Jesting? In this economy?

You surely are jesting.

Fun bit of trivia - when the French lost the Battle of Sluys (a naval battle) to the English, everyone was terrified of breaking the news to the French king. Eventually, it fell to the court jester, who cried out, “How brave the Frenchmen are, throwing themselves into the sea, unlike those cowardly English, who cling to their ships!”