# God certainly has a mean sense of humor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-certainly-has-a-mean-sense-of-humor/770449>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 2, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-certainly-has-a-mean-sense-of-humor/770449 "2016-11-02T16:11:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-certainly-has-a-mean-sense-of-humor/770449/21 "2016-11-03T03:57:25Z")

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Bender in 2016. You meat bags had your chance.

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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-certainly-has-a-mean-sense-of-humor/770449/22 "2016-11-03T09:24:20Z")

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I’m hopin Pat Paulsen will throw his hat into the ring at the last minute.

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-certainly-has-a-mean-sense-of-humor/770449/23 "2016-11-03T13:20:35Z")

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> [@jz78817](#):
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> I’m hopin Pat Paulsen will throw his hat into the ring at the last minute.

As I’m sure you know, [he died in 1997](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667323/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1).

But I’d vote for the remains of Pat Paulsen before I’d vote for Trump.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-certainly-has-a-mean-sense-of-humor/770449/24 "2016-11-03T16:19:56Z")

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> [@SteveG1](#):
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> You meat bags had your chance.

It’s the fire’s turn.

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**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-certainly-has-a-mean-sense-of-humor/770449/25 "2016-11-03T17:11:24Z")

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> [@](#):
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> God certainly has a mean sense of humor

From my favorite source, H.L. Mencken:

“The creator is a comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh.”

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-certainly-has-a-mean-sense-of-humor/770449/26 "2016-11-04T01:14:55Z")

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> [@JRDelirious](#):
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> **God certainly has a mean sense of humor**
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> OP surely doesn’t want to start any blasphemous rumours?

When he gets to heaven, I expect he’ll find God laughing at him.

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**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-certainly-has-a-mean-sense-of-humor/770449/27 "2016-11-04T02:03:07Z")

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I came to this thread thinking it was going to be about the rain shower that caused the rain delay of World Series Game 7. More than one Tweeter remarked that God was trolling. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-certainly-has-a-mean-sense-of-humor/770449/28 "2016-11-04T02:22:58Z")

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> [@Chimera](#):
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> God has nothing to do with this. We Humans made this happen.

> [@simster](#):
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> If it were a god - it would be loki.

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