LadyFish
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A young couple were driving down the road one day,<br /><br />happily, deliriously in love and due to be married the<br /><br />next day. Suddenly, a large truck swerved from the<br /><br />oncoming lanes into their car! BOOM! And they both<br /><br />died.<br /><br /> <br /><br />At the Pearly Gates, the young couple confronted St.<br /><br />Peter. "Sir, you have to help us! We were to be<br /><br />married tomorrow. Is there any way we can be married<br /><br />in Heaven?"<br /><br /> <br /><br />"Hmmm," replied St. Peter, "I don't recall there ever<br /><br />being a marriage in Heaven. Well, let's take it up<br /><br />with God and see what he says."<br /><br /> <br /><br />So they approached God with their plea. God sat for a<br /><br />moment, pondering the request. Then he looked down and<br /><br />said, "Come back in five years and ask me again."<br /><br /> <br /><br />Five years later, the couple approached God again,<br /><br />even more in love than ever and pleading that he allow<br /><br />their marriage. God paused for quite a while, musing<br /><br />over their request. Then he spoke, "Come back in five<br /><br />years and ask me again."<br /><br /> <br /><br />And once again, five years later, the couple was again<br /><br />in the presence of God, more in love than ever and<br /><br />begging God's permission for the third time to marry.<br /><br />This time God smiled broadly and thundered, "Yes my<br /><br />children, you may marry!"<br /><br /> <br /><br />Well, the wedding went off beautifully, the reception<br /><br />was huge, everyone thought the bride was simply<br /><br />breathtaking and the groom was soooo handsome, and<br /><br />everyone was happy! Until...<br /><br /> <br /><br />Two years later, the couple was back bef ore God, and<br /><br />things were not looking so good. The couple had come<br /><br />to the realization almost immediately that although<br /><br />marriages were made in heaven, they didn't last very<br /><br />long there! And, in spite of their struggles to come<br /><br />to terms with the situation, they had decided there<br /><br />simply was no alternative but to get a divorce.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Black clouds fractured by lightening rolled across the<br /><br />sky, and the ground shook with explosive thunder. God<br /><br />glared down at the tiny couple before him, his face<br /><br />becoming dark and angry, and he roared, "Divorce?! Impossible!!! It took us TEN years just to find a priest in Heaven! Do you have any idea how long it will take to find a LAWYER?!!"
