Posts Tagged ‘Minnesota’

Late Monday post

Monday, October 26th, 2009

The two Northwest pilots that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles told federal investigators that they were going over schedules on their laptop computers. Coincidentally, that’s the same thing they say when their wives walk into the room.

Finally there are answers as to why that Northwest Airlines jet flew 150 miles past the Minneapolis airport. Their first excuse was lame: They were distracted by a kid flying by in a balloon.

Finally there are answers as to why that Northwest Airlines jet flew 150 miles past the Minneapolis airport. But at first there was speculation that it was a stunt to get their own reality show.

The low budget film “Paranormal Activity” won the weekend’s box office with $22 million. After the success of this film, Jamie Lee Curtis may go back to Horror films with the sequel: “Paranormal Activia.”

The New York Yankees bought, I mean, won, won, their first pennant in six years.

Three pigs in Minnesota are said to have the swine flu. One solution to keep the illness from spreading is to turn them into “cured” bacon.

A man ordering food at a restaurant in Iowa City was approached by another man who called him a zombie, then punched him twice. The joke is on the guy who hit him. Turns out it really was a Zombie and after being hit ate the guy’s brain..

The city of East Providence, Rhode Island broke the Guinness world record for the longest strand of beads at 1,349.9 feet. Another record they broke. Most boring town ever!

Privacy and consumer groups are urging Congress to enact laws to limit what can and can’t be collected by online Internet tracking companies that follow consumer behavior. Guy’s don’t know what that means, but if it makes it easier to surf for porn they’re for it.

A new study by Yale University confirms that breakfast cereals marketed to kids have 85% more sugar, 65% less fiber and 60% more sodium than those aimed at adults. Taking sugary cereals away from kids may not be a good solution. The only exercise some of these kids get is digging the toy out from the bottom of the box.

Fossils from the smallest dinosaur in North America have gone on display at a Los Angeles museum. It’s about 28 inches long and weighs less than a rabbit. They may make a movie about it: “Jarrasic Quark.”

Two bar patrons in Wisconsin were almost hit by their own car when an alleged drunk driver slammed into the car in the prking lot and knocked it through the wall. It’s a great bar, but here’s a tip. Don’t use the valet parking

A female journalist in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 60 lashes for her involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex. There is no justice. This host gets 60 lashes, yet the people behind The Jay Leno Show go scott free.

Jessica Biel Stiffened my Hard Drive!

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

McAfee Inc., makers of computer virus software, say that Internet searches for actress Jessica Biel have a one-in-five chance of a computer getting infected with a virus. And the # 1 actress who can infect someone not using a computer is still Paris Hilton.

Security technology McAfee Inc. reports that actress Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity on the web. Searches for Biel have a one-in-five chance of a computer landing at a Web site that will infect your computer with spyware and viruses. That’ll stiffen your hard drive.

A 33-year-old man in Clearwater, Florida was arrested for leaving a 3-year-old and a 4-year-old in a car while he was drinking in a strip club. That’s just irresponsible. Do you know how much drinks cost in a strip club?

An L.A. comedian is being sued by her mother-in-law after making her the punchline of too many jokes. Henny Youngman must be rolling over in his grave.

Here’s an old Henny Youngman joke: “Just got back from a pleasure trip. Took my mother-in-law to the airport.”

A new report says that SAT scores for the class of 2009 have dropped. SAT’s are down, but STD’s are up.

A new report says that SAT scores for the class of 2009 have dropped. The #2 pencils used in taking the test aren’t as sharp these days either.

They are tested on Reading, Writing and Twittering.

A man who got a speeding ticket in Tennessee mailed back a copy of the citation with a handwritten note saying he wasn’t subject to local speed zones because he was the deputy chief of the CIA. Yeah, the Coalition for Idiotic Americans

A 77-year-old man in New Hampshire who was upset that his street was blocked off for a parade drove through a barricade and hit a police officer with his car. He drove through the barricade very, very slowly with his left blinker on.

A 64-year-old woman in Alaska was arrested for threatening to kill a postal worker because a package was late. This is why seniors should not order their meds through the mail.

A new public service video from Wales that was produced to deter teens from texting while driving has become a world wide sensation. Teens just can’t stop texting their friends about it.

Singer Chris Brown was sentenced to five years’ probation, six months’ community labor and to stay away from Rihanna for the next five years. You can beat your girlfriend, but you can’t beat the system.

A woman in Minnesota stopped to have her car repaired with a goat in her trunk. I’ve heard of a “tiger in your tank,” but a “goat in your trunk” is the worst advertising slogan ever.

A man in Australia used a public toilet in a shopping mall and had to be taken to the hospital to have the toilet seat removed. Someone had smeared it with glue. Lucky for him Australia has National health care. Do you think in America your insurance company would cover your ass?

Bush gets the Boot in Iraq

Monday, December 15th, 2008

President Bush had to duck two shoes thrown at him by a journalist in Iraq during a press conference. Reports out of Iraq say that there is no damage and the shoes will be okay.

President Bush had to duck two shoes thrown at him by a journalist in Iraq during a press conference. Finally, Bush found their Weapons of Mass Destruction.

A pizza delivery man in Florida used a pepperoni pizza as a weapon to fight off a gunman who tried to rob him at gunpoint. Usually a pepperoni pizza is used as a weapon after it’s eaten.

An Indiana woman could not start her car because a chipmunk had used her engine compartment to store nuts. Why would the chipmunk use the engine compartment to store crazy people?

He was just trying to keep his nuts warm.

That’s cute, a chipmunk squirreling away nuts.

A man in a suburban New York was sentenced and put on probation after he showed up at a doughnut shop drive-through without wearing pants. What’s real disturbing is how he wanted the clerk to “stack” the doughnuts.

A 50-year-old-man in Minnesota sprayed a group of teenagers with fox urine because they were going to toilet-paper and egg his house during homecoming week. That’s one way to piss ‘em off.

A woman in Tennessee found a bag containing $97,000 in a Cracker Barrel restroom. She took the money home, but later returned and it was claimed by the rightful owner. I take back the statement that you couldn’t pay me to eat in a Cracker Barrel.

Jokes for Today

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

A new study says that about half of overweight people are healthy and have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels and many trim people suffer from some of the ills associated with obesity…..said Kirstie Alley to Amy Winehouse.

Manuel Uribe of Mexico, once considered the world’s most obese person, is now a trim 700 pounds and left his home for the first time in five months with the aid of a forklift and platform truck. See, it’s not just me…..Again said Kirstie Alley to Amy Winehouse.

A mother in Minnesota gave birth to a baby girl on 8/8/08 at 8:08 a.m. and it weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces. You don’t even want to know the father’s stats, but the number 8.8 seems to be really in vogue here.

At a Boardwalk in California and at State Fair’s across the country the snack sensation this year is Chocolate covered bacon. Vendors at the Minnesota State Fair call them “Pig Lickers.” But, don’t confuse that with the term used to describe Bill Clinton’s girlfriends.

Pilots are complaining that their airline bosses, desperate to cut costs, are forcing them to fly uncomfortably low on fuel ……and gin and vodka and…….

Oregon Police say that due to the high price of fuel and slower drivers there is an alarming rise in urine-filled plastic containers found along a three-mile stretch of interstate 84. Interstate 84 is now referred to as the #1 freeway.

Former American Idol contestant Clay Aiken became a father last week. Hats off to science! Making the impossible possible.

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has admitted to an extramarital affair, but denies fathering the woman’s child. What a mixed up world. John Edwards admidts to an affair, but denies being a father. Clay Aikin denies an affair, but admits being a father.