A hardworking female executive dies and meets St. Peter at the pearly gates and he says, "You"ve shown an outstanding apt.i.tude for making business decisions. Choose whether you will go to heaven or to h.e.l.l."
"I don"t know!" she flounders.
"Tell you what," St. Peter says, "You can have 24 hours in heaven and 24 hours in h.e.l.l. Then you have to decide where to spend eternity."
"Okay then," she says. "I"ll start with heaven since I"m here already."
She goes in the pearly gates and makes some acquaintances. They have a nice walk among beautiful gardens. They have a nice quiet lunch. They have a nice stroll along a pristine, white, sandy beach looking out on brilliant blue ocean. At the end of the day she is shown to a nice room, and has a quiet meal on the balcony, looking out over the setting sun and the ocean. She marvels at the scenic beauty of heaven.
The next morning, St. Peter takes her to the fiery gates of h.e.l.l and hands her off to Satan.
Satan takes her to a power breakfast given in her honor. Then she is escorted to a tennis club where she is greeted by her old boss, some co-workers, and previous business acquaintances. She plays a few sets of tennis and catches up on the gossip. At lunchtime her old boss takes her to a gourmet restaurant and she has an excellent meal with vintage wine.
After lunch he takes her to an exclusive golf course and they play 18 holes of golf. She runs into other business acquaintances and catches up on news and gossip.
After golf, he drops her at a spa where she is pampered and spoiled by beauty and body treatments. When she is finished at the spa, an acquaintance takes her shopping at designer stores. She picks out a fabulous evening gown, and Satan himself takes her to a huge party with drinking, dancing, gourmet food, and famous people.
At the end of the evening, a stretch limo drops her off at a five-star hotel. As she soaks in the Jacuzzi tub, and sips the complimentary champagne, she ponders eternity.
The next morning, she meets St. Peter at the pearly gates.
"Well, have you made your decision?" He asks.
"I"ve decided on h.e.l.l," she announces.
"So be it." St Peter waves goodbye and she reappears before the fiery gates of h.e.l.l.
Once inside she is teamed up with her old boss again, only this time everyone is wearing rags. They are filthy, diseased, malnourished, and living in a barren desert. They have to scrounge for food, water, clothing, even shade.
"What happened!" She exclaimed.
"Well," said her boss, "Yesterday you were a recruit. Today you are staff."
It was Sat.u.r.day morning and Jake, an avid hunter, woke up ready to go bag the first deer of the season. He walks down to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee, and to his surprise he finds his wife, Alice, sitting there, fully dressed in camouflage. Jake asks her, "What are you up to?"
Alice smiles, "I"m going hunting with you!" Jake, though he has many reservations, reluctantly decides to take her along.
They arrive at the hunting site. Jake sets his wife safely up in the tree stand and tells her: "If you see a deer, take careful aim on it and I"ll come running back as soon as I hear the shot."
Jake walks away with a smile on his face knowing that Alice couldn"t bag an elephant -- much less a deer. But not 10 minutes pa.s.s when he is startled as he hears an array of gunshots. Quickly, Jake starts running back. As Jake gets closer to her stand, he hears Alice screaming, "Get away from my deer!"
Confused, Jake races faster towards his screaming wife. And again he hears her yell, "Get away from my deer!" followed by another volley of gunfire.
Now within sight of where he had left his wife, Jake is surprised to see a cowboy, with his hands high in the air. The cowboy, obviously distraught, says, "Okay, lady, okay! You can have your deer! Just let me get my saddle off it!"
One day, a guy dies and finds himself in h.e.l.l. As he is wallowing in despair, he has his first meeting with a demon: Demon: Why so glum, chum?
Guy: What do you think? I"m in h.e.l.l.
Demon: h.e.l.l"s not so bad. We actually have a lot of fun down here. You a drinkin" man?
Guy: Sure, I love to drink.
Demon: Well, you"re gonna love Mondays then. On Mondays, that"s all we do is drink. Whiskey, tequila, Guinness, wine coolers, diet Tab... we drink till we throw up and then we drink some more.
Guy: Gee, that sounds great.
Demon: You a smoker?
Guy: You better believe it.
Demon: Alright! You"re gonna love Tuesdays. We get the finest cigars from around the world and smoke our lungs out. If you get cancer, it"s okay... you"re already dead.
