The passage in the bible Ken M mentions in the comments section is this one[here's the New International Version of it]:
Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking, “
Where is he?”
That's actually quite ingenious, for obvious reasons. People who'll check to see whether he's right or not, will [presumably] be confronted with the question 'Where is Jesus?', therefore flaming the juice of skepticism.[1]
As to the actual joke :
7 11 is an alternative way to call a 24/7 convenience store.[2]
As for what a john is, I think we all know it's jargon for a toilet or
a bathroom.
[1]Also, if we plunge even further down the rabbit hole we might find a whole reason for one to reject Christianity, all contained in only just John 7:11-13:
11 Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking, “Where is he?”
12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”
Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.” 13 But no one would say anything publicly about him
for fear of the leaders.
I guess the bible really
is the deadliest weapon against Christianity. This quote, alone, is simply a goldmine for any self-respecting free thinker.
[2]
But
this one meaning of the term, provided by kodiac1 over at urbandictionary.com, gives a whole new(also, extremely funny) meaning to the whole idea:
2
7-11
7-11 is the historical name ascribed to the most prevalent naturally occuring inconvenience store. Known since antiquity, 7-11 has become the world's foremost purveyor of toxically unhealthy processed food products. Also notable are the frictionless tile floors and the uniformly East Indian service staff.
7-11 has been a recognized natural phenomenon since the dawn of recorded history.
It is believed that the 7-11 was a natural evolution of the 7-10, a prehistoric herd animal. 7-10 were common when the entire landmass of Earth was concentrated into one supercontinent, Pangaea. Herds of 7-10 freely roamed the continent, having only one natural predator - the Chuck Norris. The massive evolutionary strain induced by such a formidable foe necessitated a new evolutionary strategy.
The first 7-11 was created by a confluence of the superintelligent East Indians and a herd of 7-10. This new symbiotic strategy proved successful - so successful, in fact, that individual members could survive without the protection of the herd. 7-11 spread to every corner of the supercontinent before the famed breakup of Pangaea (actually caused by one of Chuck Norris' temper tantrums) and so were located around the planet when humans showed up some hundreds of millions of years later.
The influence of the 7-11 on humanity has been tremendous. Former hunter/gatherer societies, upon finding a cluster of 7-11, would settle there rather than continuing their nomadic lifestyle. With the relief of the burden of constantly searching for food, humans were free to develop other primitive activities, such as religion and the killing of innocent people. It is at this point in history that we see the first evidence of Norris worship, including human sacrifice and execution by roundhouse kicking. The first cities developed around herds of 7-11, and wars were common between those who had access to 7-11 and those who did not have such privilege.
7-11 continues to be a major world influence.
This makes me wonder: what came first, the comment[the chick], the meme[the egg], or the UD entry[the rooster]?
Index:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...hn+7:11-13
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.ph...id=1843841
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