THREE JOKES
Newsweek had to retract a story that suggested U.S. interrogators flushed the Koran down a toilet -- sparking riots around the world. A spokesperson for Newsweek said, “We didn’t realize Muslim fanatics took their religion so seriously.”
-- Conan O’Brien
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President Bush is so angry at Newsweek, he said that he is not even going to pretend to read it anymore. -- Jay Leno
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The White House said that the Newsweek report had damaged the U.S. image overseas. And believe me, when it comes to damaging the U.S. image overseas, the White House knows what it’s talking about. -- Jay Leno
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