A woman has died after "plunging about 45 feet from a bungee-like amusement ride" at a Christian festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The initial news report, which I read in an am New York newspaper while working on topical jokes for my comedy show last night, ended with, "A prayer service was held at 7 p.m. and the music festival resumed about 7:30 p.m." Wouldn't want to stop the party. Er, praise.
Obviously, you can't write jokes about someone's tragic death, however ironic the death might turn out to be. You write jokes about Lindsay Lohan, you write jokes about militants in Pakistan. But this? The Christians went right back to their music festival after a fatal malfunction of a Christian bungee amusement?
I did some research. The ride is called the "Air Glory." Sounds like what the basketball team at Oral Roberts University wears when they play other, more heathenish teams. Here is a picture:
