MARRIAGE - MADE IN HEAVEN
A couple on their way to get married
were involved in a multiple car accident,
so instead of facing a priest at the altar
they found themselves facing Saint Peter
at the pearly gates. Having conveyed to him
the calamitous circumstances of their arrival
in heaven, they asked whether they could
have a celestial wedding.
'Oh, I don't know,' replied the flummoxed
guardian of the gates. 'That is an unprecedented
request. I'll go and find out.'
What seemed like an eternity later a frazzled
Saint Peter returned, his demeanour evincive
of hell rather than heaven:
'Yes,' he sighed resignedly. 'You can get married
in Heaven.' 'Great!' exclaimed the predictably
pleased couple, 'but we were wondering: what if
it didn't work out; could we get a divorce in Heaven?'
The question made something snap in the stressed
saint's mind. He turned red-faced and hurled his
clipboard to the ground in a fit of pique.
'What's wrong?' enquired the disconcerted couple.
'Look,' a distressed Saint Peter yowled,
'it's taken me ages to find a priest up here; how long
do you think it would take me to find a lawyer?'
