A Frightful Trip To Heaven: Three Men's Tales

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The discussion revolves around a humorous anecdote involving three men recounting their unusual and tragic stories leading to their deaths, as they attempt to gain entry into heaven. The narrative explores themes of irony and dark humor, with each man's tale revealing a twist related to their demise.

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  • The first man's story involves him discovering his wife's infidelity, leading to a series of events that culminate in his heart attack after accidentally killing another man with a refrigerator.
  • The second man describes his experience of nearly falling from a balcony, only to be inadvertently caused to fall by the first man, resulting in his death by a falling refrigerator.
  • The third man's story is left incomplete but suggests a humorous twist involving him hiding in a refrigerator.
  • Participants express amusement and enjoyment of the joke, indicating its humorous impact despite its dark themes.

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Participants generally agree on the humor of the anecdote, with multiple expressions of laughter and enjoyment. There is no significant disagreement present in the responses.

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Some participants reference the longevity of the joke, indicating it has been shared for many years, yet it still elicits laughter, suggesting its enduring appeal.

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Three men were standing in line to get into heaven one day. Apparently it had been a pretty busy day, though, so St. Peter had to tell the first one, "Heaven's getting pretty close to full today, and I've been asked to admit only people who have had particularly horrible deaths. So what's your story?"

The first man replies: "Well, for a while I've suspected my wife has been cheating on me, so today I came home early to try to catch her red-handed. As I came into my 25th floor apartment, I could tell something was wrong, but all my searching around didn't reveal where this other guy could have been hiding. Finally, I went out to the balcony, and sure enough, there was this man hanging off the railing, 25 floors above ground! By now I was really mad, so I started beating on him and kicking him, but wouldn't you know it, he wouldn't fall off. So finally I went back into my apartment and got a hammer and starting hammering on his fingers. Of course, he couldn't stand that for long, so he let go and fell-but even after 25 stories, he fell into the bushes, stunned but okay. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I ran into the kitchen, grabbed the fridge, and threw it over the edge where it landed on him, killing him instantly. But all the stress and anger got to me, and I had a heart attack and died there on the balcony."

"That sounds like a pretty bad day to me," said Peter, and let the man in.

The second man comes up and Peter explains to him about heaven being full, and again asks for his story.

"It's been a very strange day. You see, I live on the 26th floor of my apartment building, and every morning I do my exercises out on my balcony. Well, this morning I must have slipped or something, because I fell over the edge. But I got lucky, and caught the railing of the balcony on the floor below me. I knew I couldn't hang on for very long, when suddenly this man burst out onto the balcony. I thought for sure I was saved, when he started beating on me and kicking me. I held on the best I could until he ran into the apartment and grabbed a hammer and started pounding on my hands. Finally I just let go, but again I got lucky and fell into the bushes below, stunned but all right. Just when I was thinking I was going to be okay, this refrigerator comes falling out of the sky and crushes me instantly, and now I'm here."

Once again, Peter had to concede that that sounded like a pretty horrible death.

The third man came to the front of the line, and St. Peter asked for his story.

"Picture this," says the third man, "I'm hiding naked inside a refrigerator..."-----
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that actually made me :smile:
 
That was really funny!
 
Just in case you were wondering why you are the only person I'm following.
:DD
 
I heard this one a long time ago -- would you believe about 20 years ago? But it brought a smile to my face all the same.
 
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wow that's a while, well after that length of time it had the appropriate effect ;)

OmCheeto said:
Just in case you were wondering why you are the only person I'm following.

:) because I have lots of cookies ...

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what other reason could there be ;)
 
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