Roman officer: "Cake or death"
Condemned christian, "Cake please"
Officer, "fine give him cake" (to next christian) "cake or death"
Next christian, "Cake please"
Officer, "Fine, give him cake as well" (to last christian) "cake or death"
Last Christian, "Cake please"
Officer, "Well we're all out of cake"
Last christian, "So my options are...or death?"
Officer, "We have already given out all the cake, we weren't expecting such a rush"

Quoted by Eddie Izzard