THE BALLOON BOY: THE BEST JOKES OF THE WEEK

THE BALLOON BOY: THE BEST JOKES OF THE WEEK
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Just to catch up with last week...

People ask: "Hey, what did you guys do for the Balloon Boy?"

Interesting -- we began getting jokes the minute the story hit. Many of them were sent to me with the email header: "May god strike me down if this kid is dead..." But we made jokes anyway!!! To save room, just imagine the setup for each of the following is: "A six year old boy is floating across Colorado in a homemade balloon..."

Authorities speculate that the boy is headed to Pennsylvania, to pick up the Gosselin kids. -- Laurie Kilmartin

Upon landing, there was no child found inside. Michael Jackson snagged this prime meat from the heavenly clouds. -- Michael Notarile

The family of the young boy feared to be floating away in a homemade weather balloon previously appeared on "Wife Swap." I wonder if it was hard to find a Mom who disagreed with the idea that a six-year-old should fly solo at high altitude in a giant JiffyPop container? -- Ann Cohen

Finally an answer to the question "who could possibly make Britney Spears look like a responsible parent?" -- Dylan Love

AFTER the incident, our writers followed up with:

The media is beginning to ask whether the Balloon Boy's father is a reality TV vet desperate for money to get by. This would end up being no news at all, as in October 2009 this describes 99% of Americans.-- Dan Telfer

Little Falcon faces punishment from parents, and a lawsuit from Pixar.

The latest news is the father who claimed his son was carried away by a hot air balloon is a publicity hound. it's nice to hear ''hot air'' and ''publicity hound'' and it's not a story about Rush Limbaugh. - Nick Siracuse

The balloon boy threw up on both the Today Show and Good Morning America. At least someone in the family has good judgment. -- Becky Kershman

And that's just a sample of the kind of stuff you get with "This Just In."

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