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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Two men who were waiting at the Pearly Gates struck up a conversation with one another.
"How'd you die?" the first man said.
"I froze to death," the second man said.
"That's awful. How does it feel to freeze to death?" asked the first man.
"It's very uncomfortable at first," the second man said. "You get the shakes, and you get pains in all your fingers and toes. But eventually, it's a very calm way to go. You get numb and you kind of drift off, as if you're sleeping."
"How did you die?" asked the man who had frozen to death asked.
"I had a heart attack," the first guy said. "You see, I knew my wife was cheating on me, so one day I showed up at home unexpectedly. I ran up to the bedroom and found her alone, knitting. I ran down to the basement, but no-one was hiding there. I ran up to the second floor, but no one was hiding there either. I ran as fast as I could to the attic and just as I got there, I had a massive heart attack and died."
The second man shook his head. "That's so ironic," he said.
"What do you mean?" the first man asked.
The second man looked at him and said: "If you had only stopped to look in the freezer, we'd both still be alive."

Stuart, via e-mail