Category: Funny

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2019 Tweets of the year

Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune runs a weekly contest for Tweet of the Week. And we need something funny between the more serious posts. He has posted his 40 favorite tweets of 2019 here. Some samples:

  • A day without coffee is like — just kidding, I have no idea (various users).
  • If buying new underwear is evidence of an affair, my husband has been faithful for at least nine years (@nerdreign).
  • Never ever tell yourself, “my idea isn’t good enough.” The entire premise of Marmaduke is, “What if a dog was big?” And that nonsense has been going for more than 60 years (@_AlexHirsch).

Dave Barry Year in Review 2019

It’s not all about politics. But it was a political year…

In other political developments, President Trump, faced with mounting hostility from congressional Democrats, spends several days vigorously attacking … John McCain. For the record, McCain (A) was a Republican and (B) died in 2018. Nobody can say for certain whether the president (A) is playing some kind of four-dimensional political chess or (B) has the reasoning skills of a Chihuahua on meth.

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In other political news, Joe Biden, seeking to add some “zing” to his presidential campaign, tours Iowa in a bus sporting, in big letters, his new slogan: “No Malarkey!” (“Malarkey” is an ancient Gaelic word meaning “clue.”) This slogan was selected after being tested on a focus group of voters, half of whom were senior citizens and the other half of whom were dead. The runner-up slogans were “You’re Darned Tooting He Can Cut the Mustard!” and “Stay Off His Lawn!”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2019/12/29/dave-barrys-year-review/

Can’t make this up

From Florida, of course. 49 seconds. I especially liked the celebration at the end. According to WFTV Channel 9:

Just when you think things couldn’t get any weirder in Orlando, this happens: A person dressed as an Easter Bunny hopped in, seemingly to help a woman who was fighting a man in downtown Orlando Sunday, according to video posted on Instagram by a promoter who goes by @workfth.

The incident on Instagram shows a fistfight between a woman and a man as bystanders record cellphone video. Then, the Easter Bunny jumps in and starts punching the man while he’s on the ground. 

The video shows police breaking up the fight as the Easter Bunny gets hugs and praise from bystanders.