WHY WE FORWARD JOKES? This explains it....
>> > >> >
>> > >> >A man and 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 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, its 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 toward the gate, and as he got closer,
>>he saw a
>> > >> >man at the 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, and the gate began
>> > >> >to open.
>> > >> >"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 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 and 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 couldn't be seen from outside the gate.
>> > >> >"Come on in."
>> > >> >"How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the
>>dog.
>> > >> >"There should be a bowl by the pump."
>> > >> >
>> > >> >They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an
>>old fashioned
>> > >> >hand pump with a bowl beside it. The
>> > >> >traveler filled the bowl and took a long drink himself, then
>>he gave
>> > >> >some to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked
>>back toward
>> > >> >the man who was standing by the tree waiting for them.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >"What do you call this place?" the traveler asked.
>> > >> >"This is Heaven," was the answer.
>> > >> >"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man down
>>the road
>> > >> >said that was Heaven too"
>> > >> >"Oh you mean the place with the gold street and pearly
>>gates? Nope.
>> > >> >That's Hell."
>> > >> >"Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like
>>that?"
>> > >> >"No. I can see how you might think so, but we're just happy
>>that they
>> > >> >screen out the folks who'll leave their best
>> > >> >friends behind."
>> > >> >
>> > >> >Soooo.... Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding
>>jokes to us
>> > >> >without writing a word, maybe this could
>> > >> >explain:
>> > >> >When you want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You
>>forward jokes.
>> > >> >When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep in
>>contact, you
>> > >> >forward jokes. When you have something to say, but don't
>>know what, and
>> > >> >don't know how, 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, guess what you get? A forwarded joke.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >So my friend, next time you receive a joke, it means you've
>>been thought
>> > >> >of today and your friend on the other end of your computer
>>misses you
>> > >> >and wanted to send you a smile.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >A man and 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 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, its 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 toward the gate, and as he got closer,
>>he saw a
>> > >> >man at the 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, and the gate began
>> > >> >to open.
>> > >> >"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 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 and 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 couldn't be seen from outside the gate.
>> > >> >"Come on in."
>> > >> >"How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the
>>dog.
>> > >> >"There should be a bowl by the pump."
>> > >> >
>> > >> >They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an
>>old fashioned
>> > >> >hand pump with a bowl beside it. The
>> > >> >traveler filled the bowl and took a long drink himself, then
>>he gave
>> > >> >some to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked
>>back toward
>> > >> >the man who was standing by the tree waiting for them.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >"What do you call this place?" the traveler asked.
>> > >> >"This is Heaven," was the answer.
>> > >> >"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man down
>>the road
>> > >> >said that was Heaven too"
>> > >> >"Oh you mean the place with the gold street and pearly
>>gates? Nope.
>> > >> >That's Hell."
>> > >> >"Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like
>>that?"
>> > >> >"No. I can see how you might think so, but we're just happy
>>that they
>> > >> >screen out the folks who'll leave their best
>> > >> >friends behind."
>> > >> >
>> > >> >Soooo.... Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding
>>jokes to us
>> > >> >without writing a word, maybe this could
>> > >> >explain:
>> > >> >When you want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You
>>forward jokes.
>> > >> >When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep in
>>contact, you
>> > >> >forward jokes. When you have something to say, but don't
>>know what, and
>> > >> >don't know how, 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, guess what you get? A forwarded joke.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >So my friend, next time you receive a joke, it means you've
>>been thought
>> > >> >of today and your friend on the other end of your computer
>>misses you
>> > >> >and wanted to send you a smile.
