Reply #3: Good or bad? Dunno. Lame? Yes [View All]

[Tom Kitten]

One day, a man died and found himself waiting in the line for judgment. While he waited, he noticed that some souls were allowed to march right through the gates of Heaven. Others, though, were led over to the Devil who immediately threw them into the burning pits of Hell.

But every so often, instead of hurling a soul into the fire, Satan would toss one off to the side into a small pile. After watching Satan do this several times, the fellow's curiosity got the best of him, so he walked over to Satan and said, "Pardon me, Satan, I'm waiting in line to be judged, but I couldn't help wondering why are you tossing those people aside instead of flinging them into the fires of hell with all the others?"

"Oh them," said Satan. "They're all from Oregon, they're too wet to burn just yet..."