Tag: Putin
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Joke About Putin’s Valentine
The joke: Monday is Valentine’s Day, and everybody’s getting into the spirit. Even Vladimir Putin sent Ukraine a Valentine reading “Won’t you be mine?” How I wrote it: I wanted to write a joke about Valentine’s Day because it’s a well-known cultural phenomenon. It also has lots of associations–cards, candy, flowers, Cupid, and so on–which…
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Joke About Vladimir Putin
The joke: Today Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing him to run for president two more times. The law also extended absentee voting: whoever votes against Putin goes mysteriously absent. How I wrote it: I focused on this news item because I felt like, for a change, writing a joke about a politician…
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Joke About the Grammy Nominations
The joke: A former Recording Academy official claims that the nominations for the Grammy Awards are “rigged.” The claim was immediately denied by the frontrunner for “Best New Artist,” Vladimir Putin. How I wrote it: This was a pretty big news story at the time, right before the Grammy Awards show, so I thought a…
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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 Putin’s Chief of Staff
Setup: Putin Fires His Chief of Staff Punch Line: Out of a cannon. Into a wall. Writer: Jon August Joe’s analysis of the joke