Five Jokes: 12-17-2024
American Bird, Biblical Tablets, TikTok At Mar-A-Lago, Chipotle vs Robots, and A Scooter Assassination
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A bipartisan bill that would officially recognize the bald eagle as America’s national bird will head to the desk of President Joe Biden. Biden, however, is still holding out hope that the mythical jive turkey will be discovered in time for a counter-offer.
One of the earliest tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments is scheduled to go up for auction at Sotheby's. Just in case, the auctioneer is prepared to shout “Sold!… to the burning bush! Better have a prescription for that, buddy.”
Trump met with TikTok executives at Mar-a-Lago. No word on what the takeaway of the discussion is other than hints from the execs that the future of TikTok is “tarific.”
Chipotle's new CEO is trying to keep robots out of your burrito assembly line. Stating, “Have you seen Terminator? Robots are too smart to settle for minimum wage.”
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A Russian chemical weapons general was killed by a bomb in a scooter. Despite Ukraine claiming responsibility for the tactic, Putin has issued a warrant for this young man:
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