Humor with
a Message
Or sometimes ...Just a Message ... or just
humor
From time to time a
thought provoking bit arrives in the
e-mail or from other sources.
Some of
it is humorous but it all makes you think.
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FORREST GUMP GOES TO HEAVEN
A short
story with a message. A parable of our
modern world.
The day finally arrived. Forrest Gump dies
and goes to Heaven. He is at the Pearly
Gates, met by St. Peter himself. However,
the gates are closed, and Forrest approaches
the gatekeeper.
St. Peter said, "Well, Forrest, it is
certainly good to see you. We have heard a
lot about you. I must tell you, though, that
the place is filling up fast, and we have
been administering an entrance examination
for everyone. The test is short, but you
have to pass it before you can get into
Heaven."
Forrest responds, "It sure is good to be
here, St. Peter, sir. But nobody ever told
me about any entrance exam. I sure hope that
the test ain't too hard. Life was a big
enough test as it was."
St. Peter continued, "Yes, I know, Forrest,
but the test is only three questions.
First: What two days of the week begin with
the letter T? Second: How many seconds are
there in a year? Third: What is God's first
name?"
Forrest leaves to think the questions over.
He returns the next day and sees St. Peter,
who waves him up, and says, "Now that you
have had a chance to think the questions
over, tell me your answers."
Forrest replied, "Well, the first one --
which two days in the week begins with the
letter "T"? Shucks, that one is easy. That
would be Today and Tomorrow."
The Saint's eyes opened wide and he
exclaimed, "Forrest, that is not what I was
thinking, but you do have a point, and I
guess I did not specify, so I will give you
credit for that answer. How about the next
one?" asked St. Peter.
"How many seconds in a year? Now that one is
harder," replied Forrest, but I thunk and
thunk about that, and I guess the only
answer can be twelve."
Astounded, St. Peter said, "Twelve? Twelve?
Forrest, how in Heaven's name could you come
up with twelve seconds in a year?"
Forrest replied, "Shucks, there's got to be
twelve: January 2nd, February 2nd, March
2nd... "
"Hold it," interrupts St. Peter. "I see
where you are going with this, and I see
your point, though that was not quite what I
had in mind....but I will have to give you
credit for that one, too. Let us go on with
the third and final question. Can you tell
me God's first name"?
"Sure," Forrest replied, "it's Andy."
"Andy?" exclaimed an exasperated and
frustrated St Peter.
"Ok, I can understand how you came up with
your answers to my first two questions, but
just how in the world did you come up with
the name Andy as the first name of God?"
"Shucks, that was the easiest one of all,"
Forrest replied. "I learnt it from the song,
"ANDY WALKS WITH ME, ANDY TALKS WITH ME,
ANDY TELLS ME I AM HIS OWN. . "
St. Peter opened the Pearly Gates, and said:
"Run Forrest, run."
Give me a sense of humor, Lord. Give me the
ability to understand a clean joke, To get
some humor out of life, And to pass it on to
other folk.
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St
Julie Billiart Parish