A folded paper aeroplane rests on a miniature striped deckchair beneath a yellow and orange paper umbrella.

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Henny Youngman

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up — they have no holidays.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A one-liner joke built on a twist: the speaker claims to have considered atheism but dropped the idea because it comes without holidays. The humour comes from treating belief like a benefits package, judged by its days off rather than its ideas.

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