Five Jokes: 2-17-2025

Presidents Day Protests, The White House vs Julianne Moore, Meta Robots, SNL 50 Invites, and Sheryl Crow vs Tesla

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• Protests are set to take place in several major cities across the U.S. today during the Presidents Day holiday. Just in case, grocery stores are protecting eggs like they’re deodorant in a Walgreens.

• The Trump Administration has banned Julianne Moore‘s 2007 children’s book “Freckleface Strawberry” from schools. Notably, all copies have been replaced with a new anonymously written book titled Blackface Is Fine.

  

• Meta is reportedly working on humanoid robots that help with chores. They just need to finalize a code that keeps them from literally crushing all of your candy.

• Like all former hosts, Donald Trump and Elon Musk were invited to Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary show — and while you won’t see them in the crowd, they technically are in attendance via neuralink implant in Chevy Chase’s brain. “Live! From A Mean White Guy! It’s Two Other Mean White Guys!!’

Finally…

• Sheryl Crow sold her Tesla and donated proceeds to National Public Radio. However, there is reason for concern over explosions if too many Teslas “soak up the sun” in a scrapyard.

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