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From an episode of Madame Secretary's final season


I'll just give the joke as I remember of it and will skip explanation of how it came up. 

St Thomas Aquinas walked into a bar and ordered a lot of mead. 

The bartender said, "You really plan to drink all that? You have problems?"

Because in jokes bartenders are always eager to hear your problems.

Aquinas said: "Yes, I just lost my manuscript. An important one, too. I called it the SUMMA THEOLOGICA. It was going to be the definitive explanation of Catholic philosophy, incorporating Aristotle's insights into the body of faith. It was brilliant. I was inspired by God to write it." 

Bartender says, "And now it's gone?"

Aquinas, "Yes, and I can't help but wonder what message God is trying to send me. Why would he inspire me to write a great work like this and then let me lose it???" 

Bartender, "Maybe he was just trying to say, 'You win Summa, you lose Summa.'" 

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