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Jumbo Joke is a free service of This is True, featuring bizarre-but-true news items from the world's press. Check the site for archives and free subscriptions. Category: Lawyers & True StoryJuly 3, 2009What's the Definition of "With"?A referee from the Office of Lawyer Regulation in the state of Wisconsin concluded an investigation into attorney Michael R. Inglimo. The referee recommended Inglimo's license to practice law be suspended for 18 months, so the attorney appealed the suspension to the state's Supreme Court. The court's findings were ...well... fairly eye opening (and a bit salacious: don't continue reading if you're easily offended!) Category: Media & True StoryJune 29, 2009When Editors are AsleepThe State News, the independent newspaper for Michigan State University in East Lansing, reported this month about multiple break-ins in women's restrooms around campus. The headline? String of Tampon Machine Thefts Hit MSUThat was far from the only terrible pun in the story. Category: SappyJune 26, 2009The Armless BellringersThere was a monastery in France at the edge of a cliff overlooking a beautiful valley, and because its bells could be heard over such a wide area, it developed a reputation for attracting only the finest bellringers in the country. Category: Parents and Parenting & Retired lifeJune 22, 2009Having a Bad DayA woman in a grocery store happens upon a grandfather and his poorly behaved 3-year-old grandson. It's obvious to her that Gramps has his hands full with the child screaming for candy in the candy aisle, cookies in the cookie aisle; same for fruit, cereal and soda in their respective aisles. Category: True Story & WorkJune 19, 2009Working at MotorolaThis is an actual item from the newsletter put out to employees at Motorola this month. Category: Military & Retired life & WarJune 17, 2009The War on Terror: a New DirectionIdea: Send Service Vets over 60 I am over 60, and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing ass-backwards. Instead of sending 18-year-olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 35. |
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