Re: Great RR joke over on T.O.
Author: Buckethead
Date: 05-04-2011 - 07:55
Why bother, I'll copy it and post it here. I did change the "driver" to "engineer".
A train engineer dies in a car accident on his 40th birthday
and finds himself at the Pearly Gates.
A brass band is playing, the angels are singing a beautiful hymn, there
is a huge crowd cheering and shouting his name, and absolutely everyone
wants to shake his hand.
Just when he thinks things can't possibly get any better, Saint Peter
himself runs over, apologizes for not greeting him personally at the
Pearly Gates, shakes his hand, and says, "Congratulations son, we've
been waiting a long time for you."
Totally confused and a little embarrassed, the train engineer
sheepishly looks at Saint Peter and says "Saint Peter, I tried to lead
a God-fearing life, I loved my family, I tried to obey the 10
Commandments, I tried to be ethical with all my mates and comrades, but
congratulations for what? I honestly don't remember doing anything
really special when I was alive."
"Congratulations for what?" says Saint Peter, totally amazed at the
man's modesty. "We're celebrating the fact that you lived to be 160
years old! God himself wants to see you!"
The Train engineer is awestruck and can only look at Saint
Peter with his mouth wide open. When he regains his power of speech, he
looks up at Saint Peter and says "Saint Peter, I lived my life in the
eternal hope that when I died I would be judged by God and be found to
be worthy, but I only lived to be forty."
"That's simply impossible son," says Saint Peter. "We've added up your
time sheets."