Elephant jokes? You probably wouldn't believe that there would really be a page of elephant jokes on a church web site. Right? Well, doubt not. There are stranger things in God's world.
Fr. Sean claims that, after the preaching of the Gospel, the elephant joke is the highest form of communication devised by humanity. Since he is a priest, and since he is the only one with the passwords to update this website, we decided to humor him and let him have a page of elephant jokes. What can it hurt? But before you read the jokes, you have to put up with a sermon on the subject by him. Be patient. It is a very short sermon. The jokes are worth it. Or not. It probably depends on whether you like stupid elephant jokes (the jokes, not the elephants). And when you are done, you can explore the rest of this site.
There are two types of joke which are called "elephant jokes": the elephant joke proper, and the joke which merely drags a poor elephant in by its tail against its wishes, generally because it is very big and for no other reason. Many jokes of the latter sort involve sexual themes and are often just not very funny. Proper elephant jokes, however, are of a different sort altogether. The elephants do not have to be dragged in, kicking and screaming, but they cooperate nicely because it suits their natural sense of humor. A true elephant joke does not depend on the size of the elephant for its laughs, but rather on a completely different logic which demands that the hearer either submit to the peculiar rules of the world of elephant jokes, or suffer the consequences of not "getting it". True elephant jokes are, therefore, very much like the Gospel itself. When judged by the normal rules of earthly logic, it makes no sense at all. Only the one who is willing to submerge him- or herself in it completely, who can experience and accept its totally alien assumptions about reality, is really going to get the fullness of the humor, the wisdom, and the splendor of the Good News of our redemption. Same with elephant jokes.
