So what he heck is the offensive punchline of this joke?

[astro]

Per this news item the joke left me hanging. What’s the offensive punchline?

Toward the end of a 10-minute stand up routine at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Chicago, the 50-year-old star of “The Bernie Mac Show” joked about menopause, sexual infidelity and promiscuity, and used occasional crude language.

“My little nephew came to me and he said, ‘Uncle, what’s the difference between a hypothetical question and a realistic question?’” Mac said. “I said, I don’t know, but I said, ‘Go upstairs and ask your mother if she’d make love to the mailman for $50,000.’”

As the joke continued, the punchline evoked an angry response from at least one person in the audience, who said it was offensive to women.

[DigitalC]

It was “hypothetically we should have 100,000 but realistically we just have a ho living with us”.

[Loach]

Not real high on the offense-o-meter but common Bernie, you got to know your audience. You don’t do the same act that you do at Chuckles when you are opening up for the Democratic Presidential nominee.

[NinetyWt]

From here.

“My little nephew came to me and he said, ‘Uncle, what’s the difference between a hypothetical question and a realistic question?’” Mac told the crowd, “I said, ‘I don’t know,’ but I said, ‘I’ll tell you what you do. Go upstairs and ask your mother if she’d make love to the mailman for $50,000.’”

The joke continued with the mother saying she’d sleep “with anyone” for $50,000 — and then continuing to include Mac’s daughter hypothetically answering the question in the same way.

“Hypothetically speaking, we should have $100,000. But realistically speaking we live with two hos,” Mac said delivering the punch line that solicited a few hecklers in the political crowd.

[Abby_Emma_Sasha]

Hypothetically speaking, I would even have sex with Bernie Mac for $50,000.

[TheLoadedDog]

@DigitalC

It was “hypothetically we should have 100,000 but realistically we just have a ho living with us”.

Version I know is:

Would you make love to the mailman for $50?

No.

Would you make love to the mailman for $50 000?

Erm…

Well, now we know WHAT you are, we’re just haggling over price.

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@TheLoadedDog

Version I know is:

Would you make love to the mailman for $50?

No.

Would you make love to the mailman for $50 000?

Erm…

Well, now we know WHAT you are, we’re just haggling over price.

The version of this that I’ve heard is as follows:

Guy: Hey, baby. What if I offered you ten million dollars to come back with me to my place for the night?
Woman: Of course!
Guy: So, what say we duck into the alley for a quickie? I’ll give you twenty bucks.
Woman: [smacks guy] Just what kind of girl do you think I am?
Guy: We’ve already established what kind of girl you are. Now we’re just haggling over price.

Daniel

[Malacandra]

Yep, but the punchline given earlier is the one that goes with this joke - the “hypothetically/realistically” dichotomy.

[FriarTed]

I’ve heard Q: “difference between an optimist/pessimist”, A:“An optimist would say we’re potential millionaires; a pessimist would say we just live with a couple of high-priced whores”.

I don’t think the joke was appropriate for a Presidential campaign event but misogynist? Only to womyn/wimmin.

[Telperien]

@FriarTed

I’ve heard Q: “difference between an optimist/pessimist”, A:“An optimist would say we’re potential millionaires; a pessimist would say we just live with a couple of high-priced whores”.

I don’t think the joke was appropriate for a Presidential campaign event but misogynist? Only to womyn/wimmin.

To this feminist (who would only use the word “womyn” at weaponpoint, and perhaps not even then), that joke’s not offensive. It’s just old.

[Santo_Rugger]

@Telperien

To this feminist (who would only use the word “womyn” at weaponpoint, and perhaps not even then), that joke’s not offensive. It’s just old.

Well, at least one person hadn’t heard it yet.

[BrainGlutton]

My guess would’ve been, “How long do I have to raise the $50,000?”

[robardin]

@Telperien

To this feminist (who would only use the word “womyn” at weaponpoint, and perhaps not even then), …

Slight hijack: is it true that the plural of “womyn” is wymyn?

[Trunk]

@TheLoadedDog

Version I know is:

Would you make love to the mailman for $50?

No.

Would you make love to the mailman for $50 000?

Erm…

Well, now we know WHAT you are, we’re just haggling over price.

That’s not a “version”.

It’s a different joke.

[Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup]

Slight hijack: is it true that the plural of “womyn” is wymyn?

THAT’S NOT FUNNY!

[sub]you might be thinking i messed up my punchlines to feminist jokes, but that’s the punchline to all of them[/sub]

[Kythereia]

@Telperien

To this feminist (who would only use the word “womyn” at weaponpoint, and perhaps not even then), that joke’s not offensive. It’s just old.

To this feminist, that joke’s not offensive because it works with the genders of the participants switched. Or the sexualities. Or heck, even the species.

Per the OP: they invited Bernie Mac? He’s a relevant entertainer since when?