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FORREST
GUMP GOES TO HEAVEN
The day finally arrived. Forrest
Gump dies and goes to Heaven. He is at the Pearly Gates,
met by St. Peter himself. However, the gates are closed,
and Forrest approaches the gatekeeper.
St. Peter said,
"Well, Forrest, it is certainly good to see you. We
have heard a lot about you I must tell you, though, that
the place is filling up fast, and we have been
administering an entrance examination for everyone. The
test is short, but you have to pass it before you can
get into Heaven." Forrest responds, "It
sure is good to be here, St. Peter, sir. But nobody ever
told me about any entrance exam. I sure hope that the test
ain't too hard. Life was a big enough test as it was."
St.
Peter continued, "Yes, I know, Forrest, but the test is
only three questions. First: What two days of the
week begin with the letter T? Second: How many seconds
are there in a year? Third: What is God's first
name?"
Forrest leaves to think the questions
Over. He returns the next day and sees St. Peter, who
waves him up, and says, "Now that you have had a chance
to think the questions over, tell me your answers"
Forrest replied, "Well, the first one -- which two
days in the week begins with the letter "T"?
Shucks, that one is easy. That would be Today
and Tomorrow."
The Saint's eyes opened wide
and he exclaimed, "Forrest, that is not what I was
thinking, but you do have a point, and I guess I did
not specify, so I will give you credit for that answer.
How about the next one?" asked St. Peter. "How
many seconds in a year? Now that one is harder,"
replied Forrest, but I thunk and thunk about that, and I
guess the only answer can be twelve."
Astounded,
St. Peter said, "Twelve? Twelve? Forrest, how in
Heaven's name could you come up with twelve seconds in a
year?" Forrest replied, "Shucks, there's
got to be twe lve: January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd...
" "Hold it ," interrupts St. Peter. "I
see where you are going with this, and I see your point,
though that was not quite what I had in mind....but I will
have to give you credit for that one, too. Let us go on
with the third and final question.
Can you tell me
God's first name"? "Sure," Forrest
replied, "it's Andy." "Andy?"
exclaimed an exasperated and frustrated St Peter. "Ok,
I can understand how you came up with your answers to my
first two questions, but just how in the world did you
come up with the name Andy as the first name of
God?"
"Shucks, that was the easiest one of
all," Forrest replied. "I learnt it from the
song, "ANDY WALKS WITH ME, ANDY TALKS WITH ME, ANDY
TELLS ME I AM HIS OWN."
St. Peter opened the
Pearly Gates, and said: "Run Forrest, run."
Give
me a sense of humor, Lord. Give me the ability to
understand a clean joke, To get some humor ou t of life,
And to pass it on to other folks
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