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This is why we forward jokes!
Posted by
katz2u
6 Apr 2005 4:21pm
This is why we forward jokes!
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the
scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered
dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He
wondered where the road was leading them. After a while, they came to a
high,
white stone wall along one side of the road.
It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill it was broken
by a tall arch
that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it he saw a
magnificent
gate in the arch that looked like Mother of Pearl, and the street that
led to the gate
looked like pure gold.
He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a
man at
a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me,
where are we?'
'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.
'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.
'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought
right up.' The
man gestured, and the gate began to open.
'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the
traveller asked.
'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and
continued
the way he had been going with his dog. After another long walk, and at
the top
of another long hill, he came to a dirt road which led through a farm
gate that
looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he
approached
the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.
'Excuse me!' he called to the reader. 'Do you have any water?'
'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there'. The man pointed to a place
that
couldn't be seen from outside the gate. 'Come on in.'
'How about my friend here?' the traveller gestured to the dog.
'There should be a bowl by the pump.'
They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old fashioned
hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveller filled the bowl and took
a long
drink himself, then he gave some to the dog. When they were full, he
and the
dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree waiting for
them.
'What do you call this place?' the traveller asked.
'This is Heaven,' he answered.
'Well, that's confusing,' the traveller said 'The man down the road
said that
was Heaven, too.'
'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope.
that's Hell.'
'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?'
'No I can see how you might think so, but we're just happy that they
screen out
the folks who'll leave their best friends behind.'
Soooo...
Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing
a word, maybe this could explain:
When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do?
You forward jokes.
When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact,
You forward jokes.
When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how,
You forward jokes.
And to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still
important, you are
still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get?
A forwarded joke.
So my friends, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been
sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your
friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile 
jokes
Posted by
(VIP) 6 Apr 2005 5:51pm
That is actually a old Twilight Zone episode. But still a good story.
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