etymological dreaming

occasionally my best inspiration happens in dreams. last night was almost one of those nights. I dreamt the best joke in the whole world up...

all I remember is it involved 3 wise men, and was the caption to a cartoon I was frantically trying to create from old christmas cards before I forgot it... no such luck

points to whoever jogs my memory in this matter. and what do points mean..?^[1]

I also woke up with the word 'etymology' in my head, but I've forgotten what it means. oh, wait - google says:

study of the sources and development of words;
a history of a word

_{1. poultry}