THE POSITIVE SIDE OF "SCREENING"
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A man and his dog were walking along a road. While enjoying the scenery it occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that his dog walking beside had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.
After a while they came to a high, at the top of the hill it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the Sunlight. When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate 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 saw a doorman at one side.
"Excuse me, where are we?", he asked.
"This is Heaven, sir" -the doorman answered...
"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?"
"Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some iced water for you." The doorman gestured.
"Can my friend [gesturing toward his dog] come in, too?" -the traveler 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 a short walk, he saw a dirt road leading to a farm that had no gate or a fence. As he approached, he saw a man, leaning against a tree and reading a book.
"Excuse me!" -he called out. "Do you have any water?"
"Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in."
"How about my friend here?" -the traveler gestured to the dog.
"There should be a bowl by the pump for him too."
They went inside; and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveler filled the bowl, took a long drink himself and poured more for the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man besides by the tree.
"What do you call this place?" -the traveler asked.
"This is Heaven, sir." He answered.
"Well, that's confusing", the traveler said, "the man down the road said that was Heaven, too."
"Oh, you mean the place with the golden street and pearly gates? Nope... that's Hell."
"Doesn't it make you mad that they are using your name like that?" -enquired the traveler.
"No, in fact we're happy that they Screen-Out the folks who would leave their best friends behind." -admitted the man !!!
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SCREENING??? -and we always cribbed about it, didn't we?
QORAX
