Five Jokes: 5-26-2025
Galactic Bones, Songs Beamed Into Space, A Celebrity 'Walk Of Fame' Infection, A Pro-Trump Rapper At Risk Of Deportation, and A French First Family Scandal
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Recently, astronomers found that one of the Milky Way’s “bones” is “fractured” — likely explaining the constellation of stars from a neighboring galaxy that seem to spell out “Better have my money next week!”
The European Space Agency will beam the famous 'Blue Danube' waltz into space — a means of announcing to potential aliens “Hey, we’re weird too.”
Miley Cyrus caught an infection while rolling around the Hollywood Walk of Fame for a music video. The production team has apologized, admitting they shouldn’t have assumed the large smudge on Trump’s star was just bronzer.
Cuban pro-Trump rapper El Funky is at risk of deportation. Trump has at least asked authorities to be lenient with musician, politely asking “Won’t you please take him to Funky Town.”
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President Macron clarified the incident to the press, stating “I mean, you should’ve seen the size of that zit.”
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He obviously doesn't know Funky Town is in America (specifically, Minneapolis, where the guy who wrote and produced the original hit record by that name was from).