It-often-seems that those who most zealously believe in God think, that despite his omnipotence, the big guy in the sky created everything except humor, and frowns upon us mortals for delighting in it. (Of course, anyone who persists in this belief has obviously not looked at a duckbill platypus lately.)

On the one hand, we have a teacher in Sudan who narrowly escaped 40 lashes and prison time for naming her classroom’s Teddy Bear ‘Muhammad.’ As if that’s not harsh enough, some protesters even favored the death penalty in her case.

On the other hand, we have the infamous Hanukah Ham: When Nancy Kay Shapiro, who is Jewish, noticed this goof-up at her favorite deli, did she wig out, yell at people, send death threats to the store manager or, at the very least, sue? No, she merely returned with her camera, took several photos (such as the one above), posted about it on her blog to amuse others, and even set up a little store on cafepress.com with some cute items (like frig magnets and a bbq apron.) Read more »