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Thursday, November 27, 2008

Contest #152 of 167, July 7, 2008



JOEL’S:

"We've killed it, just by driving our car! Al Gore was right!"

"Henry, it's just like I read in that Thomas Friedman book. Advances in travel are making the world smaller."

"Quick, Henry! Aim for land!"

"Hey, our GPS says we're getting very close!"

"No, I don't see it on the map."

"We are totally lost. I wish we had a ma...Oh, Dear Lord."

"You just had to say 'I wish we had a map,' didn't you? You couldn't have wished we were there already, or maybe 'I wish we had a million dollars?'"

"Next time, will you take the traffic report seriously?"

"Yeah, I did hear about it on the traffic report, but I thought they meant 'earth,' as in 'dirt.' Silly me!"

"Sure, it's right in the middle of the road, but don't worry. There is an emerging scientific consensus that it won't be around much longer."

"You said you wanted to see the world. You said you didn't want to spend a fortune. Stop complaining."


First Place

BUY >

"Honey, I told you the whole world is headed to the Cape this weekend."
Submitted by Terri-Lee Burger
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Second Place

BUY >

"Oh, great, we're stuck behind a four-and-a-half-billion-year-old."
Submitted by Ari Stern
North Hollywood, Calif.

Third Place

BUY >

"Why do I always get stuck behind the slow planets?"
Submitted by Brian Ahern
Long Beach, N.Y.

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