Five Jokes: 8-5-2024
Slideshow Parties, Kamala Harris' VP Process, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's New Book, Robert F Kennedy Jr.'s Bear Cub Problem, and Bill And Ted Wait For Godot
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Y’all hear about this?..
Twentysomethings and teens are throwing “presentation parties” where attendees make wacky—sometimes sexy—slideshows based on themes. Parents are now begging them to commit crimes.
Kamala Harris interviewed her final VP contenders over the weekend. Or, as patrons entering the restaurant put it, “Mind seating us away from the laughing lady? We just got back from a funeral.”
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in his new book that ordinary Americans are “getting whacked” by too many laws and regulations. He went on to write that they are getting POW!’d by socialism, BAM!’d by the lesbian agenda, and BANG!’d too often out of wedlock.
Robert F Kennedy Jr. posted a video in which he admits to dumping a dead bear cub in New York City's Central Park in 2014. “We all make mistakes,” said the presidential hopeful. “I mean, I was young and in my 60s.”
Finally…
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who played the titular slackers in the “Bill and Ted” movies, will reunite next year on Broadway in a revival of “Waiting for Godot.” If you’re disappointed in this news, it means that, like me, you were hoping that sentence would end with “to Exhale.”
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