One day while walking down the street a highly
successful executive woman was tragically hit by a bus
and she died. Her soul arrived up in heaven where she
was met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter himself.
"Welcome to Heaven," said St.Peter. "Before you get
settled in though, it seems we have a problem. You see,
strangely enough, we've never once had an executive
make it this far and we're not really sure what to do with
you."
"No problem, just let me in." said the woman.
"Well, I'd like to, but I have higher orders. What
we're going to do is let you have a day in Hell and a
day in Heaven and then you can choose whichever one you
want to spend an eternity in."
"Actually, I think I've made up my mind...I prefer to
stay in Heaven", said the woman.
"Sorry, we have rules..." And with that St. Peter put
the executive in an elevator and it went down-down-down
to hell. The doors opened and she found herself
stepping out onto the putting green of a beautiful golf
course. In the distance was a country club and standing
in front of her were all her friends - fellow
executives that she had worked with and they were all
dressed in evening gowns and cheering for her. They ran
up and kissed her on both cheeks and they talked about
old times. They played an excellent round of golf and
at night went to the country club where she enjoyed an
excellent steak and lobster dinner. She met the Devil
who was actually a really nice guy (kinda cute) and she
had a great time telling jokes and dancing. She was
having such a good time that before she knew it, it was
time to leave. Everybody shook her hand and waved good-
bye as she got on the elevator.
The elevator went up-up-up and opened back up at the
Pearly Gates and found St. Peter waiting for her. "Now
it's time to spend a day in heaven," he said. So she
spent the next 24 hours lounging around on clouds and
playing the harp and singing. She had a great time and
before she knew it her 24 hours were up and St. Peter came and
got her.
"So, you've spent a day in hell and you've spent a day
in heaven. Now you must choose your eternity," he said.
The woman paused for a second and then replied, "Well,
I never thought I'd say this, I mean, Heaven has been
really great and all, but I think I had a better timein Hell."
So St. Peter escorted her to the elevator and again she
went down-down-down back to Hell. When the doors of the
elevator opened she found herself standing in a
desolate wasteland covered in garbage and Filth. She
saw her friends were dressed in rags and were picking
up the garbage and putting it in sacks. The Devil came
up to her and put his arm around her. "I don't
understand," stammered the woman, "yesterday I was here
and there was a golf course and a country club and we
ate lobster and we danced and had a great time. Now all
there is a wasteland of garbage and all my friends look
miserable."
The Devil looked at her and smiled. "Yesterday we were
recruiting you; today you're staff."
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