# Can somebody explain this Married With Children joke?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-this-married-with-children-joke/835657>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 17, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-this-married-with-children-joke/835657 "2019-06-17T21:05:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-this-married-with-children-joke/835657/1 "2019-06-17T21:05:41Z")

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Its befuddled me for decades.

At one point Al says the perfect woman would have 3 breasts, the third one being “On her back, for when you’re dancing”.

I don’t quite get the benefits on having a boob on a back when dancing. If you have her arms around her wouldn’t the extra boob just get in the way?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-this-married-with-children-joke/835657/2 "2019-06-17T21:09:00Z")

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It’s so you can grab her boob while your arms are around her back.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-this-married-with-children-joke/835657/3 "2019-06-17T21:25:30Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> It’s so you can grab her boob while your arms are around her back.

Nitpick: while your _arm_ is around her back, hence only the one back there. (Your other hand is holding hers in [ballroom dance pose](https://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/English_ballroom_style.htm).)

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-this-married-with-children-joke/835657/4 "2019-06-17T22:30:12Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> It’s so you can grab her boob while your arms are around her back.

“Grab,” indeed! :mad:

It’s so you can \*fondle \*her boob while your arm is around her back. :o

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-this-married-with-children-joke/835657/5 "2019-06-17T23:35:17Z")

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Its so when you are ballroom dancing, you can grab her back boob.

[![](https://media.walkjogrun.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Best-Ballroom-Shoes-Reviewed.jpg) ](https://media.walkjogrun.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Best-Ballroom-Shoes-Reviewed.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-this-married-with-children-joke/835657/6 "2019-06-17T23:54:03Z")

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> [@Asuka](#):
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> At one point Al says the perfect woman would have 3 breasts, the third one being “On her back, for when you’re dancing”.

And you know what the sad thing is?

No one dances slow anymore?

Heh.

It became a different show when Ted McGinly (sp?) joined. He was less of foil for Al, and more of a compatriot. Always remember … Al made a toothpaste sandwich, Steve actually bit into it. The studio audience loved that bit.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-this-married-with-children-joke/835657/7 "2019-06-18T00:51:26Z")

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And then he took it home when Marcy was cooking dinner.