I quite like the hypothesis that the actual word used meant something like "rope" (apparently the words in Aramaic are similar, in the same way as our camel/cable), which would be equally literally impossible but fits the metaphor better. (Alternatively Jesus just liked a good pun.)
![Screenshot of a paragraph from a Guardian article. Text is as follows:
Then came the great interruption. In 2011 five national‑team players tested positive for a rare steroid. [Highlight begins] The excuse offered was the use of a traditional medicine made from the glands of a musk deer, applied after the players were struck by lightning. [Highlight ends] Oddly enough, Fifa didn’t buy this and North Korea were banned from the 2015 World Cup, lost their ranking position, failed to qualify in 2019 partly as a result, then went into major isolation during the pandemic, re-emerging only towards the end of 2023.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fpwahcmbxl54w2fifoom5rxd/bafkreiae3n3deanuho4u5tijvwtwmizearqyq7ji6wojp44wexnmr6ek7y)
