"A member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church portrays Jesus while riding a lawn mower during the parade."The picture above and its caption appeared in the local weekly, the Mystery Island Slack Tide, a newspaper that at times rises to sublime heights of comedy proofreading, so insane and so often that I haven't saved the mistakes over the years. This is typical of me, a person who cannot even remember simple jokes. Sometimes humor is best served by avoiding the obvious, however, and the Slack Tide's Hilarious Headlines would be best served up in, say, Proctor's Planet. But, proofreading isn't the entire point here, there are deeper matters afoot.
Point being, as the Big Blonde Babe often says, point being the picture. You just can't get something funnier than this picture on any number of levels. And look at the look on his face. When I first peered at him, I thought he might be slightly smiling behind the Insane Fake Beard, but now I think he's uncomfortable, unsure of himself, perhaps hovering between a peremptory wave to his wife and daughter and a horrible sense that time is passing at an incredibly slow rate. And this Jesus has on a gold bracelet or watch and, best of all, sunglasses. The fact that he's dragging a cart full of depressing Spring flowers makes it unseasonal for Christmas, but what the hell. It's Jesus and the holiday is, if nothing else, named for him....
