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OCTOBER
2010
BUT
FOR A DRINK
Forwarded by
Eduard Grünwald
This Explains Why I Forward Jokes
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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.
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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
traveler 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 leading 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....
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'Excuse
me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have
any water?'
'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there,
come on in.'
'How about my friend here?' the traveler
gestured to the dog.
'There should be a bowl by the pump,' said
the man.
They went through the gate, and sure
enough, there was an old-fashioned hand
pump with a bowl beside it.
The traveler filled the water 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.
'What do you call this place?' the
traveler 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, we're just happy that they screen out the
folks who would leave their best friends
behind.'
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Soooo.
Now you see, sometimes, we wonder why
friends keep forwarding stuff to us
without writing a word. Maybe this
will explain it.
When you are very busy, but still want to
keep in touch, guess what you do? You
forward emails.
When you have nothing to say, but still
want to keep contact, you forward
jokes.
A 'forward' lets you know that you
are still remembered, you are still
important, you are still loved, you
are still cared for.
So, next time if you get a 'forward',
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.
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You
are welcome at my water bowl
Any
Time !! |
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