In the soup
Racheal from Swansea recounts a marital mishap
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Husband stumbles in drunk after a night out on the town. Wakes up in the morning to a funny smell so he goes downstairs and asks his wife what's going on. She says 'well you came home last night, stumbling and slurring, and asked me to cook your sock.'
Marie says
Women of all ages told saucy jokes where sexual innuendo was more or less explicit. This one uses the figure of a drunken husband to great comic effect. It can be read as a play on the taboo on oral sex.
The husband is drunk and makes a normally unmentionable request but he gets his words wrong. His wife is not allowed to recognise his intention, and cooks his sock.
There are many variations on this joke, often involving homosexuality.
Content last updated: 30/05/2007
