Catch-22

A friend quizzed me today.

‘Would you rather have sex with the girl of your dreams or a toilet when bowel-pressure is too high?’ he asked.

Now, what kinda stupid question is that?

On a second thought, it was actually a tough one.

It is hard to tell which one’s more satisfying, even if you might wanna overlook the urgency factor.

It reminded me of this particular episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. In it Chandler, to pass an awkward moment, asks Erica (who by the way is in labor)

‘What is more painful, delivering a baby or getting kicked in the nuts?’

He goes on to reckon that no one would ever be able to tell because nobody can experience both.

Quite true, I’d say.

Come to think of it, I can recall a joke I heard when I was a kid. I don’t remember it exactly, but it went something like this:

Two men are discussing sex (or making love if you may). They are arguing about who enjoys it more, man or woman. Suddenly, a woman who’s sitting nearby and has been overhearing their conversation gets up and whispers to both of them

‘When your ear is itching and you wriggle your finger inside it, who do you think is more satisfied your ear or your finger?’

I never found this joke funny (if it was, in fact, a joke). But that’s how stupid questions are. They put you in a dilemma. And that too between two things that might not even be remotely connected.

My personal favorite and actually a tough one, is one from F.R.I.E.N.D.S. too.

‘What do you want more, food or sex?’

It’s quite frustrating to choose between the two.

No one can answer it satisfactorily, except of course Joey, who says:

‘I want girls on sandwich!!’

Me too, me too…