In her ad, Carmen is looking for an "impotent man for life," and it turns out to be a hit. However, none of the candidates she meets live up to her expectations. That is until she meets David. With him, she wishes that his impotence were like a cold that would go away on its own. Her numerous attempts to cure him of his affliction lead to the most comical entanglements. "Three weeks of impotence would do many men good" (Gaby Hauptmann).