More Jokes About Buildings and Food

#51: A Joke About Phones

Dan Laugharn — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:43:52 +0000

Major telecom companies, including Verizon and AT&T, aided the Bush administration in a highly disputed domestic spying operation, according to a recent hearing with National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell. Americans, however, remain surprisingly ambivalent. In a recent Quinnipiac poll conducted for Buildings and Food, those surveyed rank the subject of spying fourth amongst their wireless concerns, behind cost, reliability, and Hurricane Chris’ Ay Bay Bay ringtone.

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#50: A Joke About Breasts

hardigree — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:25:00 +0000

According to a recent study, cancer is five times more likely among women with extremely dense breasts than in women with fattier tissue. The results have drawn the ire of skeptics who have pointed out biases amongst the researchers at Johns Hopkins University, who are known in the medical community as serious chubby chasers.

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#49: A Joke About Chicks

Dan Laugharn — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:47:17 +0000

In a recent interview, ABC’s Diane Sawyer asked the sixteen women currently serving in the Senate if there would be less war if there were more female senators. They said, “Probably, but instead we’d just emasculate the Axis of Evil with our constant nagging.” Am I right, fellas?

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#48: A Joke About Narrative

Dan Laugharn — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:40:05 +0000

The Washington Post will be running serialized fiction on washingtonpost.com, a first for the paper. This is not a first for the print news industry, however, as the New York Times ran serialized fiction on their front page for years.

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#47: A Joke About Tacos

Dan Laugharn — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:56:22 +0000

An E. coli outbreak that has sickened atleast 22 people in the state of New Jersey has been linked to three Taco Bell franchises. According to health inspectors, however, they’re still the three cleanest Taco Bell franchises in the country.

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#46: A Joke About Straight Talk

Dan Laugharn — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:36:08 +0000

Senator John Mccain (R-AZ) made a surprise appearance at the annual meeting of Republican governors held by fellow 2008 presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. When pressed for comment, Romney said “I’m not upset that he came, or that he lavished my fellow governors with thousands of dollars in free alcohol, but I am slightly perturbed that he choose to slap me in the face with his penis while I slept.”

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#45: A Joke About Studies

Dan Laugharn — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:08:30 +0000

Early reports are saying the the Iraq Study Group will recommend a gradual withdrawl of Coalition troops in Iraq. The president is expected to ignore this report, like everything else he’s ever encountered with the word “study” in it.

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#44: A Joke About Battleground States

Dan Laugharn — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:57:11 +0000

In the aftermath of Borat, a real life Kazakh TV crew has found it difficult to film a documentary covering the recent Ohio elections. This isn’t because people are expecting some kind of similar elaborate prank, but rather the crew reportedly had trouble with the state’s “round on the ends and ‘hi’ in the middle” geography.

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#43: A Joke About Frist

Dan Laugharn — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:04:11 +0000

Outgoing Senate majority leader Bill Frist (R-TN) has announced he will not be seeking canidacy for the Republican 2008 presidential nomination. In related news however, he has setup an exploratory committee to help find his dignity.

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#42: A Joke About Moms

hardigree — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:44:09 +0000

A study by the Radiological Society of North America has found that sitting at a 135-degree angle is better for your back than sitting at a 90-degree angle, contradicting mom’s advice to “sit up straight.” This comes on the heels of a study that disproved your mom’s assertion that there are plenty of people that would be lucky to date a guy like you. There aren’t.

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