He is at the Pearly Gates, met by St. Peter. The gates are closed and
as Forrest approaches St. Peter says, "Well, Forrest, it's certainly good
to see you. We have heard a lot about you. I must inform you that the place is filling up fast, so we're administering an entrance examination for everyone. The tests are fairly short, but you need to pass before you can get into Heaven."
Forrest responds, "It shore is good to be here St. Peter. I was looking
forward to this. Nobody ever told me about any entrance exam. Sure hope
the test ain't too hard; life was a big enough test as it was."
"Yes, I know Forrest but the test I have for you is only three
questions.
Here is the first: What 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 goes away to think the questions over. He returns the next day
and goes up to St. Peter to try to answer the exam questions. St. Peter
waves him up and says, "Now that you have had a chance to think the
questions over, tell me your answers."
Forrest says, "Well, the first one - how many days in the week begin
with the letter "T"? Shucks, that's easy. That'd be Today & Tomorrow."
The Saint'seyes open wide and he exclaims, "Forrest! That's not what I
was thinking, but.....you do have a point, and I guess I didn't specify, so
give you credit for that answer."
"How about the next one?" asks St.Peter. "How many seconds in year?"
"Now that one's harder," says Forrest, "but I thunk and thunk about
that and I guess the only answer can be twelve."
Astounded, St. Peter says "Twelve! Twelve??! Forrest, how in Heaven's name could you come up with twelve seconds in a year?"
Forrest says "Shucks, there gotta be twelve: January second, February
second, March second......"
"Hold it," interrupts St. Peter. "I see where you're going with this,
and I guess I see your point, though that wasn't quite what I had in mind,
but I'll give you credit for that one too. Let's go on with the next and
final question: Can you tell me God's first name?"
Forrest replied, "Andy."
"OK, OK," said a frustrated St. Peter, "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 of 'Andy' as the first name of God?"
"Shucks, that was the easiest one of all," Forrest replied. "I learned
it from the song...."ANDY WALKS WITH ME, ANDY TALKS WITH ME, ANDY TELLS
ME I AM HIS OWN..."