Five Jokes: 11-23-2023

Daryl Hall vs John Oates, Hospitals Removing Crucifixes, Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Turns 50, and An NFT Thanksgiving Parade Balloon

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• Daryl Hall got a restraining order against John Oates in a “Hall & Oates” legal battle. But since Snoop Dogg’s recent post about “giving up smoke” ended up being connected to an ad for fire pits its entirely possible this is feud part of a grand marketing scheme for this new mashup product:

  

• A Catholic health-care system operating hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin says it is doing away with crucifixes in a bid to prevent attacks on staff. They’re also conducting training courses for nurses so that they stop saying “I want to draw your blood…” in a Transylvanian accent.

• 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' turns 50 this year. Warning to all of the younger people at the table: Avoid asking old man Charlie about comedy, politics, or The Great Pumpkin.

  

• Donald Trump is demanding details of undercover Jan. 6 plotters. Biden has warned Democrats that he could be casting for a reboot of the The Apprentice called The Campaign Manager.

Finally…

• 2023’s Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade debuted the first-ever NFT balloon. Its just like every other balloon in the parade only instead of helium, its filled with the breath of your weird friend trying to explain how it works.

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A JOKE FROM SOMEONE ELSE

Ian Abramson has a bizarre Thanksgiving message for you all.

STRAY THOUGHT

This is a new segment for a joke or “stray” thought of mine that doesn’t fit the standard setup/punchline format. Hopefully it’ll make me post on Twitter less. Enjoy (and feel free to share!):

SOMETHIN’ FROM THE VAULT!

Hard to believe, but Ian and I were once in a cartoon with Daryl Hall.

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