A Non-Negotiable Demand, Humor in the Eternal Tug of War

“To see ourselves as others see us is to break out laughing.”—Socrates. “True love is sublime. But the act of making love, when you think about it, is utterly ridiculous.”—Aristotle. “In battle between sexes, surrender only way to win.”—Confucius.
Such is what the wisest of men might well have said. Their words reflect the human condition. You will nod your head in agreement as you grin and groan while you read the short stories that follow. Their scenes are set in various countries, because men and women everywhere are alike. They span the centuries, as some things never change. They deal with women and men of all ages, for age certainly doesn’t change that.
As the philosophers of all ages and times shared their thoughts, they explained all the great categories of our shared human experience: the good, the true, the beautiful—and the funny. So, here then are thirty bawdy stories—mere samples of the face-off in the never-ending tug of war. Good fun!