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  • Anyjoke There..there..? Echo..echoo?

    Is anyjoke STILL ALIVE ON WOCKA?????? I KNOW THIS ISNT A JOKE BUT THIS WAY THE ONLY WAY TO GET YOUR ATTENTION! HELLOOOO…. WAS THAT AN ECHO ECHO ECHO?

  • Wears Mi Munny?

    Rhett Jacobs, Democratic candidate for the South Carolina House and a man who listed “education” as his top priority, submitted a required campaign disclosure form in October, handwritten, on which he detailed expenses for “filling fee,” “campain work” and “litature.”

  • Duh!

    Reporters asked Dan Quayle what he thought of Roe v. Wade? His response: “Two alternate ways to cross the Potomac.”

  • Governmentium

    The recent hurricane and gasoline issues helped prove existence of a new element. In early October [2005] a major research institution announced discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element has been named “Government.” Governmentium (Gv) has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving…

  • We Live in a Crazy World…

    “You know that the world is going crazy when: the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn’t want to go to war, and the three most…

  • Newspapers or Television

    Q: What is more useful — newspapers or television? A: Newspapers, of course. You cannot wrap herring in a TV.

  • Now, Where Was I?

    Leonid Brezhnev, a former ruler of Russia, was thought not to be too bright. He comes to address a big Communist party meeting, and starts: “Dear Comrade Imperialists,” The whole hall perked up – “what did he say?” Brezhnev tried again… “Dear Comrade Imperialists,” Well, by now the hall was in pandemonium – was he…

  • Headlines, July 1876

    The following are headlines that *might* have appeared in papers in the aftermath of Little Bighorn – Variety: “Custer Closes Out of Town” Pravda: “Big Red Victory” sport Illustrated: “Indians Win Series” Women’s Wear Daily: “Feathers Make Comeback” Reader’s Digest: “Sitting Bull Reveals New Cure for Dandruff” The Washington Post: “Custer Loses Rural Vote”

  • Armenian Radio

    Armenian Radio was asked: “Is it true that conditions in our labor camps are excellent?” Armenian Radio answers: “It is true. Five years ago a listener of ours raised the same question and was sent to one, reportedly to investigate the issue. He hasn’t returned yet; we are told he liked it there.”

  • Gorbachev

    In a restaurant: ― Why are the meatballs of cubic shape? ― Perestroika! (restructuring) ― Why are they undercooked? ― Uskoreniye! (acceleration) ― Why are they bitten? ― Gospriyomka (state approval) ― Why are you telling me all this so brazenly? ― Glasnost! (openness)

  • Assholes

    A man is sitting on a bench in the park reading a newspaper. Suddenly he throws the paper onto the ground and yells, “All politicians are assholes.” A man sitting next to him in a finely pressed suit says, “I take offense to that!” The pissed-off guy asks him, “Why? Are you a politician?” “No,”…

  • Crime Pays, Eh?

    Kenneth Jeffries, 24, was arrested in West Haven, Conn., in August for robbing a convenience store. Police reported that he had first offered the clerk $1 for a pack of gum as a ruse and then taken $40 in the robbery. However, said police, Jeffries returned a minute later and asked, uncertainly, “Did I pay…