How we doing on the Beatitudes?’ ‘Pardon me?’ ‘The blesseds.’ ‘We’ve got: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness; blessed are the poor in spirit, the pure in heart, the whiners, the meek, the—’ ‘Wait, what are we giving the meek?’ ‘Let’s see, uh, here: Blessed are the meek, for to them we shall say, “attaboy.”’ ‘A little weak.’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘Let’s let the meek inherit the earth.’ ‘Can’t you give the earth to the whiners?’ ‘Well then, cut the whiners and give the earth to the meek.’
