A, via email

I live in Newlyn, near Penzance in Cornwall. A pub in our village specialises in writing offensive “jokes” (sexist, racist, misogynist etc) on a blackboard fixed to the outside wall of the pub and therefore seen by everyone who walks past.

This week’s “joke” is:

Paddy asked his wife what she wanted for Christmas. She said “a black iPad” so he punched her!!!

It’s shocking that anyone could find this funny or acceptable.

A few weeks ago, the “joke” was:

How do you stop your wife from staggering? Shoot her a couple more times.

I find this utterly disturbing and a shocking indictment of the way women are thought about in 2016, when we think we’ve come so far.