A small archery target on an easel with one arrow in it and a gold ring floating above, on a teal background.

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Chet

How do you make God laugh? Make a plan.

— Kicking and Screaming

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What it means

Our interpretation.

This is a riddle with a wry answer: making a plan is what amuses God. It expresses the view that human schemes are routinely upset by forces beyond control, so careful planning looks faintly comic from above. The tone is wry and fatalistic, poking at our confidence in the future.

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