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Top Jokes + Sci-Fi Fuel #7 + A Throwback To The 'Science Solved It' Podcast!
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Sci-Fi Fuel took a week off but now it’s back at
(my alternate newsletter)! In this one, I dissected an interesting new musical composition with Close Encounters of the Third Kind vibes. Read it here!
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: 10-20-2023
In a new crime trend known as “ram raiding,” burglars use stolen vehicles to barge through storefronts and then loot ATMs, guns and other valuables inside. Authorities have discerned the person responsible the trend and are now searching for this rogue man:
[read other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 11-21-2023
Self-driving taxis have slowed emergency response times in San Francisco and Austin. Tech startups are now focused on the only rational solution: Self-driving hospitals.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 11-22-2023
A population of hard-to-eradicate ‘super pigs’ in Canada is threatening to invade the US. Joe Biden currently has his hand hovering over a red button, muttering “Who wants some Canadian bacon?”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 11-23-2023
Daryl Hall got a restraining order against John Oates in a “Hall & Oates” legal battle. But since Snoop Dogg’s recent post about “giving up smoke” ended up being connected to an ad for fire pits its entirely possible this is feud part of a grand marketing scheme for this new mashup product:
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 11-24-2023
The US Navy is 'excited' by the prospect of better communication with China, but says more work is needed. They’re now searching for another nation’s military branch to serve as their relationship counselor. “The hardest part is finding one that takes our insurance,” explained Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
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BEST OF THE BEST!
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SOMETHIN’ ELSE!
Speaking of science… Check out this podcast I helped develop back in 2017 with journalist Kaleigh Rogers. You can hear my editing/producing skills in action throughout season one of Science Solved It!
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