Sinko de Mayo
5 May 2018Humor about cargo lost in the Titanic's sinking leading to the creation of the Cinco de Mayo observance has been taken too literally by some.
Tagged "Jes’ Plain Jokes"
Child's Note to Sailors
Rumor: A child's Christmas letter to a sailor misinterprets the sounds of his mother's sexual satisfaction as prayer.
Native Sun
12 January 2003Legend about Native Americans' providing NASA with a cryptic message to take to the moon.
Landmine Check
A newscaster mistakenly assumes that wives in a Middle Eastern country now walk ahead of their husbands due to an advance in societal roles.
Chip Monk
Casino tokens collected by Las Vegas churches are sent to a monastery for sorting and redeemed by 'chip monks.'
Henry Ford and Air Conditioning
28 June 2004Did the brothers who invented automobile air conditioning pull a fast one on Henry Ford?
General Motors Replies to Bill Gates
General Motors responds to Bill Gates' comparison of advances in computing to the automotive industry?
Dead Donkey Raffle
City boy turns a profit by raffling off dead donkey to country folk?
Churchill Cruise Ship Quip
Winston Churchill quipped that he preferred traveling on Italian cruise ships because 'there is none of this nonsense about women and children first'?
Grenade-Throwing Quarterback
Was a Super Bowl quarterback formerly a foreign soldier who could toss grenades well?
Boat Trailer Blonde
The story of a blonde and her boat at Lake Isabella.
Policemen Don’t Have Balls
Police officer announces 'policemen don't have balls'?
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