Five Jokes: 8-24-2023
Five Jokes: 8-24-2023
Trump Affiliated Mug Shots, Robot Fire Fighters, A Mysterious Green Comet, Speaking Through Digital Avatars, & CNN Max!
Hey! It’s Thursday, and even though America’s most recent former president is set to surrender at a Georgia jail today, please briefly surrender your attention today’s Five Jokes!
Y’all hear about this?..
The first mug shots in Trump Georgia election case have been released. And, I don’t know about you, but seeing them all in a row like this makes it look like they’re inside of a really sad megazord.
It has no fight moves… just keeps bringing up “her emails.”
A robot is being trained to scan the horizon for flames. In a test trial, the robot took a deep, emotional breath, and whispered, “Little fires… everywhere.”
A mysterious green comet is approaching Earth and could be visible to the naked eye soon. But its become a point of contention for people who aren’t convinced it’s a comet at all. Some say its a UFO, and others argue its Ryan Reynolds using a loophole to act in a new Green Lantern movie during the strike.
In a world first, a paralyzed woman was able to ‘speak’ through a digital avatar. But the celebratory breakthrough took a turn as the avatar looked at her partner and said, “Look… it’s not you, it’s…”
Finally…
MAX (formerly HBO MAX) will be adding something called CNN Max on September 27. And given Warner/Discovery’s recent wave of cost cutting measures, its rumored they’ll be downgrading Wolfe Blitzer’s Situation Room to something called The Whereabouts Closet.
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A JOKE FROM THE VAULT!
Last night’s GOP debate reminded me of that time I got stuck in a CNN debate ad…
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