This explains why we forward jokes, please read it...
A man & his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the
scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He
remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him also had been
dead for years.
He wondered where the road was leading them.
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.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 towards the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a
man at a desk to one side. when he was close enough he called out
"excuse me, where are we?" "this is heaven sir" the man answered.
"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked "of course
sir, come right in and I'll have some ice water brought right up" the man
gestured & the gate began to open. "Can my friend," gesturing toward his
dog, "come in too" he asked. "I'm sorry sir, but we don't accept pets"
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and
continued the way he had been going with his dog.
After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a
dirt road which led through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been
closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate he saw a man
inside leaning against a tree reading a book. "Excuse me!" he called to the
reader. "Do you have any water?" "Yeah sure, there's a pump over there"
The man pointed to a place that could'nt be seen from outside the gate.
"Come on in". "How about my friend here?" the man gestured to his dog.
"There should be a bowl next to the pump." They went through the gate
and sure enough there was an old fashioned hand pump with a bowl right
beside it. The man filled the bowl, took a long drink, then gave some to
the dog. When they were full, he & the dog walked back to the man at the
tree who was waiting for them. "What do you call this place?" he asked.
"This is heaven" he replied. "Well, thats confusing" the man said "The man
down the road said that was heaven too". "Oh, you mean the place with
the gold street & pearly gates? Nope. Thats hell"
"Does'nt it make you mad for them to use your name like that?"
"No. I can see how you might think so, but we're happy that they screen
out the folks who are willing to leave their best friends behind"
Sooooo.........
Sometimes we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without
writing a word, maybe this could explain, When you are busy, but want to
keep in touch, guess what you do, you forward jokes. When you have
nothing to say, but want to keep in contact, you forward jokes.
And to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still
important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guesswhat you get?
Thats right! a forwarded joke, so my friend, next time you get a joke,
don't just think 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....

Geoff :)

That is SOOOOO heart warming,thanks for that,i'm going to forward a joke to my sis in canada right now!!Sandra.

Thanks for that. You know I have a friend in Canada who hasnt replied to my e-mails for a while but keeps forwarding jokes/sayings to me. It was making me mad that she never wrote back but seemed to have time to send all and sundry jokes!

So now I'm seeing it another light and rather than begging for a reply from her I'm just going to mail her whats going on in my life, say hello and wish her well. Thanks!

D**n Geoff.... I don't have my water-proof mascara on, and now I look like an oil-slick on legs!!! That was so lovely *sniff..sniff*

liberty (mopping up the keyboard) ;)

I'm thinking about you babes, the tears will put yer fags out ;)

Geoff:)

Ooooh Geoff, you are soooooooooo cheeky, and may I remind you that, that is my only vice ;)

liberty, with halo intact :D