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editors of the Week

were wondering just

that after a New York

man who scarfed

down a superhot

Carolina Reaper chili

pepper was rushed

to the hospital. The

magazine’s clever

readers coined these

pseudomedical

terms:

✦Jalepaiño

✦Fire-arrhea

✦Hellitosis

✦Habañeurosis

✦Endoblasty

✦Roastacea

✦Firebromyalgia

✦Scarlet pepper

fever

✦Incendiary bowel

syndrome

Two hours into a

flight, the pilot gets

on the intercom. “We

just lost an engine,”

he announces. “It’s all

right—we have three

more. But the flight

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COMICS OF THE WORLD, UNITE

If Karl Marx were still alive,

he would be 200 years young.

Since few men in history

could have benefited more

from a sense of humor, we

collected these jokes in

his honor:

✦Why do Communists drink

herbal tea? Because proper tea

is theft.

✦How did we know communism

was doomed from the beginning? All the red flags.

✦What is the difference between capitalism and

socialism? In a capitalist society, man exploits man,

and in a socialist one, it’s the other way around.

✦Who is the leader of the Kitty Communist Party?

Chairman Meow.

✦A frightened man goes to the secret police and says,

“My talking parrot disappeared.”

“Why did you come here? Go to the regular police.”

“I will. I’m just here to tell you that I disagree with

whatever that parrot is going to say.”

will take us an hour

longer.”

A half hour later:

“We just lost another

engine. Don’t worry;

we have two more. It’ll

take us another two

hours, though.”

In the back, a pas-

senger rolls her eyes.

“Great,” she says to

her seatmate. “If

we lose the last two

engines, we’ll be up

here all day.”

—7thspace.com

Whoever decided how

much space should

exist between tables in

restaurants/cafés has

so obviously never met

a butt before.

@AlannaBennett

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