Five Jokes: 2-6-2025
Millennial Housing Regrets, NSA Museum vs DEI, An Ancient Burnt Scroll, Fox News Hires A Trump Family Member, and Crayola's Returning Colors
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A survey found that 82 percent of millennials who own a home regret at least one aspect of their first home purchase. Top on the list of regrets: High key having the only vibe in the neighborhood with rizz.
The National Cryptologic Museum taped sheets of paper over plaques that celebrate women and people of color who had served the National Security Agency, which intercepts overseas conversations and breaks foreign government codes. The shocking choice means the the agency could finally change it’s name to what the world has called it for years: The White Man.
A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2,000 years. The complex process revealed what could be the world’s oldest “up up?” text. “If not,” said one archaeologist, “We have no idea what that drawing of a curved carrot means…”
Fox News Channel has hired Eric Trump’s spouse, Lara, to be host of a new weekend show — officially replacing D.E.I. practices with Daughter-In-Law hiring. Of course, DEI initiatives at Fox News meant having the occasional brunette woman in the background of a street interview.
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Crayola is bringing back 8 'fan-favorite' retired crayon colors — and in a surprising political move, they’re renaming them after specific government employees fired by the Trump administration. “Yeah, this cartoon cat could use a little Rohit Chopra.”
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