Hmm. I sense your dismay and while I understand the underlying argument, I would like you to offer you a nugget of wisdom bestowed to me by level 9 monk of the Tibetan variety.

As I have reached the high doors of the oft-closed monastery and sought wisdom of the doorkeeper I was gently ushered in to a courtyard, where a line was already forming to meet the enlightened one.

Patiently I have waited for the other fools to utter their nonsense at the poor master and, eventually, my time has come.

I have asked:

Lord, how do I know it is funny?

You know what he said?

'People laugh.'

Such a ripoff.