Guy: No kidding!
Demon: I bet you like to gamble.
Guy: Yes, as a matter of fact I do.
Demon: Good, because Wednesday is gambling day. c.r.a.ps, blackjack, horse races, you name it. We even opened up a pai gow poker table.
Guy: Hmmm, I never played pai gow before...
Demon: Well now you can. You like to do drugs?
Guy: Yes, I love to do drugs. You don"t mean...
Demon: That"s right! Thursday is drug day. Help yourself to a great big bowl of crack. Smoke a doobie the size of a submarine. You can do all the drugs you want, and if you overdose, it"s okay... you"re already dead.
Guy: yeah! I never realized that h.e.l.l was such a swingin" place!
Demon: You gay?
Guy: Uh, no.
Demon: Oooh (grimaces), you"re gonna hate Fridays.
The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Gomer - who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket went in to try out for the job.
"Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Gomer, what is 1 and 1?"
"11" he replied.
The sheriff thought to himself, "That"s not what I meant, but he"s right."
"What two days of the weekstart with the letter "T"?"
"Today and tomorrow."
He was again surprised that Gomer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself.
"Now Gomer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?"
Gomer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don"t know."
"Well, why don"t you go home and work on that one for a while?"
So, Gomer wandered over to the pool hall where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview.
Gomer was exultant. "It went great! First day on the job and I"m already working on a murder case!"
A policeman was interrogating 3 Singh brothers who were training to become detectives. To test their skills in recognizing a suspect, he shows the first Singh a picture for 5 seconds and then hides it. "This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?" The first Singh answers, "That"s easy, we"ll catch him fast because he only has one eye!" The policeman says, "Well...uh...that"s because the picture I showed is his side profile."
Slightly fl.u.s.tered by this ridiculous response, he flashes the picture for 5 seconds at the second Singh and asks him, "This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?"
The second Singh smiles and says, "Ha! He"d be too easy to catch because he only has one ear!" The policeman angrily responds, "What"s the matter with you two? Of course only one eye and one ear are showing because it"s a picture of his side profile! Is that the best answer you can come up with?"
Extremely frustrated at this point, he shows the picture to the third Singh and in a very testy voice asks, "This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?
He quickly adds, "Think hard before giving me a stupid answer." The Singh looks at the picture intently for a moment and says, "The suspect wears contact lenses." The policeman is surprised and speechless because he really doesn"t know himself if the suspect wears contacts or not. "Well, that"s an interesting answer. Wait here for a few minutes while I check his file and I"ll get back to you on that." He leaves the room and goes to his office, checks the suspect"s file in his computer, and comes back with a beaming smile on his face.
"Wow! I can"t believe it. It"s TRUE! The suspect does in fact wear contact lenses. Good work! How were you able to make such an astute observation?" "That"s easy," the Singh replied. "He can"t wear regular gla.s.ses because he only has one eye and one ear."
This is the actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. Radio conversation released by the chief of naval operations, 10-10-95.
CANADIANS: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.
AMERICANS: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.
CANADIANS: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.
AMERICANS: This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.
CANADIANS: No, I say again, you divert YOUR course.
AMERICANS: This is the Aircraft Carrier US LINCOLN, the second largest ship in the United States Atlantic Fleet. We are accompanied with three Destroyers, three Cruisers and numerous support vessels. I DEMAND that you change your course 15 degrees north. I say again, that"s one-five degrees north, or counter-measures will be undertaken to ensure the safety of this ship.
CANADIANS: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
An elderly man in Phoenix calls his son in New York and says, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough."
"Pop, what are you talking about?" the son screams.
"We can"t stand the sight of each other any longer," the old man says. "We"re sick of each other, and I"m sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Chicago and tell her," and he hangs up.
Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck they"re getting divorced," she shouts, "I"ll take care of this."
She calls Phoenix immediately, and screams at the old man, "You are not getting divorced. Don"t do a single thing until I get there. I"m calling my brother back, and we"ll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don"t do a thing, do you hear me?" and hangs up.
The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay," he says, "They"re coming for Thanksgiving and paying their own fares. Now what do we tell them for Christmas?"
A store owner was tacking a sign above his door that read "Puppies for Sale". Signs have a way of attracting children, and soon a little boy appeared at the store and asked,"How much are you gonna sell those puppies for?".