A really really bad pun alert for the weekend.
Barack Obama’s Berlin speech prompted comparisons of the candidate with JFK. Who in his famous speech accidentally said “I am a jelly doughnut.”
But given Barack’s prowess on the basketball court, presumably if he had made a similar error, it would be to say, “I am a dunkin’ doughnut.”
The Green Bay Packers have announced they might postpone retiring Favre’s number: They are saying now that they were never fully committed to retiring the jersey and felt pressured by Brett to make a decision.’ . . .
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And regarding the QANTAS plane with the hole in the cargo section. Well, you might be paying to check your luggage but at least on this flight it got a window seat.
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The NBA has filed for trademark rights to six nicknames for the league’s new Oklahoma City franchise: Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls, Thunder and Wind.
Considering that they basically stole the franchise from Seattle, what about Robber Barons?
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But “Energy?” The Oklahoma City Energy? What kind of a name is that? Maybe they have hopes of drilling their shots…?
Five players were suspended after their brawl with the Los Angeles Sparks, and so the Detroit Shock signed 50 year old Nancy Lieberman to a one week contract.
There’s no guaranteed she won’t get in a brawl too, but at least any potential medical bills will be paid by Medicare.
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Apparently one of her jobs is to keep the rest of the team in line by threatening them with timeouts.
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So this week John McCain has mispoken about the now nonexistent country of Czechoslovakia, and also said he would not give speeches aboard before he was President, forgetting that he recently spoke in Canada.
Maybe that’s how he can say he cares about the U.S. environment and still want to drill for oil in ANWAR. (The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.) He forgot Alaska is a state.
And from the very funny Bill Littlejohn, regarding the story that the Mariners have announced peanut-free zones at some upcoming home games:
“If Safeco becomes completely peanut-free, the only shelling will be of Mariners pitchers.”
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