Re: Heaven
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- Subject: Re: Heaven
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 08:25:41 EST
Heaven
A woman finds herself outside the Pearly Gates, where she is greeted by
St. Peter. "Am I where I think I am?" she exclaims. "It's so
beautiful! Did I really make it to heaven?"
To which St. Peter replies, "Yes, my dear, these are the Gates to
Heaven. But you must do one thing before you can enter."
Very excited, the woman asks what she must do to pass through the gates.
"Spell a word," St. Peter replies.
"What word?" she asks.
"Any word," answers St. Peter. "It's your choice."
The woman promptly replies, "The word I will spell is love. L-o-v-e."
St. Peter congratulates her on her good fortune of making it into Heaven
and asks her if she will take his place at the gates for a moment while
he goes to the bathroom.
"I'd be honored," she says, "but what should I do if someone comes while
you are gone?"
St. Peter instructs her to require any newcomers to spell a word, just
as she had done. So the woman takes St. Peter's chair and watches the
beautiful angels soaring around her, when lo and behold, a man
approaches the gates. It is her husband!
"What happened?" she cries. "Why are you here?"
Her husband explains, "I was so upset when I left your funeral that I
got into an automobile accident. Now I am here, ready to join you in
Heaven."
"Not just yet," the woman replies. "First you must spell a word."
"What word?" he asks.
"Czechoslovakia."
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