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  • June 2008

    • How to Win the Caption Contest

      Slate  |  Jun 5, 08 6:35 PM CDT

      How to Win the Caption Contest

      (Newser) - Want to win the New Yorker 's cartoon caption contest? The first rule: Don't be too funny. So says recent winner Patrick House, who lays out his can't-miss strategy in Slate. Keep in mind that reading the New Yorker is an introspective pursuit, one of "lonesome withdrawal." Which means that someone on the train probably doesn't want to guffaw out loud. Aim instead for a "a mild chuckle." More »

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      humor  • magazine  • New Yorker magazine  • jokes

    • Broken Glass Lands Cheeky Mooner in Hospital

      Associated Press  |  Jun 4, 08 1:39 PM CDT

      Broken Glass Lands Cheeky Mooner in Hospital

      (Newser) - A Dutchman is recovering in a hospital after a mooning backfired, the AP reports. The 21-year-old prankster and two friends were running around the streets of Utrecht with their pants pulled down at the back, police said. The cheeky ringleader pushed his butt up against the glass of a restaurant window, which then broke, resulting in "deep wounds to his derriere," authorities revealed. More »

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      injury  • Netherlands  • prank  • jokes

  • May 2008

    • Huckabee Jokes About Gun Pointed at Obama

      Associated Press  |  May 16, 08 6:57 PM CDT

      Huckabee Jokes About Gun Pointed at Obama

      (Newser) - At an NRA convention today, Mike Huckabee quipped that an offstage sound was Barack Obama leaping from a loaded gun. “That was Barack Obama,” the former Arkansas governor said. “He just tripped off a chair. He's getting ready to speak and somebody aimed a gun at him and he—he dove for the floor." The Obama camp has not yet returned fire over the remark, the AP reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • election 2008  • Mike Huckabee  • gun  • NRA  • jokes

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