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Zorro

(16,470 posts) Wed Dec 11, 2024, 08:34 AM Dec 11

Tariff on Chinese Goods Hikes Price of Trump Bible to $1000

BEIJING (The Borowitz Report)—Mar-a-Lago descended into crisis on Wednesday after the proposed tariff on Chinese goods sent the price of a Trump Bible soaring from $60 to $1000.

In a brief statement on the matter, Chinese President Xi Jinping said, “It is what it is.”

Acknowledging that Trump’s supporters might be inconvenienced by the Holy Book’s bloated price tag, Xi added, “Perhaps they should have googled ‘tariff’ before voting.”

In a panic, Trump is reportedly mulling a number of cost-cutting measures, including slashing the number of Commandments to five.

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/tariff-on-chinese-goods-hikes-price

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Tariff on Chinese Goods Hikes Price of Trump Bible to $1000 (Original Post) Zorro Dec 11 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author ItsjustMe Dec 11 #1

Nope Zorro Dec 11 #2

Good parody is good because it's believable. The reaction to finding out it's parody is the fun of it. Oopsie Daisy Dec 11 #7

Eliminating five Job-killing Commandments is the way. Probatim Dec 11 #3

Quite funny. byronius Dec 11 #4

. byronius Dec 11 #5

Funny! mwmisses4289 Dec 11 #6

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Zorro

(16,470 posts)

2. Nope

Reply to ItsjustMe (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 11, 2024, 08:51 AM

Dec 11

Not necessary.

Oopsie Daisy

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7. Good parody is good because it's believable. The reaction to finding out it's parody is the fun of it.

Reply to Zorro (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 11, 2024, 11:27 AM

Dec 11

>> Nope
>> Not necessary.

Exactly. If the joke isn't obvious enough already, why spoil it by telling the reader "hey, this is going to be some parody".