Five Jokes: 10-26-2023
New Speaker Of The House, New Beatles Song, UFC Defends Bud Light, Scholastic Apologizes, and Travis Kelce Is Into Olympic Flag Football
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Mike Johnson is now Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He may be a political unknown, but based on this picture, he’s not unknown to the question “Sir, are you going to purchase anything or just keep staring at these knives?”
The Beatles are releasing an emotional 'final song.' But some fans claim that the title “We Didn’t Think This Was Good Enough At The Time, But Turns Out You Idiots Will Pay For Anything” is a little long.
Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White defends his company's decision to strike a sponsorship deal with Bud Light — promising that though the Bud is Light, the bloodshed from their violent cage matches will remain heavy.
Scholastic is backtracking efforts to isolate works on race, gender and sexuality. This comes after internal debates over where to place The Rainbow Fish.
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Travis Kelce wants to play flag football at the 2028 Olympic Summer Games. So now we can look forward to Taylor Swift cheering him on next to other dangerous world leaders.
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