A little theater group in Chicago staged a production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” with dialog entirely in Star Trek Klingon. It was such a hit, next year they plan to do the play in Valley Girl with a new name -- Charles Dickens’ “Like A Christmas Whatever.”
Though backed by a formidable group of Old West historians, new Mexico’s governor refused to expunge Billy the Kid’s murder conviction. On the plus side, he did pardon Billy Ray Cyrus for letting Miley use Lindsay Lohan as a role model.
A new version of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” has been released with the “n” word replaced 218 times with the word “slave.” The author’s name has been changed to “Mark Train” because Twain sounds too much like baby-talk.
In an attempt to launch “a more streamlined image,“ Starbuck’s has redesigned their familiar logo. The girl with the flowing hair remains but the words “Starbuck’s Coffee” have been replaced by “The Most Expensive Flavored Hot Water in the World.”
Last week, a bank robber held up a Virginia bank disguised as Hillary Clinton. Actually, he’s committed a rash of bank jobs in several states. The F.B.I. has dubbed him “The Pantsuit Bandit.”
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