# Yeah, but what's he laughing \*at\*? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 8, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544 "2006-03-08T15:29:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/1 "2006-03-08T15:29:52Z")
[You be the judge.](http://www.jesuslaughing.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/2 "2006-03-08T15:41:26Z")
HE just asked someone to pull his finger. And they did. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/3 "2006-03-08T15:44:51Z")
He’s watching “Everybody Hates Chris”! ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/4 "2006-03-08T15:47:24Z")
Phred just showed up at the Gates and asked if he could come in. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/5 "2006-03-08T15:47:40Z")
Jesus laughing? I thought Jesus wept. Must have the wrong Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/6 "2006-03-08T15:53:54Z")
Your mom. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/7 "2006-03-08T16:02:55Z")
He ain’t laughing; he’s getting blown. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/8 "2006-03-08T16:11:34Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > He ain’t laughing; he’s getting blown. The second coming? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/9 "2006-03-08T16:26:08Z")
“I’ll be back. Bwah-hah-hah-hah!!!” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/10 "2006-03-08T17:55:50Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > HE just asked someone to pull his finger. And they did. [The first Kodak moment…](http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo/michelangelo.creation.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/11 "2006-03-08T18:25:16Z")
The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. “I burning your town” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/12 "2006-03-08T18:27:26Z")
_HAW HAW HAW!_ ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/13 "2006-03-08T18:58:51Z")
He just got done telling Peter “I can see your house from here.” ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/14 "2006-03-08T19:06:06Z")
Someone just “killed a kitten…” and… well… you’ve all seen the Family Guy (I think it was FG) with him crazy on the swingset… Or the “pull my finger trick” with Mary M’s kids. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/15 "2006-03-08T23:10:45Z")
He’s at that part in “The Life of Brian” where Caesar is admonishing the guards about laughing at the names of his friends. Yeah…that bit is hillarious. ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/16 "2006-03-08T23:17:22Z")
“I know something you don’t know.” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/17 "2006-03-09T04:54:46Z")
[This](http://judylesak.com/PhotoGallery/Family/Hubby/Chuck19.htm) is the laughing Jesus I remember. Actually I think this is a copy. The image was from Playboy and I think the article was called “Did Jesus Laugh?” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/18 "2006-03-09T05:15:37Z")
He’s laughing at us. Why? Because we’re _funny_! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/19 "2006-03-09T06:40:38Z")
I second the _Life of Brian_ reason. That, or “Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalt!” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544/20 "2006-03-09T06:44:04Z")
He’s up on the cross, and someone’s tickling his feet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-whats-he-laughing-at/347544.md?page=2)