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Elf On A Shelf Goes To Space

By Hank Campbell | December 11th 2018 07:12 PM | Print | E-mail

Hank Campbell

Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors may not be certain (1) man landed on the moon but if photos and broadcasts of that are not enough, he won't be fooled by this picture of an Elf On The Shelf (Jingle, my wife calls him; Kegel the Christmas Elf, as fans of The League deem him) on the International Space Station.

Yet there he is, snapped by astronaut Anne McClain and beamed back to terra firma. NASA sure has changed. Gus Grissom got criticized for even eating a corned beef sandwich on board a Gemini capsule, but Jingle Kegels don't leave behind crumbs. Or if they do, it's, you know...poop.

(1) I am tweaking Washington Post a little. They either did not listen to the clip they linked to (likely) or they do not think NBA players have a sense of humor, because they bit on this as surely as they will repeat BMJ Christmas parody articles once again this year.

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