While walking down the street one day a corrupt Senator was hit by an automobile and tragically died.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
“Welcome to heaven,” says St. Peter. “Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we’re not sure what to do with you.”
“No problem, just let me in,” says the Senator.
“Well, I’d like to, but I have orders from the higher ups. What we’ll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity.”
“Really?, I’ve made up my mind. I want to be in heaven,” says the Senator.
“I’m sorry, but we have our rules.”
And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.
The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.
They played a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and the finest champagne.
Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and telling jokes.
They are all having such a good time that before the Senator realizes it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises.
The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him, “Now it’s time to visit heaven…
So, 24 hours passed with the Senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.
“Well, then, you’ve spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity.”
The Senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: “Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell.”
So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell…
Now the doors of the elevator open and he’s in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above
The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders.
“I don’t understand,” stammers the Senator. “Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there’s just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?”
The devil smiles at him and says,
“Yesterday we were campaigning, Today, you voted..”
Vote wisely in November 2020
Thanks to my friend Joan for sending me this joke!
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
It’s that same joke again “Ah, but you were here on a TOURIST visa.” A joke for all occasions 😀
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This about sums it all up, especially this year!
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Where is the I LOVE IT button?
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Oh snap! Ha!
By the way, I’m reading this on my iPhone (visiting your actual site, not in my reader), and some of your paragraphs are displayed in a smaller font than some other paragraphs. I just wanted to let you know in case you didn’t do that intentionally.) Of course, maybe it’s just a quirk with my iPhone.
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Not intentional. I guess it’s better than their changing the letters on us! ;o)
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I looked on my phone and the same thing happened. Don’t know why. When I copied it to my blog, it did triple space between paragraphs and I took the extra spaces out. I wonder if that caused it. Doesn’t seem logical, but can’t figure out anything else I did that might have caused it.
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It must be an iPhone issue because I just went to your post on my laptop and it looked fine! 🤷🏻♂️
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I know..Would you believe I don’t think I’ve ever read my blog on my iPhone before so don’t know if it has been a problem before.
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I read your blog on my iPhone all of the time and this is the first time I noticed any different sized fonts in a single post.
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Heaven and hell jokes abound and all are rather absurd, but some including this one, have a poignant punch line. 🙂
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AHA! Good one!
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This is a perfect example of what happens after voting.
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Oh yeah, ain’t that the truth!
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Wow! Doesn’t this hit home.
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Yes..Sometimes the easiest way to face up to the truth is through humor.
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Excellent!
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Thanks for sharing this one! Just what we need. When jokes tell the truth, which is what makes them so funny/not funny. Know what I mean.
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Exactly. Makes the truth a bit easier to bear.
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