Tony died and was sent to be judged. He was told told that he had
committed a sin so he could not go to heaven right away.
He asked what he did and St. Peter told him that he cheated on his
income taxes, and that the only way he could get into heaven would
be to live with an abusive, ill-mannered woman for the next five
years and enjoy it.
Tony decided that this was a small price to pay for an eternity in
heaven. So off he went with this domineering woman, pretending to be
happy.
As he was walking along, he saw his friend Norman up ahead. Norman
was with an even more opressive and rude woman than Tony was with. When
he approached Norman and asked him what was going on, Norman replied,
"I cheated on my income taxes and scammed the government out of a
lot of money...even more than you did."
They both shook their heads in understanding and figured that as long
as they had to be with these women, they might as well hang out
together to help pass the time.
Now Tony, Norman, and their two women were walking along, minding
their own business, when Tony and Norman could have sworn that they
saw their friend Patrick up ahead, only this man was with a
stunningly beautiful and gracious woman. Flabbergasted, Tony and Norman
approached the man and saw that indeed it was their old friend
Patrick.
They asked him why he was with this unbelievable goddess while they
were stuck with their disgusting women.
Patrick replied "I have no idea, but I'm definately not complaining.
This has been absolutely the best time of my life and I've been promised
the best five years of loving any man could hope for. We have the
happiest times together. There's only one thing that I can't seem
to understand. Every night before I turn out the lights, she murmurs
to herself, 'Damn income taxes!'"
