# "Atheist on an airplane" joke

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-on-an-airplane-joke/597610>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 26, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-on-an-airplane-joke/597610 "2011-09-26T01:16:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-on-an-airplane-joke/597610/61 "2011-09-27T22:48:16Z")

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> [@Bosstone](#):
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> I provided links and everything.

I’m just going to slink away before anyone points out I didn’t read my own links. Because I didn’t. Oops.

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**Author:** ![GreenHell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@GreenHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenHell)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-on-an-airplane-joke/597610/62 "2011-09-27T23:34:24Z")

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Sooooo . . . if I’m following the metaphor, grass is faith, the animals’ bodies are cultures or doctrines, which work on faith in different ways, resulting in disparate religions which are . . .

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-on-an-airplane-joke/597610/63 "2011-09-28T00:18:03Z")

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> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#):
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> This joke loses its punch if you trade boy for girl.
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> You know, one thing I like about facebook is that people post and repost these ‘jokes’ there instead of sending it to my email, like they used to.

We should all say a silent “Thank You” to Mark Zuckerberg for this.

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**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-on-an-airplane-joke/597610/64 "2011-09-28T00:32:18Z")

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Wait, I’ve seen this movie. Do the atheist and the little girl end up funding a fight club?

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