John 3:14 Sign

Check out that photo. That’s one of the best jokes I’ve seen in a long time. It’s weird, it’s simple, and it’s extremely oblique. I love it.

It’s from Kids in the Hall, season 3. A skit about Exhibition Shirling. Take a minute to watch it:

Shirling, the ‘exciting Gaelic/Italian tradition,’ is a ridiculous sport where teams try to dodge the poisonous spit of a scared cobra-type snake (you watched the video right? It’s a good sport too). It’s great and it’s absurd, and then comes our joke (above).

Ah yeah I’ve seen those signs before at sporting events. You could (like me) have seen this flash and just think that it’s funny that even at an event with hardly any people in attendance someone has the ubiquitous sign.

Or, you might realize that the sign we normally see references John 3:16. They got it wrong! A little funnier than before.

Actually, though, the Kids in the Hall are too smart for that. Watching this skit the other day Tim idly wondered, “What’s John 3:14?” I had a computer on my lap so I checked it out:

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up

How’s that for serendipity! And just two verses away from the stadium staple John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Bravo KITH.