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PunchLines

Top 10 Broadway show misfortunes

10Rocky sprained wrist while punching meat.9During actor shortage, audience forced to choose guys or dolls.8Stagehand made eye contact with Liza Minnelli.7Earwigs at “Hedwig.”6Bird strike forced Mary Poppins to land in Hudson.5Phantom injured other side of face.4″Kiss Me Kate” cold sore epidemic.3Jersey Boys stuck in traffic on George Washington Bridge.2You’re lookin’ at one of them.1Donald Sterling heckling “The Wiz.”Source: “Late Show With David Letterman”

Add-ons

Leland Parrott sends this list of words that should be added to the dictionary.

Snackmosphere: The 95 percent air inside bags of potato chips.

Ohnosecond: That very short moment in time during which you realize that you have pressed the wrong key and deleted hours, days or weeks of work.