Five Jokes: 10-4-2024
Five Jokes: 10-4-2024
Spirit Airlines Explores Bankruptcy, Dock Workers Win, 'Abbott Elementary' Crosses Over With 'It's Always Sunny...', Fire Fighters Association's Non-Presidential Endorsement, Cotton Problems In China
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Spirit Airlines is exploring a bankruptcy filing. The news comes as a shock to customer, who were under the impression that the airline was only bankrupt on a moral level.
Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on. Taken aback by the quick win, union protesters put down their signs and just sat on the dock of the bay… wastin’ time…
‘Abbott Elementary’ will cross over with ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ in season 4 — and I mean, come on… we’re all thinking it:
The International Association of Fire Fighters won't endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election. Formally stating “Hey, we fight fires, not fascism.”
Finally…
American companies are trying to cut ties with Xinjiang, China, a region full of cotton but known for stark human rights abuses. Given America’s own history with cotton and human rites abuses, leaders in Xinjiang, China stated: “You’re sure one to talk…”
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