It's like the old joke, when the dish washer isn't working, smack her and make her get back at it.
It's only funny if you are a male chauvinist or if you are so far from being one you can actually get a laugh out of it. In my case I do as many dishes as she does.
hotaka, Well, I always tell my husband that he better fire the maid because she gets kind of slow sometimes. (The maid is me.) He doesn't really think I'm funny because he knows there is a tinge of seriousness to my quip.