Five Jokes: 3-28-2025
Kendrick Lamar Complaints, New Smithsonian Mandates, The Vances In Greenland, CIA 'Ark Of The Covenant' Files, and The Sundance Festival's New Home
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The FCC received 125 complaints about Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl concert, with many focusing on the lack of white performers — many, sent live from attendees in this general area:
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to eliminate "divisive race-centered ideology" from Smithsonian museums, educational and research centers, and the National Zoo. Responding to followup questions from the National Zoo, the white house sent buckets of white paint labeled “American
BlackBear.”
The itinerary for second lady Usha Vance's trip to Greenland was changed after people there refused to meet her. Eager to get their point across — Greenland storefronts have also coordinated playing Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” wherever she strolls by.
With egg prices soaring due to the bird flu outbreak, border officials say they're catching more people attempting to bring eggs into the United States illegally. But cracking down on such imports could lead to drastic measures. And some worry we’ll soon see eggs that were laid by a chicken the first time around, and later by your uncle visiting from Canada.
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After a yearlong search, the Sundance Film Festival’s new home will be Boulder, Colorado. Naturally, the festival signed the contract with:
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