“What makes a man think about a dinner by candlelight?”/“A power failure.”

A riddle about how unromantic many men are is:
 
Q: What makes a man think about a candlelight dinner?
A: A power failure.
   
The joke was posted on the newsgroup alt.tasteless.jokes on November 27, 1998.
   
       
Google Groups: alt.tasteless.jokes
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Ricko
11/27/98
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What makes a man think about a candlelight dinner?
A power failure.
   
Google Groups: alt.humor
Mutts Nuts Best Short Jokes of 1998
Mutts Nuts
12/29/98
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What makes a man think about a candlelight dinner?
A power failure.
 
7 June 2000, Daily Record (Glasgow, UK), “Laugh away all the pain with a dose of Girl Power,” pp. 4-5:
What makes a man think about a candlelight dinner?
A power failure.
 
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September 30th Stolen Jokes
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9/30/07
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What makes a man think about a dinner by candlelight? A power failure.
   
Google Books
Jokes for Blokes:
The Ultimate Book of Jokes not Suitable for Mixed Company
By Llewellyn Dowd and Phil McCracken
London, UK” Ebury Press
2011
Pg. 55:
What makes a man think about a candle-lit dinner? A power failure.
   
Google Books
Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series
By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
Pg. ?:
Q. What makes a man think about a candlelight dinner?A. A power failure
 
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What makes a man think about a dinner by candlelight?
A power failure.
11:20 PM - 6 Sep 2018