The seeker arrived before the first wise man, and asked, “Is our Church of the SubGenius just an excuse to act silly?”
The wise man accepted the seeker’s hate offering, and replied, “Yes”.
The seeker left, but still felt uncertain, so he sought out another wise man, and asked, “Is our Church of the SubGenius just an excuse to act silly?”
The sage replied “No”, and the seeker continued on his quest. He seemed to need another opinion for some reason.
The third wise man took the alms, listened as the seeker asked, “Is our Church of the SubGenius just an excuse to act silly?” and promptly leapt into the startled seeker’s arms, screaming like a badly out of tune siren. Then the fellow let go, and turned away as if nothing had happened.
The seeker, understandably confused, sought out yet another sage. This one he found tending an onion bed.
He said no word and took no money. His only response to the question, “Is our Church of the SubGenius just an excuse to act silly?” was to silently and steadily pee down his pants leg.
At this point the seeker was enlightened.
(Originally posted to alt.slack sometime in the late 90s)