Top 5 Jokes Of The Week!
Top 5 Jokes Of The Week!
Hip Hop Turns 50, Blind-Sided By 'The Blind Side,' Harrison Ford Snakes, Space Question Mark, & Spotify vs White Noise!
Hey, happy Saturday!
The weekend is a great time to reflect, and the subscribers (yes, you!) have voted on what made them laugh the most. Just so you know, whenever there is a tie, I become the deciding vote! And with all of that in mind, here are the…
TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!
MONDAY: 8-14-2023
Hip Hop turned 50 last week. And, personally, I look forward to more rap lyrics about lower back pain.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 8-15-2023
Michael Oher, depicted in ‘The Blind Side,’ alleges he was never adopted by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, but signed into a conservatorship. To counter the narrative of the hit film, Oher is in talks to tell the story as it was originally intended with, The Blind Side (Jordan’s Version).
If successful, it could spark a new trend of re-contextualized biopics in Hollywood. Perhaps we’ll even get to see Green Book as the story truly went down with, Green Book (Jordan’s Version).
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 8-16-2023
Harrison Ford has a new Peruvian snake species named after him. In response to the news (and this is a real quote), Harrison Ford said, “These scientists keep naming critters after me, but it's always the ones that terrify children. I don't understand. I spend my free time cross-stitching. I sing lullabies to my basil plants, so they won't fear the night."
This comes just in time for the announcement of Ford’s new book, Accidental Poetry After Learning Scientists Named Another Critter After Me.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 8-17-2023
People are freaking out over a question mark seen in space.
But the scientific explanation is pretty simple: If Batman can have a signal, why can’t The Riddler?
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 8-18-2023
Spotify might be looking to ban white noise podcasts as they become more profitable. This, however, does not include The Joe Rogan Experience, which Spotify has clarified is an entirely different kind of white noise.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
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