From: Stephen
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Hi All,

                         Pick Heaven or Hell
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One day while walking down the street a highly successful executive
woman was tragically hit by a bus and she died. Her soul arrived up in
heaven where she was met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter himself.
"Welcome to Heaven," said St.Peter. "Before you get settled in though,
it seems we have a problem. You see, strangely enough, we've never
once had an executive make it this far and we're not really sure what
to do with you."
"No problem, just let me in." said the woman.

"Well, I'd like to, but I have higher orders. What we're going to do
is let you have a day in Hell and a day in Heaven and then you can
choose whichever one you want to spend an eternity in."
"Actually, I think I've made up my mind...I prefer to stay in Heaven",
said the woman.
"Sorry, we have rules..." And with that St. Peter put the executive in
an elevator and it went down-down-down to hell. The doors opened and
she found herself stepping out onto the putting green of a beautiful
golf course. In the distance was a country club and standing in front
of her were all her friends - fellow executives that she had worked
with and they were all dressed in evening gowns and cheering for her.
They ran up and kissed her on both cheeks and they talked about old
times. They played an excellent round of golf and at night went to the
country club where she enjoyed an excellent steak and lobster dinner.
She met the Devil who was actually a really nice guy (kinda cute) and
she had a great time telling jokes and dancing. She was having such a
good time that before she knew it, it was time to leave. Everybody
shook her hand and waved good-bye as she got on the elevator.
The elevator went up-up-up and opened back up at the Pearly Gates and
found St. Peter waiting for her. "Now it's time to spend a day in
heaven," he said.
So she spent the next 24 hours lounging around on clouds and playing
the harp and singing. She had a great time and before she knew it her
24 hours were up and St. Peter came and got her.
"So, you've spent a day in hell and you've spent a day in heaven. Now
you must choose your eternity," he said.
The woman paused for a second and then replied, "Well, I never thought
I'd say this, I mean, Heaven has been really great and all, but I
think I had a better time in Hell."
So St. Peter escorted her to the elevator and again she went
down-down-down back to Hell. When the doors of the elevator opened she
found herself standing in a desolate wasteland covered in garbage and
Filth. She saw her friends were dressed in rags and were picking up
the garbage and putting it in sacks. The Devil came up to her and put
his arm around her. "I don't understand," stammered the woman,
"yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and a country club
and we ate lobster and we danced and had a great time. Now all there
is a wasteland of garbage and all my friends look miserable."
The Devil looked at her and smiled. "Yesterday we were recruiting you;
today you're staff."





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