"SO, AN ASTRONAUT AND A RODEO CLOWN WALK INTO A BAR......"

In a press conference this afternoon in Los Angeles, the National Association of Stand-Up Comedians (NASUC) invoked the "Shooting Fish in a Barrel" rule, which prohibits the telling of any jokes about astronaut Lisa Nowak by NASUC members for at least two weeks.

In the words of NASUC spokesman Alvin "Shecky" Patooshin, "Some things are just too easy. This is one of them. Humorists should be focusing their energies on real comic challenges, like making fun of Barack Obama without offending Al Sharpton or Kanye West."