Three Blondes Go To Heaven
Three blondes died in a car crash trying to jump the Grand
Canyon and are at the pearly gates of heaven. St Peter tells
them that they can enter the gates only if they can answer
one simple religious question.
The question posed by St. Peter is "What is Easter"?
The first blonde replies, "Oh, that's easy! It's the holiday
in November when everyone gets together, eats turkey and are
thankful..."
"Wrong!, you are not welcome here, I'm afraid. You must go
to the other place!" replies St. Peter. He turns to the
second blond, and asks her the same question: "What is
Easter?"
The second blonde replies, "Easter is the holiday in
December when we put up a nice tree, exchange presents, and
celebrate the birth of Jesus."
St Peter looks at the second blonde, bangs his head on the
on the pearly gates in disgust and tells her she's wrong
and will have to join her friend in the other place. She is
not welcome in Heaven. He then peers over his glasses at the
third blonde and asks, "Do YOU know what Easter is"?
The third blonde smiles confidently and looks St Peter in
the eyes, "I know what Easter is."
"Oh?" says St Peter, incredulously.
"Easter is the Christian holiday that coincides with the
Jewish celebration of Passover. Jesus and his disciples were
eating at the last supper and Jesus was later deceived and
turned over to the Romans by one of his disciples. The
Romans took him to be crucified and he was stabbed in the
side, made to wear a crown of thorns, and was hung on a
cross with nails through his hands and feet. He was buried
in a nearby cave which was sealed off by a large boulder."
St Peter smiled broadly with delight.
The third blonde continued... "Every year the boulder is
moved aside so that Jesus can come out and, if he sees his
shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter."
---------------- A variant
The polish pope dies, and the vatican wants to replace him
with another polish pope. SO they call in the various cardinals,
and proceed to interview them.
TO the first, they ask "what's the meaning of christmas". He
answers "well, there's Santa Claus, and Rudolph, and the list of
everyone who's been naughty and nice ...".
Such answer not being satisfying, the second candidate is
invited in and asked: "Tell us the meaning of Easter". He mulls
for a moment, and answers "the easter bunny appears, and the
children hunt for the chocolate eggs."
Again, an insufficient answer. So the search continues to the
third candidate, who is also asked "what is the meaning of
Easter". This time, without hesitation the answer comes "After
the crucifixion of Jesus, his remains were put into a cave. He
then was resurrected, and he came out of the cave. And if you
see his shadow, winter will last for 6 more weeks."
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