Three blondes died in a car crash trying to jump the Grand Canyon and are
at the pearly gates of heaven. St Peter tells them that they can enter the
gates only if they can answer one simple religious question.
The
question posed by St. Peter is "What is Easter"?
The first blonde
replies, "Oh, that's easy! It's the holiday in November when everyone gets
together, eats turkey and are thankful..."
"Wrong!, you are not
welcome here, I'm afraid. You must go to the other place!" replies St. Peter.
He turns to the second blond, and asks her the same question: "What is
Easter?"
The second blonde replies, "Easter is the holiday in December
when we put up a nice tree, exchange presents, and celebrate the birth of
Jesus."
St Peter looks at the second blonde, bangs his head on the on
the pearly gates in disgust and tells her she's wrong and will have to join
her friend in the other place. She is not welcome in Heaven. He then peers
over his glasses at the third blonde and asks, "Do YOU know what Easter
is"?
The third blonde smiles confidently and looks St Peter in the
eyes, "I know what Easter is."
"Oh?" says St Peter,
incredulously.
"Easter is the Christian holiday that coincides with
the Jewish celebration of Passover. Jesus and his disciples were eating at
the last supper and Jesus was later deceived and turned over to the Romans by
one of his disciples. The Romans took him to be crucified and he was stabbed
in the side, made to wear a crown of thorns, and was hung on a cross with
nails through his hands and feet. He was buried in a nearby cave which was
sealed off by a large boulder."
St Peter smiled broadly with
delight.
The third blonde continued... "Every year the boulder is
moved aside so that Jesus can come out and, if he sees his shadow, there will
be six more weeks of winter."
[Mother Shiptons Prophecy] [Poetry]
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