Five Jokes: 11-18-2024
Betty White Stamps, Ancient Cats, Biden In The Amazon, The Rising Anti-Imigrant Sentiment In Europe, and A Popular $190 Soap Dispenser
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The USPS will honor Betty White with her own stamp in 2025. It’ll be a hit for fans of old Hollywood, and anyone who want an OFFICIAL image for their mass shooter memes.
Question: Did you hear about the mass shooter?
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Really makes the “forever USA” at the bottom pop.
An ancient cat was found almost perfectly preserved in Siberia's permafrost. Once melted, the cat emitted the frightening sound: “Yeah, baby!”
Joe Biden is now the first sitting US President to visit the Amazon Rainforest. But that doesn’t explain why he kept demanding to know where the hatch is so that he could press “the button.”
Anti-immigrant sentiment is gaining ground in Europe despite a decline in the number of border crossings. You know its getting bad when blue eyes Europeans start asking brown eyed European’s “Yeah, but where are you really from?”
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A $190 soap dispenser is all the rage in Downtown Manhattan. Unfortunately, that leaves no money for actual soap to be dispensed.
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