25-03-2019, 01:26 PM
1985
Re: The Pages of Punch
Originally Posted by
Mr Magoo
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I have a memory of its use during World War Two – 1943 in fact. A story was told of a psychiatrist who had just died. St Peter is interviewing him and asks what he did while alive. On hearing the answer Peter says ‘You are very welcome. We need someone like you. You see, God thinks he’s Montgomery.’
That reminds me of a very self-opinionated orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Carr, at a hospital where I once worked.
A young doctor dies and goes to Heaven. St Peter is showing him round and he marvels at a golden figure bathed in light, sitting on a throne at the end of a great hall and being worshipped by angels.
"Isn't that Mr Carr?" asked the young doctor.
St Peter replied, "No, that only God. He just thinks he's Mr Carr."