A store that sells new husbands, located in NEWFOUNDLAND, where a woman may go to choose a husband.
Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:
You may visit this store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs.
She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs and love children.
'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more,' so she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love children, and are extremely good looking.
'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going. She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love children, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.
'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!' Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love children, are drop-dead good looking, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak. They are likely to bring you flowers often.
She is totally impressed and knows that such a man would be her dream come true. But she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
On a related note:
The company that operates the husband store has a New Wives store just across the street. In the New Wives store:
The first floor has wives that love sex.
The second floor has wives that love sex and work.
The third floor has wives that love sex, work and like beer.
Nobody knows what is on the fourth, fifth and sixth floors. They have never been visited.