<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=422194" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Jesus Told a Joke</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Jesus told a joke <br>To the lowly and humble folk<br>And they laughed.<br>So the Pope<br>Who didn't understand the joke<br>Banned laughter in Church.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lowly and humble folk<br>Had killed themselves laughing<br>So the Church said<br>The Joker must die too.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why must something beautiful<br>Be destroyed<br>By serious-minded clerics<br>Without a sense of humour? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why must we bow down<br>To a corpse on a tree<br>Instead of singing and dancing? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why are our loveliest songs<br>Inspired by sorrow? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And why do our priests and priestesses<br>Lord it over us<br>Clothed in dark garments of woven tears?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Thorkild+Ellison">John Thorkild Ellison</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=422194" data-title="Jesus Told a Joke de John Thorkild Ellison" data-description="Jesus told a joke To the lowly and humble folk And they laughed. So the Pope Who didn't understand the joke Banned laughter in Church. The lowly and humble folk Had killed themselves laughing So the Church said The Joker must die too. Why must ..."></div> </div> </div>

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