Five Jokes: 8-22-2024
In Office Work Mandates, Tim Walz At The DNC, Movie Trailers With Fake Critic Quotes, Updated COVID Vaccines On The Way, and Kamala Harris' Twitch Channel
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A company called Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week — citing the importance of in-person meeting comprised of coworkers asking “What do you wanna do?..” and "“I dunno… what do you wanna do?.."
Tim Walz headlined the third night of the Democratic National Convention with help from Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and Stevie Wonder. See, I love a good underdog story… Despite all odds, they were a pretty good Phish cover band.
Lionsgate has issued an apology after releasing a trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' featuring made-up quotes from film critics. Most notably, the review stating “This film made me feel blue da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee da ba di.”
Updated COVID vaccines are coming soon — or, as the Trump campaign calls it: Clorox® Performance Bleach2 with CLOROMAX®.
Finally…
Kamala Harris' campaign is launching a Twitch channel — meaning the next debates could just be her and Trump talking smack to each other over an intense game of Mario Kart.
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