A tiny silver wire bicycle with a red bow leaning on a folded lavender cloth.

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Emo Philips

When I was a kid, I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord, in his wisdom, didn't work that way. So I just stole one and asked him to forgive me.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A joke about answered prayers and workarounds. The speaker prayed for a bicycle, concluded that heaven doesn't deliver that way, then took one and asked forgiveness afterward. The punchline treats theft as a practical fix and forgiveness as an easy follow-up.

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