Baseball In Heaven

"At the Hospital"

An elderly gentleman was reading his recovery-room
record at the hospital where I work.

He looked quite concerned at one notation.

"I know I was in a bit of a muddle, but I didn't realize
I was that bad," he said to me apologetically. "I hope
I didn't offend anyone."

He was greatly relieved when I explained the acronym
in question meant "Short Of Breath" and not what he
thought.

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"Baseball In Heaven"

Two old guys, Abe and Sol, are sitting on a park bench
feeding pigeons and talking about baseball, like they
do every day.

Abe turns to Sol and says, "Do you think there's
baseball in heaven?"

Sol thinks about it for a minute and replies, "I dunno.
But let's make a deal: if I die first, I'll come back and
tell you if there's baseball in heaven, and if you die first,
you do the same."

They shake on it and sadly, a few months later, poor
Abe passes on.

One day soon afterward, Sol is sitting there feeding
the pigeons by himself when he hears a voice whisper,
"Sol ... Sol ..."

Sol responds, "Abe! Is that you?"

"Yes, it is, Sol," whispers Abe's ghost.

Sol, still amazed, asks, "So, is there baseball in
heaven?"

"Well," says Abe, "I've got good news and bad news."

"Gimme the good news first," says Sol.

Abe says, "Well... there is baseball in heaven."

Sol says, "That's great! What news could be bad
enough to ruin that!?"

Abe sighs and whispers, "You're pitching on Friday."
Received on Sat Sep 24 01:56:36 2005