Month: April 2019
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Joke About Russia and N. Korea
The joke: For the first time ever, Vladimir Putin will be meeting Kim Jong Un. It’s pretty cool. They’re meeting at a fancy hotel so the reservation will read “Putin Un, the Ritz.” How I wrote it: I gravitated toward this news item because the handles “Vladimir Putin” and “Kim Jong Un” both have a…
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Joke About Measles at Google
The joke: A worker who visited Google’s headquarters has been diagnosed with measles. And apparently it’s spreading. Now the Google logo has 37 red Os. How I wrote it: The original news headline that caught my eye was something like “Measles reported at Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters.” The two most promising topic handles seemed to…
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Joke About the Bezos Divorce
The joke: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has finalized his divorce. And this is interesting…Amazon says that customers who liked the Bezos divorce also liked Nicolas Cage’s divorce. How I wrote it: The original news item attracted my attention because it had several possible handles with lots of associations, like “Amazon,” “divorce,” “$150 billion,” and “the…
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Joke About Jussie Smollett
The joke: Jussie Smollett did not win Best Supporting Actor at the NAACP Image Awards. On the plus side, the story about his attack did win an Imaginary Award. How I wrote it: I picked this topic to write a joke about because the mass media are still covering the Jussie Smollett controversy enthusiastically. That’s…