"You Cretin!"

From Timothy McSweeny's Internet Tendency – "Lacanian Jokes of the Day":

Lacan once had a patient who believed he was a chicken.

At last, the man was cured. When he was released from the asylum, he crossed the road. Lacan called out, "Why are you crossing the road?"

"To get to the other of the Other," the patient replied.

"You cretin!" Lacan said. "The other of the Other does not exist."

"I know," the patient replied, "but tell that to the fox!"

"I guess he's cured," Lacan thought to himself, "at least by Parisian standards."

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And for those of you who know me well, this has superb interwoven meaning:

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