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Have A “Cool” And “Long” Weekend

One of my grandsons is about to start high school, and so he is now starting to be asked, “What do you want be when you grow up?”

When I asked him that a few months back, he hesitated and timidly responded, “Maybe a comedian.” Granted he does have a good sense of humor, but I figured he could probably aim for something a bit higher, so I said to him, “At this point you should probably pick something a little more challenging. You know something to fall back on if that comedian thing doesn’t work out. There are lots of individuals who envision themselves as comedians, but they are not any good at it.

Just within the last few weeks two prominent individuals attempted to tell a joke in front of a good sized audience, and each joke fell completely flat.

One of these individuals attempted a joke at the US Coast Guard Academy’s graduation ceremony. When there was no laughter, he then countered by calling the grads a “dull class” which also went over like the proverbial lead ballon.

Another prominent individual was delivering a commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy, but her attempt at woke humor, fell completely flat, and the speaker will be most remembered as a lousy comedienne.

While the speaker found her solar panel joke hilarious, the crowd didn’t find it all that amusing, or as the WSJ put it, they “looked like they wanted to crawl under the nearest solar panel.”

Fortunately for each of them, they can fall back on their reputation as orators, especially on the days leading up to Memorial Day.

In preparation for this federal holiday which is meant for honoring and mourning the military personnel who have died in the performance of their military duties, the first failed comedian said, “Stay cool this weekend, folks.”

The other failed comedian simply posted, “Enjoy the long weekend.”

Contrast that with what the “mean tweeter” said,

Former President Donald Trump honored the “fallen heroes” who made the “supreme sacrifice” for their country in a Memorial Day message, as he reminded Americans that “all that we are” is thanks to them.

“We remember the fallen heroes who took their last breaths in defense of our Nation, our families, our citizens, and our sacred freedoms. The depth of their devotion, the steel of their resolve, and the purity of their patriotism has no equal in human history,” he said.

“They made the supreme sacrifice so that our people can live in safety and our Nation can thrive in peace. It is because of their gallantry that we can together, as one people, continue our pursuit of America’s glorious destiny,” he said.

Hmm! Quite a contrast!

Luckily the two failed comedians/orators have other jobs to fall back on, but . . . err, they are not very good at those either.

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