LAUGH LINES

Playing It Cheap: “Researchers out of Montreal University say that a woman ordering a chicken salad while dining out heightens her sexual allure with a date.... [Basically, they’re saying] a woman ordering a chicken salad is sexier. I was trying to figure out why chicken salad would make them more appealing....Then I realized, of course, chicken salad is the cheapest thing on the menu. That’s going to turn on any guy.” (Jay Leno)

Comedy Central: “The Bob Hope Exhibit opened at the Library of Congress in Washington recently. The comedian’s donation of roughly 60,000 pages of political humor got a mixed reception. The problem with political jokes is that too many of them get elected.” (Argus Hamilton)

The Bigger Issue: “According to a new study in Sweden, women with bigger bottoms live longer. See, all these years, women have been going to Jenny Craig for healthier bodies. You should have been going to Sara Lee.” (Leno)

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