Five Jokes: 12-9-2024
Netanyahu's Corruption Trial, Dorothy's $28 Million Slippers, Donald Trump's Jan 6 Pardon, Privatized Space, and The End Of T-Swift's Eras Tour
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Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand for the first time in his corruption trial in Israel. The prime minister plans to arrive wearing tap shoes, holding a dance stick, and shouting, “Would a corrupt leader do this?!” while muttering “hachacha” over and over again.
Dorothy’s once-missing ruby slippers sold at auction for $28 million. The winner, however, remains anonymous due to constantly looking down while smirking:
Donald Trump says he'll begin pardoning Jan. 6 rioters on 'first day' of his second term. True to form, he clarified that he’ll start with "the hottest.”
Sometime in 2030, astronauts will pack up their belongings, turn out the lights, and depart the International Space Station (ISS) to make room for commercial space stations run by private companies. And don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got 'til it's gone? They land ISS and put up a Panda Express.
Finally…
Taylor Swift has performed her final Eras Tour concert. And fans, knowing that the unit of time beyond an “era” is a “period,” can’t wait for her “heavy flow.”
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