Five Jokes: 7-18-2024
Money + Happiness, Rudy + Bank Account, Moon + Cave, The Bear + Emmys, and Biden + Katzenburg
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A new study from the Wharton School found that the correlation between wealth and happiness does not plateau, but rather as people get richer, they get happier. And since the students who reached this conclusion now face a mountain of college debt, they’ve decided to sell ads on future studies. “These heartbreaking statistics were brought to you by SquareSpace.”
Rudy Giuliani has drained roughly half of the money in a personal bank account for personal expenses while being hounded from afar by people to whom he owes millions. New York Mayor Adams is considering allowing debt collectors to stop and frisk him for loose change.
A cave on the moon is confirmed, and scientists suspect hundreds more like it could house future explorers. Yep, that’s one small step for man, and one giant leap into a man-cave.
“The Bear” earned a record-setting 23 Emmy nominations, the most in a single year for a series in the comedy categories. Its advised that who has laughed out loud at an episode of The Bear seek immediate help because its quite possible that you are The Joker.
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President Joe Biden heard some hard words from Jeffrey Katzenberg about his reelection chances. For the record, those words were: “Hey, if this doesn’t pan out, how would you feel about joining the board for Quibi 2?”
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