Five Jokes: 6-26-2024
Julian Assange Is Free, Hillary Clinton's Book Of Essays, American Job Weariness, U.S./Chinese Moon Outposts, Justin Timberlake Addresses DWI
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Hey! It’s Wednesday in America, and… is it just me, or is this what imagining the 2000s was like vs actually experiencing them?:
Anyway, here are Five Jokes!
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is free, ending years-long legal saga. His first act of freedom: Going out for a McFlurry only to discover the machine is broken.
Hillary Clinton will release an essay collection about her personal and public life. It’s called “Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty” — instead of the better subtitle: “You Better Not Say Something About My Weight.”
Americans increasingly feel their jobs are meaningless. Oh, so now you’re too good to be the lone human next to the self-check out machine tasked with making I know where to locate the button that weighs green tomatoes? You have one job, Billy! One! Help people find the green tomato button. It’s not like I’m stopping you from daydreaming! [This joke is sponsored by The Corporate Drones of America — “yes, we’re robots now too.”]
The U.S. and China are competing to build permanent outposts at the moon’s most strategic location, the lunar south pole. So, if there are any moon people out there, take it from Black humans below — a Starbucks ain’t worth it.
Finally…
Justin Timberlake addressed his DWI arrest during a concert. However, it that during an extremely rare arrest for singing and dancing while intoxicated.
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