Jesus Shaves (David Sedaris) meaning of Easter

[@raspberiswrl]

One of my favorite Sedaris essays. A foreign flying bell. Perfect.

[@scottkeller7334]

Still my favorite Easter story and liaten multiple times every Easter as I share with others. I laugh the same every time. Thanks David.

[@susannicholls5163]

He read this at his gig in Birmingham last night on his current UK tour. I laughed so much I had no mascara left by the end.

[@michaelkent111]

Aa

[@Beckham347]

ive seen David Sedaris twice, read alomst all of his books. this is by FAR my favorite passage :)

[@Apashiol]

This is new to me. What have I been missing? Really excellent!

[@womankinggg]

"And on the Easter, we be sad because someone make him dead today." Oh god, Sedaris has what is quite possibly the best sense of humour of our age.

[@kevender04]

just saw him on Sunday Morning,,,,,i plan to spend the day listening to him....really great

[@trisky4]

i love david sedaris! nothing better than seeing him live :)

[@lovelyspringweather]

this story is literally my favorite from his book.

[@aguafougere]

"He call his self Jesus and then he die one day on two... morsels of... lumber." ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@connievino4226]

Awful.

[@retrobug]

I think anyone who has ever tried to learn a second language can totally relate to this. And that's why it's hilarious.

[@totallylooney8292]

I use this bit all the time to show my friends what it's like to try to communicate with my limited German...

[@blackbuddha8167]

What a story teller

[@xander7d]

i am sitting in my office simply laughing my heart out...David is a genius...a funny genius...

[@TheChristineM]

Ridiculously funny...love this.

[@NessaK1981]

This story in particular is hilarious to me because A) I went to a catholic school and B) I was in french immersion. I learned all the Catholic prayers and everything about Christianity in French. So to hear about how he and his classmates struggled with explaining aspects of Easter.

[@cherrizs]

Sedaris ...I worship the stage he speaks on

[@PhillyFrank1]

Funny back-translations kill me. "two morsels of lumber" -- kills me.

[@SwanniePeace]

"The maaagic dustpan flies in from the North Pole!" xD Gotta love Sedaris.

[@athroughz0t9]

When this was played in class, the ending was the best. It still is.

[@Apashiol]

@dominice112 Since then I have tracked down lots of his work. He is excellent.

[@pbev7]

V-115,908. This is sooooooooo funny. Happy Easter.

[@joepayne9822]

I do love you, Dave. That's all. I do love you. Because you say things. True things. Good things. And you know, like that. You might be Jesus on two morsels of lumber.

[@cqsallie]

I had forgotten how effing hilarious this was!!!!

[@Bismuth83X]

BUT HOW DO THE BELL KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE?!

[@mayorama97]

Um I'm listening to this during dinner with my five year old sister and my 9 year old brother. Imma reconsider next time lol. seriously, though, a bell? that is f*cked up.

[@tomitstube]

hilarious and reverent, i can't help but see richard dawkins answering the question of "what if you're wrong"? he proceeds to go into "what if you're wrong" about a half dozen other religions we call "mythology"... is a flying bell really any different than a boy trapped in a whale? what a story teller, i seriously laugh harder at his musings than i do any comedian.

[@28880]

Easter is a party for to eat of the lamb, one too may eat of the chacolate I love it how...Sedaris is sarcastic as well when he was little xDD

[@craiggaren2713]

brilliant, brilliant

[@TheMoni700]

Love it

[@poeticjournalism]

the rabbit of easter! lmao

[@msamyvogt]

@juicyXD lucky!- all i got was a canvas bag! (which, for some reason, i chose over the license plate holder. at least the bag actually holds something, my license plate sticks just fine.

[@heyopeps]

Being "technically catholic", the explanation of Easter was awesome :D

[@homerrulezzzz]

@apeironcalamity i also think that arrested development without the beeps would lose its novelty

[@cqsallie]

To all those you have seen a thumb's down, here. I meant to give you a thumb's up, but like the story of the Easter Bell, I fucked up....

[@mgreer8956]

thanks Jebus, He knows...

[@AJ97ness]

@me700gnomes why not?

[@devonconnax]

The bleep at the end...now THAT'S fucked up

[@apeironcalamity]

@cornflaked Agreed. Bleeps are funny. Fucks are not. For example: watch the Boondocks or South Park unedited, and a lot of the humor is gone. The taboo is removed, and now they're just cursing.

[@keithkeck738]

oh please

[@laurasvids333]

so funny. david sedaris is genius

[@jodyross6185]

A travesty later laughed about is a Tramedy

[@pumpkinpjays]

Here's a religion we can all agree on.

[@clagratrix]

@juicyXD I donated for the very same reason :) So altruistic!

[@riccardo50001]

Not mean, SADISTIC!!!!

[@johnnytastetest]

@Beckham347 - Really? This is the best of his stuff, in your opinion? I'm listening, and it's amusing, but I don't find it laugh-out-loud funny. I can relate too, having taken second language courses. This is actually encouraging, since I have writing skills and funnier real-life stories than this. Maybe you'll be reading my books one day!

[@jesuschrist442]

My fellow Americans. I never shave, this is blasphemy! Only Lucipher would suggest such a thing! #westborobaptistchurch

[@connievino4226]

Awful Lord Jesus come back.

[@deannathompson3604]

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