The York County Commissioners this week answered the prayers of the What Have We Learned team by bringing up the topic of men having sex in county parks.
Yes, the comedy gods were smiling upon us. Must be all of that good living. And staying the hell out of county parks.
Tom's on vacation this week -- a bookcation, where he reads books, what a loser -- so Jeff and i had to muddle through.
This week, we discuss the city giving itself parking tickets, a gas leak at a school with a particularly sophomoric punchline (we like sophomoric) and a guy who robbed a bank to get away from his wife.
Some guys...
The What Have We Learned team skipped the podcast this week. It was a scheduling thing, OK?
That's our story and we're sticking to it. It had nothing to do with that incident involving Tom and the fairies. Seriously, it didn't.
Anyway, here are this week's jokes, featuring a cast of characters including Mariah Carey, Vince Fumo and a convenience store nacho machine :
Among Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people was, among others, Mariah Carey, whose new album, titled “E=MC(squared),” includes the hit single “Touch My Body.”
What have we learned?
Guess you don’t have to be Norman Einstein to make this list.
State Sen. Vince Fumo, D-Philadelphia, began a speech expressing his opposition to an amendment to the state constitution that would ban gay marriage by saying, “Today, we are all homosexuals.”
What have we learned?
We’ve seen the state legislature up close, and we always thought gay men had better taste in clothes.
Marines stationed in Afghanistan are leaving fields of opium poppies untouched, because local villagers say the heroin-producing plants are their only source of income.
What have we learned?
We don’t know if American-style democracy will take hold there, but it sounds like they’ve already got a handle on the free enterprise part.
Goodwill Keystone Area offered free shredding of confidential documents at the York Expo Center.
What have we learned?
The event proved so popular that even U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch reportedly dropped off a carload of stuff.
The state Senate indefinitely tabled a measure amending Pennsylvania’s Constitution to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions, citing anticipated opposition in the Democrat-dominated House.
What have we learned?
In the meantime, state senators intend to court the state’s reactionary wingnuts with proposed interment camps for non-English speakers.
Wrightsville Borough Councilman Larry Kirkessner Jr. was cited for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after a dispute over a nacho machine at a local convenience store.
What have we learned?
Kirkessner said he had been drinking, but was not drunk at the time — which, when you think about the circumstances, really doesn’t make it much better.
A Kansas woman visiting Hollywood Casino told security she lost $70 after it fell out of her bra, where she was storing it for safekeeping.
What have we learned?
The woman’s life savings, which she kept rolled in a T-shirt like a pack of cigarettes, were still accounted for.
