Rabbinic Nugget - "My Sons Have Defeated Me"

I want to share a wonderful quote from the Babylonian Talmud (a major text of Rabbinic Judaism):

But R. Joshua arose and exclaimed: 'It is not in heaven.' (Deut 30.12) What did he mean by this?-Said R. Jeremiah: That the Torah had already been given at Mount Sinai; we pay no attention to a Heavenly Voice, because Thou hast long since written in the Torah at Mount Sinai, After the majority must one incline. (Ex. 23.2)
R. Nathan met Elijah and asked him: What did the Holy One, Blessed be He, do in that hour?-He laughed with joy, he replied, saying, 'My sons have defeated Me, My Sons have defeated Me.'

I must say, one thing I love about Judaism--and the Rabbis in particular--is their playfulness and their constant dialogue and reinterpretation.