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Laurel Johnson
Unity Member
Post Number:
3264
Registered: 01-2002
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Votes: 2 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 01:16 pm: |   |
A friend of mine from the UK sent me this and there is more than one grain of truth to it. Just thought I'd share it with all you writers.
A writer dies and due to a bureaucratic snafu in the afterworld, she is allowed to choose her own fate: heaven or hell for all eternity. Being a very shrewd dead person, she asks St. Peter for a tour of both.
The first stop is hell where she sees rows and rows of writers sitting chained to desks in a room as hot as a thousand suns. Fire licks the writers' fingers as they try to work, demons whip their backs with chains. Your general hell scene.
"Wow, this sucks," quoth the writer, "let's see some heaven."
In a moment, they were whisked to heaven and the writer saw rows and rows of writers chained to desks in a room as hot as a thousand suns. Fire licks the writers' fingers as they try to work, demons whip their backs with chains. It looks and smells even worse than hell.
"What gives, Pete?" the writer asked, "this is worse than hell!"
"Yes," St. Peter replied, "but here your work gets published |
Trina Green
Wandering Member
Post Number:
137
Registered: 03-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 03:45 pm: | |
LOL, that was hilarious. |
Frank P. Baron
Awareness Member
Post Number:
32
Registered: 10-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 07:44 pm: | |
I like it. 
www.frankbaron.com |
priceless1
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
303
Registered: 03-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 08:24 pm: | |
"In a moment, they were whisked to heaven and the writer saw rows and rows of writers chained to desks in a room as hot as a thousand suns. Fire licks the writers' fingers as they try to work, demons whip their backs with chains. It looks and smells even worse than hell."
Good grief...who has been spying in our offices?? Good one, Laurel.
Lynn
behlerpublications.com
lynnprice.net
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LaurieAnne
Unity Member
Post Number:
1619
Registered: 12-2001
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 11:57 am: | |
Lolly, my dear,
That was hilarious. And sounds just about right. LOL
LA
LaurieAnne
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Mary Erickson
Awareness Member
Post Number:
42
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 03:20 pm: | |
What a great description of those of us who aspire to be published authors. I'm going to be published, but there's still a lot of work ahead so I guess I'm in Purgatory.
Thanks for sharing.
Mary |
Harry Simenon
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
316
Registered: 10-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 03:34 pm: | |
Hmm, I will dictate my stories to my wife from the freezer!
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Mary Erickson
Awareness Member
Post Number:
43
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 06:04 pm: | |
Lynn, what's a hsympothai member? I keep posting to be upgraded but not sure that's where I want to go.
Mary |
C. E. Winterland
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1663
Registered: 06-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 06:11 pm: | |
Mary,
In 6 more posts, you will become a Hunger member
For the record a "Hsympothai" is an elven warrior's journey in my Mindsight Series
CEW
Mindsight Moderator |
Harry Simenon
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
326
Registered: 10-2003
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 02:42 pm: | |
I asked my dokter to take a look at my hsympothai. |
C. E. Winterland
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1667
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 05:38 pm: | |
Hehehe... hope he's looking in the right place, Harry! He may have to travel a bit before he finds it
CEW
Mindsight Moderator |
F.E. Mazur (Unregistered Guest)
Work-in-progress guest
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 06:48 am: | |
"What gives, Pete?" the writer asked, "this is worse than hell!"
"Yes," St. Peter replied, "but here your work gets published."
So, Laurel....is that joke suggesting that Heaven and PA are one and the same?
That may explain why Christian writers are so attracted to it.
BTW, it's of minor interest to note that some folks refer to PA as 'they' while others neuter the reference and use 'it.' What's meant by these two different references? |
Joyce Scarbrough
Wandering Member
Post Number:
240
Registered: 03-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 07:00 am: | |
Frank, my guess would be some see PA as a separate entity--probably envisioned as looking something like this:
Others view PA as a group of people--who look like this:
Toyce
True Blue Forever
Read the first chapter at http://www.authorsden.com/joycelscarbrough1
See the hunk at http://www.southernbelleauthor.com/joycepersonalpage
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Harry Simenon
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
334
Registered: 10-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 02:31 pm: | |
I'm afraid that they look like this:
 for the headman
 Employees
    Authors |
Harry Simenon
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
335
Registered: 10-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 02:33 pm: | |
Oh, and the authors times 2000, but CE would not like me to put 8004 smilies in a post. |
Laurel Johnson
Unity Member
Post Number:
3288
Registered: 01-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 07:56 pm: | |
You are a riot, Harry.
Frank, I don't think my UK friend's joke had anything to do with PA or any publisher in particular. She's seventy and not a writer, but figured I would appreciate the joke. |
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