(Some) Baptists Cannot Laugh at Themselves

The following is a good example of what I mean about Baptists having trouble laughing at themselves, at least some of them:

Back around 1993, I shared this true experience with a woman who I went to college with in 1972-1974 by the name of Kim. I told her of how my boss, Mike, who was a very staunch Baptist, a co-worker, Jim, and I (all of us engineers) were driving out to a work site with Jim driving and we were discussing religion, as we often did.

Jim turns towards me and says, "You're Catholic, aren't you, Greg?"

And I replied, "Yes."  Jim then asked me, "What are your parents?"

I replied, "They're Catholic."

Jim then asked Mike, "You're Baptist, aren't you, Mike?"

And Mike replied, "Yes."

Jim then asked Mike, "What are your parents?"

Mike answered, "They're Baptist."

Jim then exclaimed in a very histrionic voice, "Well, how do you like that?! I'm Methodist and my parents are Methodist!!!!" and I laughed very hard at Jim's shrewd point.

Kim replied, "The Baptist didn't laugh, did he?"

I exclaimed, "No, he didn't! No, he didn't!"