This explains why I forward jokes.

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[font=&quot]This explains why I forward jokes.








[font=&quot]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.[/font][font=&quot]He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.[/font][font=&quot]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.[/font][font=&quot]When he was[/font][font=&quot]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 [/font][font=&quot]he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.[/font][font=&quot]When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'[/font][font=&quot]'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.. 'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.[/font][font=&quot]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.[/font][font=&quot]'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveler asked.[/font]







[font=&quot]'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'[/font][font=&quot]The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog.[/font]











[font=&quot]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.[/font][font=&quot]As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.[/font][font=&quot]'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'[/font][font=&quot]'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.'[/font]











[font=&quot]'How about my friend here?' the traveler gestured to the dog.[/font]








[font=&quot]'There should be a bowl by the pump..'[/font][font=&quot]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.
[/font][font=&quot]When they were full, he and the dog [/font][font=&quot]walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.[/font][font=&quot]'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked.[/font][font=&quot]'This is Heaven,' he answered.[/font][font=&quot]'Well, that's confusing,' the traveler said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'[/font][font=&quot]'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.'[/font][font=&quot]'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?'[/font][font=&quot]'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.'[/font]




[font=&quot]Soooo...[/font][font=&quot]Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word.[/font][font=&quot]
Maybe this will explain.[/font][font=&quot]When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You forward jokes.[/font][font=&quot]When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you forward jokes.[/font][font=&quot]When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how, you forward jokes.[/font][font=&quot]Also to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for,[/font]guess what you get?[font=&quot] A forwarded joke.[/font]




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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

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