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The Parable of St. Dilbert and the Moon Part one: One fine evening when Saint Dilbert was travelling amongst the Bozos, as he was fated to do in the days of Hypnocracy, he turned his gaze to the skies and beheld a particularly beautiful view of the full Moon hanging above the land. He thought it only natural to share this wonder with his fellow men. So he said unto them: "Far out, man! Check out that crazy moon!" And the Bozos looked at the Moon, and were indeed amazed by its majesty. But soon they were overcome with awe and turned away, finding the intensity of the thing itself to be a little much, what with being Bozos and all. So instead they gathered around Saint Dilbert and exclaimed, "Praise this wise fellow who has shown us this super hip thing! Let us follow him around and worship him and sing his praises and all that jazz, for he is a real heavy cat."...
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Part Two: Then Saint Dilbert grew perplexed, and reached out his hand, and pointed at the Moon, his finger extended towards the heavens. "No, you Bozos, stop staring at me," he cried; "look at the Moon! It's lovely tonight, that's all." Again the Bozos were profoundly impressed. "This finger that points at such a mystical celestial object must be the greatest of all fingers! It, and the hand from which it springs, shall forever more be the objects of our veneration." So they made the Pointing Finger of St. Dilbert their icon, and revered it, and printed it on shirts and stickers and sold them to each other and to any suckers they met; and they never did look at the Moon. Saint Dilbert then saluted them with a different finger, and sailed away over the seas of Hypnocracy.