'When
Karl Marx arrived at the Pearly Gates, St Peter had a problem: Marx
was listed in the Big Book. St Peter gave God a quick call to explain
that Marx had turned up and what he should do about it.
”Marx!”
said God “How did he get
on the list. He’s been bad-mouthing me for years. 'Opium of the
masses’ indeed! Give Old Nick down below a call and see if he’ll
take him, he owes me a favour or two.”
St
Peter dutifully rang Satan. ”Yeah, go on, we’ll take him.”
replied Satan ”Don't know how he didn’t get sent here in the
first place given all the trouble he’s caused.”
So
Marx was sent to Hell.
Two
weeks later, Satan rang God. ”See that Marx, its really not working
out. All the demons are out on strike, there’s protests and
demonstrations everyday with Marx keep urging people to cast off
their chains. He’s causing absolute chaos. He was on your list so
you need to take him back.”
Eventually
God reluctantly agreed that Marx could be admitted to Heaven after
all.
After
a couple of weeks went by and Satan rang God to see whether
everything was working out, but an angel answered the phone. “Hey,
Gabriel”, said Satan “can I speak to your boss?”
”Boss?”
said the angel
”Yeah,
you know, God” said Satan, impatiently
“Oh,
him! Ah, no, not any more”, replied Gabriel “No bosses here,
we’re all comrades now!”'
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