Humor
Can't Take
it With You
A rich man was near death,
and was saddened because he had worked so hard for his money, and he wanted
to take it with him to heaven. So, he began to pray that he might
be able to take some of his wealth along. An angel heard his plea
and appeared to him.
"Sorry," the angel said,
"but you can't take your wealth with you." The man implored the angel
to speak to God to see if He might make an allowance. The man continued
to pray that his wealth could follow him.
The angel reappeared and
informed the man that God had decided to allow him to take one suitcase
with him. Overjoyed, the man got his largest suitcase, filled
it with pure gold bars, and placed it beside his bed.
Soon afterward the man died
and showed up at the gates of heaven to greet St. Peter.
St. Peter, seeing the suitcase,
said, "Hold on, you can't bring that in here!"
The man explained to St.
Peter that he had permission, and told him to verify his story with God.
St. Peter checked and came back saying, "You're right. You are allowed
one carry-on bag, but I'm supposed to check its contents before letting
it through."
He opened the suitcase to
inspect the worldly items that the man found too precious to leave behind,
and exclaimed, "You brought PAVEMENT???"
