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TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!
Note: Whenever there is a tie, I become the deciding vote.
MONDAY: 11-25-2024
A two-parter!
Adultery is no longer illegal in New York. Mayor Adams hopes to use this as a loophole for spiritually cheating on the city in his indictment case.”
Hotels in New York City charged an average of $417 per night in September, their highest ever monthly rate. But, in hindsight, its clear they were simply taking advantage of the final days of illegal adultery.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 11-26-2024
Starbucks says a ransomware attack at a third-party software supplier has forced it to tally workers’ hours and pay with pen and paper. Executives have been warned to cover their ears when walking past the talliers to avoid overhearing their whispers of, “Hey, maybe the should unionize...”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 11-27-2024
A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform’s embrace of AI tools has been a success. That same analysis suggests that if you’ve got time to write a long post on LinkedIn you ain’t really looking for a job in the first damn place.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 11-28-2024
College students on TikTok say they're using "honey packets" for sex. Related, college students are now reefing to eating chicken wings as “sex.”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 11-29-2024
Starbucks is offering a brew with a view into North Korea’s reclusive life from its new cafe located in an observatory tower in South Korea’s Gimpo city. The view is said to be in such stark contrast that it’ll leave customers wondering if they could spend $7 a day on something more important.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
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