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...other situation it may be seen as comical that military officials announced that the Pentagon was going to start deceiving people but, unfortunately, this is no joke. It is imperative that the Bush administration abandon these dangerous plans and safeguard the reputation of the United States with friend and foe alike...
...There's a joke making the rounds in Tokyo these days. Mr. Suzuki goes to his local bank branch, rents a safety deposit box and locks away some cash. The next day he comes back and takes some money out. He does this again and again. Finally an exasperated bank manager asks, "Suzuki-san, why don't you open a bank account...
Yesterday also marked the release of the results of the Harvard Computer Society’s annual Datamatch survey, which was taken by 1,539 students in search of a compatible mate or at least a good joke...
...steely divorceé who’s been out of the dating scene for more than a few years (“looking for youthfully mature mate”), the flamboyant gay man whose caricature of an ad is so wacky it has to be a joke (“looking for Mr. Nasty”) and, of course, the fetish person (“looking for a petite Inuit who likes to suck toes”). If I had a magic wand I’d love to make some of those ads tell the bitter truth...
...Most recently, the commission's hotline for reporting incidents of hate crimes or discrimination in the wake of the September 11 tragedy - which should have been an uncontroversial public service - began as a joke and ended as a potential tragedy. The initial press release listed the wrong 800-number, sending callers not to the commission but to a love connection service. Then, once calls began to pour in, the commission did not forward to Justice the reports it collected. In a scathing letter to the commission, assistant attorney general for civil rights Ralph Boyd wrote: "Simply put, your refusal prevents...