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West Virginia is Tired of the Lame Jokes, Intent On Being Classy

It's a fact of life: some places get unfairly picked on. For years, places like Poland, New Jersey, and West Virginia have been the butt of cruel jokes based on negative stereotypes. Poland and New Jersey generally shrug off the criticism and get on with their lives, but West Virginia is mad as hell, and isn't going to take it anymore. Fed up with derisive attitudes from northerners and even some southern neighbors, the state is launching a new marketing campaign to shift its image from one of toothless hillbillies to one of savvy, 21st century business people.

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French Get Jumpy Over "Frog" Crack

The Brits and the French, they're a comedy duo going back centuries. This week budget airline Jet2 got in on the act by posting the above cartoon on its website. Doesn't blocking a runway actually sound like a lot for a frog to do? Especially for a lazy frog, no less.

But we digress. The direct cause for the cartoon, of course, were travel-related delays caused by air-traffic controllers taking part in strikes throughout France. On one delayed plane in the Alps, the British passengers started a counter-protest by yelling "Rosbifs want to go home" for two hours. Poor flight attendants.

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