This is a nitpicky post. If picking nits bothers you, then don't read it!

I think the joke ought to be slightly modified. I think it would have more impact if the word "emperor" were replaced with "governor." Pontius Pilate was never the Caesar, he was just a regional governor of that little place known as Judea.

Gri"Resident Noticer of Minute and Rather Unimportant Details"shny