Football in Heaven

Football in Heaven

Two old men, Jim and Pete, sit on a park bench feeding pigeons and talking about football. Jim turns to Pete and asks, "Do you think there's football in Heaven?"

Pete thinks about it for a minute and replies, "I dunno. But let's make a deal -- if I die first, I'll come back and tell you if there's football in Heaven, and if you die first, you do the same."

They shake on it and sadly, a few months later, poor Jim passes on. Soon afterward, Pete sits in the park feeding the pigeons by himself and hears a voice whisper, "Pete... Pete... ."

Pete responds, "Jim! Is that you?"

"Yes it is, Pete," whispers Jim's ghost.

Pete, still amazed, asks, "So, is there football in Heaven?"

"Well," says Jim, "I've got good news and bad news."

"Gimme the good news first," says Pete.

Jim says, "Well, there is football in Heaven."

Pete says, "That's great! What news could be bad enough to ruin that?"

Jim sighs and whispers, "You're playing in goal Saturday."