# What was funny about calling Nadine Dories "Frustrated"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 13, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175 "2011-09-13T17:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/21 "2011-09-13T23:45:54Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > She’s probably not, though; despite her espousing of conservative values and sexual abstinence teaching in schools, she’s in a long-term relationship with a married man. Someone else’s man? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/22 "2011-09-13T23:49:07Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Someone else’s man? 😕 Someone else’s husband, yes. Was the phrase ‘married man’ genuinely confusing? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/23 "2011-09-13T23:51:22Z")
I just had a hard time with the idea that someone could be the sexual morality police and be brazenly committing adultery for all the world to see. How does such a hypocrite get any respect from anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/24 "2011-09-14T00:33:46Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > 😕 Someone else’s husband, yes. Was the phrase ‘married man’ genuinely confusing? For some comments, you can’t always tell how tongue-in-cheek they were meant. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/25 "2011-09-14T00:33:57Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I just had a hard time with the idea that someone could be the sexual morality police and be brazenly committing adultery for all the world to see. How does such a hypocrite get any respect from anyone? She doesn’t, really. But I guess she’s never actually come out said ‘sex outside marriage is bad,’ precisely. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/26 "2011-09-14T19:09:56Z")
And I’m in a long-term relationship with a married man, too. Just so happens that he’s married to me, but you could read it either way, really. ---
**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/27 "2011-09-14T20:37:06Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I got the impression that this woman was a prudish, social-conservative type which gave a subtext to the “frustrated” remark? Is that correct? Kind of a UK version of Christine O’Donnell? [Funny you should say that](http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/09/unthinkable-tea-party-tories). Certainly it’s an interesting comparison, although fairly hyperbolic. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/28 "2011-09-14T20:41:28Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I got the impression that this woman was a prudish, social-conservative type which gave a subtext to the “frustrated” remark? Is that correct? Kind of a UK version of Christine O’Donnell? Mrs. Mary Whitehouse (long dead now) would perhaps have fitted that parallel better, although she never ran for elected office. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/29 "2011-09-15T07:31:34Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > And I’m in a long-term relationship with a married man, too. Just so happens that he’s married to me, but you could read it either way, really. I think ‘she’s in a long-term relationship with a married man’ very clearly means that it’s someone else’s husband. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/30 "2011-09-15T07:41:29Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > I think ‘she’s in a long-term relationship with a married man’ very clearly means that it’s someone else’s husband. Yes, of course, because no one has ever said anything snarky on the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/31 "2011-09-15T18:35:52Z")
> [@Mk\_VII](#): > > Mrs. Mary Whitehouse (long dead now) would perhaps have fitted that parallel better, although she never ran for elected office. And the inspiration for Deep Purple’s “Mary Long.” ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/32 "2011-09-15T20:39:13Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Yes, of course, because no one has ever said anything snarky on the Straight Dope. How on Earth would it make sense that my statement was intended as snark? ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/33 "2011-09-15T21:03:49Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > How on Earth would it make sense that my statement was intended as snark? Because you could have said it tongue-in-cheek as a setup for a comedic rejoinder. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/34 "2011-09-15T21:10:50Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > 😕 Someone else’s husband, yes. Was the phrase ‘married man’ genuinely confusing? I think the problem is that at least in the U.S. it is hard to imagine “…in a long term relationship with a married man” being said about a politician without either a) it being a bit of a joke that he’s married to her, or b) that politician being embroiled in a media scandal because of that relationship." ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/35 "2011-09-15T21:45:04Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Because you could have said it tongue-in-cheek as a setup for a comedic rejoinder. In the context of what I posted? How would it have been funny to say that Nadine Dorries was involved with her own husband? > [@obfusciatrist](#): > > I think the problem is that at least in the U.S. it is hard to imagine “…in a long term relationship with a married man” being said about a politician without either a) it being a bit of a joke that he’s married to her, or b) that politician being embroiled in a media scandal because of that relationship." The scandal isn’t big, but it is there. You can’t say _anything_on this board without it being quibbled with. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/36 "2011-09-15T21:56:58Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > In the context of what I posted? How would it have been funny to say that Nadine Dorries was involved with her own husband? E.g.: Poster #1: “That harpy rages on about morality, yet she’s been living with a married man for twelve parsecs.” Poster #2: “Scandalous! Over here she’d be run out of town on a rail! Why don’t they vote her out of office?” Poster #1: “Well, he is her husband.” _Cue rimshot._ ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/37 "2011-09-15T21:59:27Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > E.g.: Poster #1: “That harpy rages on about morality, yet she’s been living with a married man for twelve parsecs.” > Poster #2: “Scandalous! Over here she’d be run out of town on a rail! Why don’t they vote her out of office?” > Poster #1: “Well, he is her husband.” > _Cue rimshot._ OK. Maybe if I were wanting to make a really, really terrible joke, one that derailed the original point I was making and made Nadine Dorries look good, then I’d do that. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![isaiahrobinson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@isaiahrobinson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isaiahrobinson)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/38 "2011-09-15T22:02:49Z")
As far as I’m aware the word “frustration” in the UK has exactly the same meanings and connotations as it does in the US. And watching the video it’s not particularly obvious to me what the joke was either - the sexual connotation came to mind, and apparently that is indeed what the other MPs found funny. But it doesn’t seem to fit very well in the context. It sounds like a Westminster inside joke to me - ie. the PM pretending to ‘accidentally’ endorse a sentiment that had already been doing the rounds for a few days. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/39 "2011-09-15T22:13:29Z")
> [@isaiahrobinson](#): > > As far as I’m aware the word “frustration” in the UK has exactly the same meanings and connotations as it does in the US. And watching the video it’s not particularly obvious to me what the joke was either - the sexual connotation came to mind, and apparently that is indeed what the other MPs found funny. But it doesn’t seem to fit very well in the context. It sounds like a Westminster inside joke to me - ie. the PM pretending to ‘accidentally’ endorse a sentiment that had already been doing the rounds for a few days. Cameron and Dorries have a long-lasting dislike of each other- one of the few points in Dorries’ favour. ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175/40 "2011-09-15T22:17:34Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > E.g.: Poster #1: “That harpy rages on about morality, yet she’s been living with a married man for twelve parsecs.” The [parsec](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec) is a unit of length, not of time. But don’t feel bad, not even Han Solo knows that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-funny-about-calling-nadine-dories-frustrated/596175.md?page=3)