“Why don’t churches have WiFi?”/“They don’t want to compete with an invisible power that works.”

American comedian Mark Normand posted a WiFi joke on Twitter on February 4, 2010:
 
“Churches never have wifi… I guess no church wants to compete with an invisible power that actually works.”
 
Normand posted the joke again—slightly differently—on Twitter on June 25, 2012:
 
“You never see a church with free wifi. I guess because no church wants to compete with an invisible power that actually works.”
   
The joke has been printed on an ecard.
 
 
Wikipedia: Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or WiFi (/ˈwaɪfaɪ/) is a technology for wireless local area networking with devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. Wi-Fi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance, which restricts the use of the term Wi-Fi Certified to products that successfully complete interoperability certification testing.
 
Devices that can use Wi-Fi technology include personal computers, video-game consoles, phones and tablets, digital cameras, smart TVs, digital audio players and modern printers. Wi-Fi compatible devices can connect to the Internet via a WLAN and a wireless access point. Such an access point (or hotspot) has a range of about 20 meters (66 feet) indoors and a greater range outdoors. Hotspot coverage can be as small as a single room with walls that block radio waves, or as large as many square kilometres achieved by using multiple overlapping access points.
   
Twitter
mark normand‏
@marknorm
Churches never have wifi… I guess no church wants to compete with an invisible power that actually works.
2:57 PM - 4 Feb 2010
     
Twitter
mark normand‏
@marknorm
You never see a church with free wifi. I guess because no church wants to compete with an invisible power that actually works.
1:21 PM - 25 Jun 2012
     
Boston (MA) Globe
8 November 2013, Boston (MA) Globe, “What’s Their Line: Meet the Comedians” by Steph Hiltz, pg. G12”
Name: Mark Normand
Age: 30
Hometown: New Orleans
How I pay the rent: I pay the rent with yuk ‘em ups. Mostly college gigs and club dates.
I’ve been doing stand-up for: Seven years and change
My best payday as a comic was: I got three grand once to roast a hedge-fund company for 10 minutes.
Best one-liner: You never see a church with free Wi-Fi, probably because no church wants to compete with an invisible power that actually works.
     
Twitter
Will Ferrell‏
@Will___Ferrell
You never see a church with free wifi. I guess because no church wants to compete with an invisible power that actually works.
8:26 AM - 8 Dec 2013
 
Reddit—Atheism
Why do you never see churches with free Wi-Fi? (self.atheism)
submitted January 24, 2017 by itslqb
Because no church wants to compete with an invisible power that actually works.
Credit to u/theconfuserx2 in r/Jokes.
   
Me.Me
YOU NEVER SEE CHURCHES WITH FREE WIFI BECAUSE NO CHURCH WANTS TO COMPETE WITH AN INVISIBLE POWER THAT ACTUALLY WORKS MEME
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FOUND ON 2017-05-17 07:06:27 BY ME.ME
SOURCE: ITEMS
 
Reddit—Jokes
Why don’t churches have WiFi?
submitted October 11, 2017 by caoash
Because they don’t want to compete with an invisible power that actually works.