Five Jokes: 10-22-2024

An Airport's 3 Minute Goodbye Rule, McDonald's Endorsement Stance, Broken Border Camera's, Blade Runner vs Tesla, and The Search For Bob Iger's Successor

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• A New Zealand airport is enacting a three-minute time limit on goodbye hugs. And, just in case, they’ve enacted the same limit to members of the mile high club. “Flight attendants, prepare for landing please. And, to the couple in the bathroom, you have ten seconds ‘til climax”

• A third of the cameras along the U.S. border have been broken for up to a year. Meaning a third of the footage being reviewed has actually been art house films directed by bored border agents.

  

• McDonald’s agreed to the recent Trump event but says it isn’t endorsing a presidential candidate — with the official statement, “Ba da ba ba bah… we’re out of it!”

• A production company for Blade Runner 2049 has sued Tesla for allegedly feeding images from the movie into an A.I. image generator to create unlicensed promotional materials. These types of cases can get complicated, so take a look at Tesla’s promotional materials and decide for yourself:

  

Finally…

• Disney says it will appoint Bob Iger's successor as CEO in early 2026. Insiders say the top choice for CEO is currently the rocking chair guy from the beginning of the Pirates of

  the Caribbean ride.

  

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