Topical Jokes

2021-05-30

In areas where marijuana is being legalized, police dogs who are trained to sniff out pot are being retired. College RAs will have to be put down though.

Egypt bets on ancient finds to pull tourism out of the pandemic. They’ll have to dig deep though.

2021-05-29

The Tokyo Olympics are looking more and more like a fan-free event. Which isn’t much of a change for the sport of race-walking.

The average pay rose to $12.7M for S&P 500 CEOs during the pandemic. Glad to see all those workers didn’t get laid off for nothing.

2021-05-28

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she and Matt Gaetz are “Taking Charge” amid GOP “Civil War”. Greene says she will take on Jewish relations while Gaetz will handle teen outreach.

Navigation errors send NASA’s mars helicopter on a wild ride. Which is the inspiration for a new ride at Disney called “Mr. NASA’s Wild Helicopter Ride”.

Genetically modified salmon head to dinner plates. Which I don’t mind because I don’t eat the head.

2021-05-27

Biden orders more investigation into COVID origin. Most villains don’t get an origin story until the third episode.

There’s a 40% chance earth will be hotter than the Paris plan. Which, I don’t know if that’s possible given Paris’ fashion industry.

2021-05-26

Belarusian leader defends his action to divert flight to detain an opposition figure. The only other time flights get changed last minute, is when you’re flying American Airlines.

2021-05-25

The judge in the Epic trial began reviewing the Apple app store policies. It didn’t take her very long to scroll to the bottom and check “I Agree”.

2021-05-24

Japan opens mass vaccination sites 2 months before summer games. The first event will be a 100 meter sprint to the vaccination site.

Phil Mickelson won the top PGA tournament at age 50 to become the oldest champion. He’s still not eligible to play at the 55+ communities.

A Belarus opposition figure was detained when his flight diverted. Freedom of speech. The man apparently couldn’t fit his views into the overhead storage of the Belarus gov.

A school’s yearbook photos of girls were altered to hide chests with a black bar. Next year the school’s photos will be just black boxes.

2021-05-21

The state of NY is offering a $5 million lottery for people who are newly vaccinated. When Gov Cuomo was asked if he had a hand in this, he said it was just a friendly touch.

2021-05-20

Gas company Colonial Pipeline confirms ransomware payment of 4.4 mil. The original price was lower but the company added 2 scratch offs at the register.

Reemerging cicadas offer opportunities to cooks. Now no one will notice the fly in the soup.

2021-05-19

Famed landmark Darwin’s arch collapses into sea. So in the next 50,000 years, Scientists are expecting the arch to begin walking upright on land.

Biden test drove the new Ford electric F-150 truck. After which both needed a recharge.

Apple’s head of software admits Macs have an unacceptable amount of malware. Some of these virus are almost the same as the ones on PCs, just with better graphics.