A drooping white stork-shaped balloon sits on a small chair with long orange legs against a pale pink background.

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Rita Rudner

I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don't even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours.

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Our interpretation.

The speaker wants children but is alarmed by a friend's account of a long labor. Even a pleasant activity would be too much for thirty-six hours, she jokes. That comparison makes the length of the ordeal the punchline.

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