Station WODD, Chicago, USA.  - Broadcaster: “Hello everybody, I’m William Slatterby, host of the show everybody’s talking about, “The Why Behind the Why.” This week we’ll be looking into a question that has confounded citizens since the beginning of time, or at least since the 1960s. Our 20 dollar question today is, “Do feminists have a sense of humor?”

Who is Bob Slatterby? Now that’s a topic that would make for a good show.”

Broadcaster: “This character assassination is very fascinating, but I guess I’ll have to accept that none of you are going to answer the question.”

Oral: “We answered it like five minutes ago, Queen Bobby. You know there’s medication available to help with your inattention.”

Amanda: “Look, I’m a feminist and a perfect example of feminists in general because I spend the whole day laughing. Often I have to stop myself after realizing how terrible guys like you have made the world, Bob Phillip Slatterby. That’s right, I know your middle name. I did a search yesterday and found lots of compromising things.

Teesa: “Speaking of Bob, why is HE hosting this show and not a woman? I notice both of the camera operators are male as well.”

Oral: “It’s clearly a pattern with these guys. They discriminate against women to feel powerful. No women, gays, or blacks need apply. It’s a racist television station.”

Broadcaster: “Well friends, thanks to our panelists we now know that feminists do have a sense of humor.”

Teesa: “Of course we do, look at the satiric brilliance of Ani DiFranco. What more needs to be said?”

Oral: “Yes, that’s the end of the discussion. If you want to ask me about something meaningful like the parade in June then I’ll be happy to elaborate, but until then I’m done talking.”

Amanda: “One more thing, Oral, I dispute the whole idea of humor anyway. Humor, in itself, is constructed upon cruelty, so who wants it? Regardless, we have it and that’s all that counts. Besides, how can you tell when somebody has a sense of humor? You can’t. What’s the criteria? The signifier of the rhetoric?”

Oral: “You want to know what’s funny, Bob, your little show. Who hired you in the first place? Bob Slatterby, 50 pounds overweight and as old as gay bashing.”

Broadcaster: “I weigh 160 pounds.”

Oral: “Umm, yeah, that’s what I said, Fatty Arbuckle.”

Broadcaster: “Good night everybody. Join us next week when we’ll address the topic of ‘How Racist, Sexist, and Classist is your university? Until then, I’m Bob Slatterly on cable access station WODD.”