LAUGH LINES

Short on Dough: “Noah’s Bagels, America’s largest chain of bagel shops, says it may be forced to close shop unless it can find new outside financing. Too bad. In the early ‘90s, bagel shops were really on a roll. Recently, they’ve apparently run out of bread.� (Ira Lawson)

Name That Game: “Fox has unveiled plans to come out with a game show called ‘The Smartest Person in the World.’ Don’t we already have a game show that tries to find the smartest person in the world? I believe it’s called ‘Jeopardy.’ � (Andrew Wisot)

History Revisited: “President Clinton was accused by Castro of kidnapping and Miami Cubans accused the president of caving in to Havana. After all the adultery, he now has a crisis over Cuba. He wasn’t kidding when he said JFK was his hero.� (Argus Hamilton)

David and Goliath: “The U.S. government went up against Microsoft in a big antitrust case . . . and the government won. Nice to see the little guy win one every once in a while!� (Jay Leno)

Right on Track: “Did you remember to change your clocks? Here’s what happened: Amtrak forgot to change theirs. . . . Every one of their trains arrived on time.� (David Letterman)

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