Sheer peach fabric draped over a small stack of colorful gift boxes with a gold coin on top.

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Phyllis Diller

Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and a three-dollar pantyhose that won't run.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A joke built on escalation. The speaker lists huge desires, love, freedom, respect, then ends on a mundane, cheap pair of pantyhose that won't run. The anticlimax is the punchline: the small practical wish feels as demanding as everything else.

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