Finished a book today.  "Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...:  Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes" by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein.  Here's an excerpt:

A little old Christian lady comes out onto her front porch every morning and shouts, "Praise the Lord!"

And every morning the athiest next door yells back, "There is no "God!"

This goes on for weeks.  "Praise the Lord!" yells the lady.  "There is no God!" responds the neighbor.

As time goes on by, the lady runs into financial difficulties and has trouble buying food.  She goes out onto the porch and asks God for help with groceries, then says, "Praise the Lord!""

The next morning when she goes out onto her porch, there are the groceries she asked for.  Of course, she shouts, "Praise the Lord!"

The athiest jumps out from behind a bush and says, "Ha!  I bought those groceries.  There is no God!"

The lady looks at him and smiles.  She shouts, "Praise the Lord.  Not only did you provide for me, Lord, you made Satan pay for the groceries!"

(from a review)

That's from the philosophy of religion section, page 99.  

I don't claim to be a philosopher, but I like jokes.  This is a good joke book.  The philosophy is gravy.  Check it out.

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