funny" means, I don't want a funny man, either (and I'm married to a comedian!).

    There's a difference between being the recipient of a joke and being the butt of one. I've been an inveterate joke-maker all my life, and a stand-up comic for part of it, and my personal life has never suffered. (Well, not from that, anyway.)

    —LucilleZ Read LucilleZ's other letters

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