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Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:38:45 GMT
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While walking down the street one day a Philippine
senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St.
Peter at the entrance.
"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you
settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see
a high official around these parts, you see, so we're
not sure what to do with you."
"No problem, just let me in," says the senator.
"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher
up. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell
and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend
eternity."
"Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in
heaven," says the senator.
"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."
And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the
elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.
The doors open and he finds himself in the middle
of a green golf course.
In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in
front of it are all his friends and other politicians
who had worked with him. Everyone is very happy and in
evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand,
and reminisce about the good times they had while
getting rich at the expense of the people. They play
a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster,
caviar and champagne.
Also present is the devil, who really is a very
friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and
telling jokes.
They are all having such a good time that before
the senator realizes it, it is time to go. Everyone
gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the
elevator rises...
The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens
in heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him, "Now
it's time to visit heaven."
So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group
of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing
the harp and singing. (Note: heaven will be much
better than this but for the joke's sake, we'll go
along with this for now.) They have a good time and,
before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and
St. Peter returns. "Well, then, you've spent a day in
hell and another in heaven. Now choose your
eternity." The senator reflects for a minute, then he
answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I
mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would
be better off in hell." So St. Peter escorts him to
the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.
Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the
middle of a barren land covered with waste and
garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags,
picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as
more trash falls from above. The devil comes over to
him and puts his arm around his shoulders. "I don't
understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was
here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we
ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced
and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland
full of garbage and my friends look miserable.
What happened?" The devil smiles at him and says,
"Yesterday we were campaigning
...... Today, you voted."
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