Elf Mommy
Well-Known Member
[align=center]This explains why I forward jokes to you.
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.[/align]
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[align=center]He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.[/align]
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[align=center]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.[/align]
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[align=center]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[/align]
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[align=center]When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'[/align]
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[align=center]'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.[/align]
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[align=center]'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.[/align]
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[align=center]'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up.'[/align]
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[align=center]The man gestured, and the gate began to open.[/align]
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[align=center]'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveler asked.[/align]
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[align=center]'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'[/align]
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[align=center]The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog.[/align]
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[align=center]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.[/align]
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[align=center]As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book..[/align]
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[align=center]'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'[/align]
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[align=center]'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.'[/align]
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[align=center]'How about my friend here?' the traveler gestured to the dog.[/align]
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[align=center]'There should be a bowl by the pump.'[/align]
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[align=center]They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it.[/align]
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[align=center]The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog.[/align]
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[align=center]When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.[/align]
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[align=center]'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked.[/align]
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[align=center]'This is Heaven,' he answered.[/align]
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[align=center]'Well, that's confusing,' the traveler said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'[/align]
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[align=center]'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.'[/align]
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[align=center]'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?'[/align]
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[align=center]'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.'[/align]
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[align=center]Soooo.[/align]
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[align=center]Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word.[/align]
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[align=center]Maybe this will explain.[/align]
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[align=center]When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You forward jokes.[/align]
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[align=center]When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you forward jokes.[/align]
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[align=center]When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how, you forward jokes.[/align]
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[align=center]Also to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get?[/align]
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[align=center]A forwarded joke.
So, next time if you get a joke, 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.[/align]
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[align=center]You are all welcome at my water bowl anytime[/align]
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.[/align]
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[align=center]He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.[/align]
[align=center][/align]
[align=center][/align]
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[align=center]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.[/align]
[align=center][/align]
[align=center][/align]
[align=center][/align]
[align=center]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[/align]
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[align=center]When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'[/align]
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[align=center]'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.[/align]
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[align=center]'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.[/align]
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[align=center]'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up.'[/align]
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[align=center]The man gestured, and the gate began to open.[/align]
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[align=center]'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveler asked.[/align]
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[align=center]'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'[/align]
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[align=center]The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog.[/align]
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[align=center]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.[/align]
[align=center][/align]
[align=center][/align]
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[align=center]As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book..[/align]
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[align=center]'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'[/align]
[align=center][/align]
[align=center][/align]
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[align=center]'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.'[/align]
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[align=center]'How about my friend here?' the traveler gestured to the dog.[/align]
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[align=center]'There should be a bowl by the pump.'[/align]
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[align=center]They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it.[/align]
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[align=center]The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog.[/align]
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[align=center]When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.[/align]
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[align=center]'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked.[/align]
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[align=center]'This is Heaven,' he answered.[/align]
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[align=center]'Well, that's confusing,' the traveler said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'[/align]
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[align=center]'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.'[/align]
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[align=center]'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?'[/align]
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[align=center]'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.'[/align]
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[align=center]Soooo.[/align]
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[align=center]Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word.[/align]
[align=center][/align]
[align=center][/align]
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[align=center]Maybe this will explain.[/align]
[align=center][/align]
[align=center][/align]
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[align=center]When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You forward jokes.[/align]
[align=center][/align]
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[align=center]When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you forward jokes.[/align]
[align=center][/align]
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[align=center]When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how, you forward jokes.[/align]
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[align=center]Also to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get?[/align]
[align=center][/align]
[align=center][/align]
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[align=center]A forwarded joke.
So, next time if you get a joke, 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.[/align]
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[align=center]You are all welcome at my water bowl anytime[/align]
