How to Know Your Wife is Dead

The joke uses a dark, humorous twist. It suggests that the only noticeable change after the wife's death is the neglected housework, implying a somewhat cold and detached view of marriage. The punchline plays on the stereotype that wives often manage household chores.

• Wife
• Sex
• Marriage
• Death
• Relationship
• Husband

• How can you tell if your husband is dead? The sex is the same, but you get to use the remote.
• You know, it's only considered murder if there's a body. Otherwise, it's just a missing person.
• Whenever I go to bed, my wife disappears, but whenever I turn on the lights at night, she’s back in bed.
• What do you call a wife who knows where her husband is at all times? A widow.