Five Jokes: 11-15-2024
Grubhub's New Owner, North Korea Hearts Russia, Conan O'Brien Hosts The 97th Academy Awards, Elon Musk's Meeting With Iran's U.N. Ambassador, and An Asian Emotional Support Toy Sensation
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Just Eat is selling off Grubhub to fancy food hall delivery startup Wonder which plans to integrate Grubhub and create a “super app” for ordering food for delivery. To summarize: ever wish Megatron delivered your pizza?
This week saw North Korea and Russia sign a major treaty — with both leaders marking “yes” to the prompt “Do you like me?” and exchanging awkward glances for the remainder of the day.
Conan O’Brien is set to host the 97th Academy Awards — or, if Jay Leno has anything to do with it, the 97th After Party.
Elon Musk met with Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. to discuss how to defuse tensions with the United States. But its hard to tell if entering the room on the back a Tesla robot did the trick.
Finally…
A fluffy, $85 adult emotional support toy named Labubu is taking Asia by storm and sparking legions of knockoffs. Naturally, one said knockoff is Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of commerce. “I’m being told by the lying woke left that Labeebop here is a stuffed animal,” spoke the president. “But can a stuffed animal do this?!” he continued as the stuffed animal remained still.
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