Sedaris lets a rare form of poetic wonder creep into the end of “Jesus Shaves,” celebrating the beauty of faith instead of focusing on making a joke. However, he only does this to build himself up to the punchline of this essay, when he says, “A bell, though—that’s fucked up.” By saying this, he cheekily contradicts everything he has just said about embracing the mysteries of life and believing in things he might otherwise see as difficult to comprehend. He also ironically makes it seem as if believing in a rabbit who delivers chocolate is more logical and sane than believing in a flying bell, ultimately implying that it’s absurd to believe either of these things. In turn, he once again urges readers to appreciate the ridiculous ideas that society has taken for granted and accepted as reasonable.