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THE NAME GOES ON
A federal judge ruled the Kennedy Center's board cannot put the president's name on the building without Congress. Hours later the board voted to close the building, citing a ceiling collapse; the president said the $250M renovation Congress already funded will not begin until the name goes on. The letters aren't the reward for fixing the building. The letters are the renovation.
A judge said the name can't go on the building, so the board closed the building. You're the crane operator. The work order has one line on it.
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NO STAIRS
The slide fired by accident and it does not go back. The stairs are not coming, and the entire delegation still has to get off this airplane.
TOP OFF
A gas nozzle you cannot hold, at a price you cannot afford, and it is still pumping. The price per gallon is the hose pressure — and the sign keeps ratcheting while you pour.
DOWNHILL FROM HERE
A homemade soapbox derby with no accelerator, one pedal marked PAUSE, and a gauge on the hood reading P(DOOM). The higher that needle climbs, the more upgrade crates the crowd throws onto the road.
NOT MY POLE
Florida gave you thirty days to strip every AI plate-reader off its state roads. You have a wrench, a truck, and one corner where the property line is four feet away.
SOMETHING HAS TO STRETCH
Run the last flattening press on earth. Squash the globe into a map for people who each want a different lie.
PERSONAL ITEM
Fit the whole holiday into the bag your fare includes. Win an argument with a zipper.