*This explains why I forward stuff.*
*
**A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the
scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.*
*He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead
for
years. He wondered where the road was leading them.*
*After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of
the
road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was
broken
by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.*
*When he was** **standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the
arch
that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate
looked
like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as *h*e got
closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.*
**
*When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'*
*'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered. 'Wow! Would you happen to have
some water?' the man asked.*
*Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought
right
up. `The man gestured, and the gate began to open.*
*'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveler
asked.*
*'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'*
*The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and
continued
the way he had been going with his dog.**
** **
***
*After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came
to a
dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never
been
closed. There was no fence.*
*As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree
and
reading a book.*
*'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'*
*'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.'*
*'How about my friend here?' the traveler gestured to the dog.*
*'There should be a bowl by the pump.'*
*They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned
hand pump with a bowl beside it.**
** **
***
*The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then
he
gave some to the dog.**
*
**
*When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was
standing by the tree *
*'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked.*
*'This is Heaven,' he answered.*
*'Well, that's confusing,' the traveler said. 'The man down the road
said
that was Heaven, too.'*
*'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope..
That's hell.'**
*
*'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that'*
*'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave
their
best friends behind.'*
*Soooo...*
*Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without
writing a word.*
**
*Maybe this will explain.*
*When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you
do?
You forward jokes.*
*When you have nothing to say, but just want to keep in contact, you
forward
jokes.*
*When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know
how,
you forward jokes.*
*Also to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still
important,
you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get?*
*A forwarded joke.*
*So, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent just
another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your
friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile.**
** *
*And, yes. You are all welcome @ my water bowl anytime!*
In 1714, the English poet and playwright, Ambrose Philips (1674 - 1749) became tutor to George I's grandchildren. The position gave him a status amongst the aristocracy and he took the opportunity to advance his place in society by writing sycophantic sentimental poems in praise of their children. These were written in rather affected and insipid nursery language, of the 'eency-weency', 'goody-goody' sort. This didn't go down well with his rival poets and playwrights and when, in 1725, he wrote the execrable 'To the Honourable Miss Carteret', he was widely derided:
Perhaps a kinder epitaph is that 'namby-pamby' was clearly the inspiration for the name of the children's television character, 
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