We don't usually indulge in humor in this blog. However: The following is from McSweeney's, a quirky, experimental literary web site...

"I Spy" in Hell.

BY ADRIAN CHEN

(First published March 18, 2008)

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BEAST: I spy with my little eye, something ... red.

FALSE PROPHET: Let's see ... is it the lake of fire and brimstone?

BEAST: Yes.

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BEAST: I spy with my little eye, something ... red.

FALSE PROPHET: Is it the lake of fire?

BEAST: No.

FALSE PROPHET: Is it my shirt?

BEAST: No.

FALSE PROPHET: Wow, this one's hard.

BEAST: Oh, wait. It actually was the lake of fire.

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BEAST: I spy with my little eye, something ... red.

FALSE PROPHET: The lake of fire!

BEAST: No.

FALSE PROPHET: The fire in your hair?

BEAST: No.

FALSE PROPHET: The fire burning your eyeballs?

BEAST: No.

FALSE PROPHET: The fire burning my eyeballs?

BEAST: No.

FALSE PROPHET: Jeez, I give up.

BEAST: It's fire.

FALSE PROPHET: Like fire in general?

BEAST: Yeah. Just ... all the fire, everywhere.

FALSE PROPHET: Oh. Good one.

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BEAST: I spy with my little eye, something ... orange.

FALSE PROPHET: Orange?

BEAST: Yes, orange.

FALSE PROPHET: Is it an orange?

BEAST: No.

FALSE PROPHET: The lake of fire?

BEAST: Close, but no.

FALSE PROPHET: Is it just the orange part of the lake of fire?

BEAST: Yes.

FALSE PROPHET: !!!