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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on January 23, 2021, 01:02:58 PM

Title: Karen - the return of the mother-in-law joke?
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 23, 2021, 01:02:58 PM

White middle aged women - bad to the soul?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/23/mother-in-law-jokes-a-thing-of-the-past-not-at-pixar-soul-hadley-freeman

Title: Re: Karen - the return of the mother-in-law joke?
Post by: Steve H on January 23, 2021, 02:46:19 PM

Back in the days when it was common to ask the landlord in pubs for a mixture of beers, one popular mixture was "Mother-in-law" - old and bitter.

Title: Re: Karen - the return of the mother-in-law joke?
Post by: Robbie on January 26, 2021, 10:45:38 PM

I hate the Karen business which has drifted over here from the States where it is rife. It's so unfair, imagine if your name was Karen? I haven't heard it much and am glad of that.