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1. Comedian Wanda Sykes was poking fun at Rush Limbaugh when she allegedly went too far with a joke about the talk radio king being a terrorist mastermind. It would have been funny if it weren’t:

Comedian Wanda Sykes was poking fun at Rush Limbaugh when she allegedly went too far with a joke about the talk radio king being a terrorist mastermind. It would have been funny if it weren’t: A. True.

B. Totally implausible. Limbaugh can’t fit in a standard airport seat.

C. Ridiculous. Back in those days Limbaugh was taking orders from his OxyContin pusher.

D. Never mind, both B and C explain why Sykes’ joke was funny.

2. We know somebody who knows somebody who has been working on a new web design. What’s the first complaint our friend of a friend is sure to hear?

We know somebody who knows somebody who has been working on a new web design. What’s the first complaint our friend of a friend is sure to hear? A. “But I liked sitting and waiting for the picture thingy to automatically change.”

B. “Where’s my Shoe cartoon?!” (An inside joke, mostly)

C. “No matter what, it’s never going to be the same without the ink all over my hands.”

D. “Why doesn’t this look like the Post and Courier redesign?”

3. Gov. Mark Sanford is, again, railing against the proposed state budget for 2009-2010. What can legislators do to appease this guy?

Gov. Mark Sanford is, again, railing against the proposed state budget for 2009-2010. What can legislators do to appease this guy? A. Close up shop and revert state powers to regional fiefdoms.

B. Just lie to him and do what they want later.

C. Bide their time until he’s too busy with his next Fox News interview to notice.

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4. The Post and Courier recently launched a series about illiteracy in the public school system. We’ve got a few ideas to get young people interested in reading:

The Post and Courier recently launched a series about illiteracy in the public school system. We’ve got a few ideas to get young people interested in reading: A. Assign Playboy articles (and just the articles) to high school boys — hey, it has single-handedly kept grown men literate.

B. Have every rap and metal song end with “I read that in a book one time.”

C. Develop a new reality show hosted by Simon Cowell called American Author. (Sigh. If only Paula read.)

D. Write books about things that kids care about, like texting, MySpace, and sneaking out of the house.

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