Yes, it’s a comma joke. Man cannot live by religious satire alone, you know. He needs a bit of punctuation-based humour every now and again.

J&M is taking the first of two one-week breaks next week. Do not fret. During my absence I’ll be automatically posting “resurrections” – old strips dug up, dusted down, cosmetically enhanced, and uploaded into the cloud.

Normal service will be resumed thereafter.

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Kind of busy, so thought I’d resurrect this one while Scientology is in the news again.

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Thanks to Sam Harris for today’s joke.

Joke stolen from here.

It’s true!

Thanks to this week’s guest scriptwriter, Albert Mohler (via WEIT).

“So, Mr Mohler – why does life on Earth appear to have evolved? Is that also due to the groaning?”
“No. That is more of a squelchy gurgle. Life on Earth is gurgling squelchily under the effect of Original Sin.”

A big tip of the hat to Greta Christina.

That depends. Are you the leader?

Inspired by Muhammed.

Special thanks to today’s guest scriptwriter, Mary Midgley.

Special thanks to today’s co-scriptwriter, Bill Donohue.

Another true joke, courtesy of the Vatican.

And laughter. Don’t forget laughter.

Thanks to this week’s co-writer, the Dalai Lama.

Edit: the special hell link.

If Craig Venter had been playing God, he’d have destroyed those self-replicating cells in a fit of pique by now.