Best of the Week!
Best Jokes of The Week + A January Letter, New Sci-Fi Story & Text Interview!
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A January Letter + A New Sci-Fi Story
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A [TWITTER DM] Conversation With Artist DeAngelo Edwards of "Hats Off Media"
(this post may be too long for your email — if so, read the web version!)
Hey, happy Saturday! Let’s dive in to some highlights from the week!
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TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!
Each weekday, I send five topical jokes. Subscribers (yes, you!) have voted on what made them laugh the most. Here are the top 5!
Note: Whenever there is a tie, I become the deciding vote.
MONDAY: 1-1-2024
Starting today, police in Illinois will no longer be allowed to pull over motorists solely because they have something hanging from the rearview mirror of the windshield. Which means my large investment into a startup that turns your confession letters into air fresheners will be doing quite well this year.
[read other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 1-2-2024
A molecular farming company has inserted pig genes into soy beans to generate meaty-tasting proteins that can be grown in plants. Fake bacon products will soon add this label:
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 1-3-2024
As it becomes harder to buy houses, Wall Street has started building neighborhoods of family homes where everybody rents. And as an added bonus, each neighborhood is constructed around a factory where tenants have a guaranteed chance to work for an exciting new thing called “factory-bucks” — which happens to be the sponsor of this joke. Factory-Bucks: It’s Like Regular Money, Except You Can Only Use It On One Of Those Houses. 🎵You Are In Luck! With Factory-Bucks! It’s Technically Not Slavery ‘Til The U.N. Says “Yuck!”🎵
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 1-4-2024
‘Barbie’ has been moved to “adapted screenplay” category for the Oscars despite its WGA classification as “original.” But it shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone. Everyone knows that Barbie Dream Houses contain at least two stories.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 1-5-2024
A Florida woman is suing Hershey for $5M over the missing 'cute' faces on Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins. The company declined to comment, but has hired a roast comic as its court lawyer to say things like “The cute face was there! It was just hiding after taking one look at yours.”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
If you enjoyed those Five Jokes, check out the most recent batch of Top Five Jokes!
BEST OF THE BEST!
Vote on your favorite joke among the top 5 — that way I can email the “Top Jokes of January” in next month’s letter.
Ready? Set… Go! (You Have A Full Week To Vote)
SOMETHIN’ ELSE!
Check out my text interview with artist and animator DeAngelo Edwards!
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