A husband in his back yard is trying to fly a kite. He throws the kite up
in the air, the wind catches it for a few seconds, then it comes crashing
backdown to earth. He tries this a few more times with no success.

All the while, his wife is watching from the kitchen window, muttering to
herself how men need to be told how to do everything. She opens the window
and yells to her husband, 'You need a piece of tail.' The man turns with a
confused look on his face and says, 'Make up your mind. Last night, you
told me to go fly a kite!'

seems I heard this one a millenium ago with Ben Franklin being the object of derision.