Today’s edition of Times of India is like waking up to a cartoon nightmare. These days, no one expects ‘Times of India’ to resemble a serious newspaper, today’s edition takes the cake.

But what’s really irritating about today’s edition is the fact that every page has a space devoted for Bush-bashing. A joke or two about President GW Bush’s penchant for coming up with hilarious phrases can be termed as funny. Hell! … we all do it!! But this is crazy!! I just cannot think of any provocation for it or cannot fathom the intention or the agenda behind such a stunt.

Here are a few examples of the Bush-bashing jokes in today’s TOI…

1. President Bush submitted the annual budget - $2.5 trillion. He budgeted the upcoming Iran invasion under office supplies
2. President Bush has proposed an increase in the tax on airline tickets to pay for more security. It’ll cost you extra to have your wife felt up at the airport.
3. The parties have ended, the inauguration is over, it is back to work for President Bush. That’s right - today, he left for a vacation.
4. Bush is slashing the education budget. Brilliant. When kids graduate, they won’t be able to calculate how much debt they’re in.

If you ask me, some nincompoop at the TOI office just discovered the joys of Internet and came across these stale jokes unaware of the fact that they’ve been recycyled a zillion times before. And in an orgasmic fit of laughter that followed, decided to include them in today’s edition!