Five Jokes: 5-13-2025
'The Office' Spinoff, New Rules For Cannes, Beyoncé's On-Stage Malfunction, Gold's Golden Age, and Robotics Breakthroughs
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The Dunder Mifflin documentary crew is heading to a new location in a spinoff of The Office titled The Paper. Meanwhile, the documentary crew for Parks & Recreation really regrets agreeing to do a spinoff titled Food & Drug Administration.
The Cannes Film Festival has added a new stipulation: no nudity. Apparently, cinema lovers still haven’t recovered from Chewbacca going… solo while promoting Solo on the red carpet.
Beyoncé suffered an awkward on-stage mishap during the final stop of her Cowboy Carter tour in Los Angeles, when a robot’s arm went a bit haywire. In an awkward public firing, Beyoncé demanded that the machine place everything it owns in a box to the left.
Economic jitters and soaring gold prices are creating a frenzy for U.S .jewelry merchants as customers melt heirlooms into bars. But the smart ones know, their ain’t no rule that says you can’t wear a gold bar.
Finally…
Breakthroughs in robot "brains" will allow metallic machines to go from mere spectacles to autodidact workers that could revolutionize Chinese factories — and more importantly, Beyoncé concerts.
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