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But why would Jesus' face light up? Wouldn't he know the man really was his father, him being Jesus?
I know I'm reading into it too much, but the humour I got out of the joke is the irony that--if, in fact, Jesus is also Pinocchio, by some odd twist of fate--Jesus' nose hasn't grown, meaning Jesus' truth is the Truth.
Otherwise, the question remains: Why is the joke be so funny?
Confusing Jesus with Pinocchio would, actually, be a compliment to Jesus, since his nose hasn't grown. I'm sure if the old man really thought it was Pinocchio, he would be proud of the fact that his nose hasn't grown. He looks to this mean, either way, as a man who tells the truth.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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