Joe Toplyn

Month: September 2022

  • Joke About Photos of a Planet

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    The joke: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured its first direct images of a planet beyond our solar system. The planet appears to have 12 times the mass of Jupiter, but you know the expression, the space camera adds 10 masses of Jupiter. How I wrote it: This news item got my attention because the…

  • Joke About Student Debt Cancellation

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    The joke: Senator Mitch McConnell called President Biden’s decision to cancel some student debt “a slap in the face to working Americans.” McConnell said the decision is so bad it’s like working Americans told a joke about Will Smith’s wife. How I wrote it: I decided to write a joke about the student debt cancellation…