Sunday, November 30, 2008

Pagan Joke

A lifelong Pagan dies one day after struggling with a severe ilness. She is sent to the pearly gates of Heaven and is met by St. Peter. He has a little flick though his book and says "You're a Pagan, aren't you?" The Pagan nods quietly. "Well, I'm sorry, Heaven is only for Christians. I'm going to have to send you to Hell. If you'd be so kind as to take that escalator down..." The Pagan is surprised and a little disappointed, but she takes the escalator nonetheless. Whe she gets to the bottom, she's met by the biggest surprised of them all. She sees a beautiful pasture, lush and green, covered with flowers and smiling faces. A tall, dapperly dressed man approaches her and embraces her. "I am Lucifer and I would like to welcome you to the Summerlands." All of a sudden, a huge chasm opens up, accompanied by the smell of sulfur and the sight of huge licking flames and a few screaming souls dropping from above into said chasm. It closes as soon as it appeared and the Pagan is left gobsmacked. "Oh, don't mind that", Lucifer says. "That's just for the Christians."