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Shaggy Duck Story
Three friends died in a car wreck and went to heaven. Upon arrival at the Pearly Gates,
St. Peter tells them that they are all admitted. He cautions them, though, that there is
only one rule: Don't step on the ducks. The men all have blank expressions, and finally
one of them asks "The ducks?".
"Yes", St. Peter replies, "there are millions of ducks up here walking
around and, if one gets stepped on, he squawks then the one next to him squawks and soon
they're all raising hell and it really breaks the tranquillity. If you step on the ducks,
you'll be punished, otherwise everything is yours to enjoy."
After entering, the men noted that there was indeed a gaggle of ducks everywhere.
Within fifteen minutes, one of the guys stepped on one of them. The duck squawked, the one
next to it squawked and soon there was a deafening roar of duck quacks. St. Peter walked
up with an extremely homely woman in tow and asked "Who stepped on the duck?".
The one who had done it admitted "I did." Immediately, St. Peter pulled out a
pair of handcuffs and cuffed the mans' right hand to the homely woman's left hand. "I
told you not to step on the ducks", he said. "Now you'll be handcuffed together
for eternity.
The other two men were very cautious not to step on any ducks, but a couple of weeks
later, one of them accidentally did. The quacks were as deafening as before and within
minutes St. Peter walked up with an even uglier woman than before. St. Peter determined
which one had stepped on a duck by the fear in his face, and cuffed the mans' right hand
to the homely woman's left hand. "I told you not to step on the ducks", he said.
"Now you'll be handcuffed together for eternity."
The third man was extremely careful. Some days he wouldn't even move for fear of even
nudging a duck. After three months of this he still hadn't stepped on a duck. St. Peter
walked up to the man at the end of the three months and had with him a knock-out gorgeous
woman, the most beautiful woman the man had ever seen. St. Peter smiled to the man and
then, without a word, handcuffed him to the beautiful woman and walked off. The man,
knowing that he would be handcuffed to this woman for eternity, let out a sigh and said,
"What have I done to deserve this"?
The woman responded, "I don't know about you, but I stepped on a duck." |